Robotics Collaboration Engineer for Live Demos

EPFL; Lausanne; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

EPFL Robotics Center in Lausanne seeks a robotics engineer to act as the technical bridge between laboratories and industrial partners. You will showcase capabilities, run live demonstrations, and translate research needs into collaboration opportunities, working closely with PhD students, postdocs and industry experts.

The role requires hands-on robotics engineering, strong communication skills, and the ability to develop technical materials for diverse audiences in English, German and French.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD degree in robotics or a closely related engineering field, with a demonstrated specialisation in robotics.

Responsibilities

• Develop, adapt, and improve prototypes and demonstrators to showcase robotics technologies and maintain technical documentation, software configurations, setup procedures, and operating instructions to ensure systems can be operated reliably.
• Integrate lab demonstrators into event and visit setups, including on-site installation, interfacing, calibration and troubleshooting.
• Build and maintain detailed hands-on knowledge of the participating laboratories’ robotic platforms, software stacks, prototypes and experimental setups.
• Keep an up-to-date technical map of lab capabilities, including technology readiness levels, available demonstrators, equipment and key contacts.
• Work with lab engineers and researchers to keep demonstrators operational, transportable and ready to show.
• Act as the technical contact for industry requests: clarify the need, check feasibility and identify the matching labs.
• Write short technical pre-assessments and involve professors only when there is a clear research fit.
• Set up and run live demonstrations during visits, workshops and events, and explain what the systems can and cannot do.
• Prepare technical materials with the lab teams, adapted to each audience.
• Help scope technical follow-up, such as feasibility studies, tests and proposal content, and coordinate practical next steps with labs, companies and EPFL services.

Skills

Robotics expertise

Hands-on engineering

ROS/ROS 2

C++

Python

Demonstrations & presentations

Organisational skills

Multilingual (English, German, French)

Education

Master’s or PhD in robotics or related field

Tools

ROS/ROS 2

C++

Python

Job description

EPFL Robotics Center in Lausanne seeks a robotics engineer to act as the technical bridge between laboratories and industrial partners. You will showcase capabilities, run live demonstrations, and translate research needs into collaboration opportunities, working closely with PhD students, postdocs and industry experts.

The role requires hands-on robotics engineering, strong communication skills, and the ability to develop technical materials for diverse audiences in English, German and French.