Senior Robotics Engineer: Real-World RL & Embodied AI

ZHAW International; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ZHAW International invites applications for a Senior Robotics Engineer / Postdoctoral Researcher (60-100%). Based in Zürich, you will conduct applied R&D in the Embodied Mobile Agents group, deploying reinforcement learning and robot foundation models on humanoid and quadruped robots.

You will publish results, contribute to open-source code, and collaborate with Swiss and EU partners, advancing industrial automation through agentic embodied AI systems.

Qualifications

• PhD in robotics or AI for robotics required.
• Hands-on experience with real robots and prototyping.
• Strong research track record in AI for robotics or computer vision.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct applied research and development as a senior robotics engineer / postdoctoral researcher in EMA.
• Deploy reinforcement learning, robot foundation models and agentic systems on humanoid and quadruped robots.
• Publish results and contribute open-source code.
• Collaborate with Swiss and EU partners; engage in applied research and innovation projects.

Skills

Reinforcement learning

Imitation learning

Robot foundation models

Motion planning

Perception

Navigation

Teleoperation

ROS / ROS 2

Nav2

MoveIt

PCL

OpenCV

NVIDIA Jetson

Deep learning

Python

Education

PhD in robotics or AI for robotics

Tools

ROS / ROS 2

Nav2

MoveIt

PCL

OpenCV

NVIDIA Jetson

Job description

ZHAW International invites applications for a Senior Robotics Engineer / Postdoctoral Researcher (60-100%). Based in Zürich, you will conduct applied R&D in the Embodied Mobile Agents group, deploying reinforcement learning and robot foundation models on humanoid and quadruped robots.

You will publish results, contribute to open-source code, and collaborate with Swiss and EU partners, advancing industrial automation through agentic embodied AI systems.