Senior VLA Robotics AI Engineer — Foundation Models

Amazon RIVR; Zürich; On-site; CHF 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon RIVR in Zürich is seeking an expert in Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models to join their robotics team. This innovative company, a spin-off of ETH Zurich, focuses on AI for last-mile delivery through advanced robotics.

As part of the team, you will develop multi-modal models, optimize algorithms for autonomous tasks, and lead a skilled group of engineers. A Master’s degree and significant experience in robotics and deep learning are essential.

Qualifications

• At least three years of industry or research experience.
• Strong experience in Transformer-based architectures.
• Ability to prototype algorithms and train deep neural networks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement VLA models and imitation learning algorithms.
• Design and refine algorithms for real-world autonomy tasks.
• Optimizing networks for real-time deployment.

Skills

VLA models development

Imitation learning algorithms

Deep learning fundamentals

Robotics and navigation background

Python (PyTorch) for deep learning

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Robotics, or Machine Learning

Tools

Nvidia Jetson Thor

Python

C++

Job description

Amazon RIVR in Zürich is seeking an expert in Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models to join their robotics team. This innovative company, a spin-off of ETH Zurich, focuses on AI for last-mile delivery through advanced robotics.

As part of the team, you will develop multi-modal models, optimize algorithms for autonomous tasks, and lead a skilled group of engineers. A Master’s degree and significant experience in robotics and deep learning are essential.