Machine Learning Engineer – Robot Learning (m/f/d)

RobCo; München; Hybrid; EUR 55.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading robotics company in Germany is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in robot learning. You will develop and deploy cutting-edge models for robotic manipulation and collaborate closely with various teams. This role requires a Master’s degree and hands-on experience with ML techniques and applications in robotics. Benefits include a hybrid work model and technical growth opportunities with real hardware. Join us to shape the future of robotics!

Leistungen

Hybrid work model

Flexible hours

Cutting‑edge equipment

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on experience with robot learning, imitation learning, or ML.
• Ability to design experiments and analyze model behavior.
• Familiarity with robotics concepts or real systems deployment.

Aufgaben

• Research and evaluate state‑of‑the‑art robot learning methods.
• Train and fine‑tune ML models using datasets.
• Integrate learned policies with control and robot systems.

Kenntnisse

Robot learning

Imitation learning

Reinforcement learning

Deep learning

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Problem-solving

Ausbildung

Master’s degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field

Tools

ROS 2

Ray

Anyscale

Jobbeschreibung

Your Mission

As a Machine Learning Engineer – Robot Learning, you will help develop, evaluate, and deploy learning-based methods for real‑world robotic manipulation. You will work at the intersection of machine learning, robotics, and systems engineering, adapting state‑of‑the‑art research into robust, scalable capabilities that run on real hardware.

You will collaborate closely with robotics, autonomy, perception, simulation, and software teams, and you will own ML workflows from model design to deployment and testing on real robots.

Your Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate, and benchmark state‑of‑the‑art robot learning methods (VLA models, diffusion policies, RL, imitation learning, visuomotor models)
• Adapt academic models for practical, real‑world deployment on RobCo’s modular robots
• Train and fine‑tune ML models using RobCo datasets and simulation data
• Integrate learned policies with perception, control, and robot runtime systems
• Build scalable training, evaluation, and data pipelines in collaboration with infrastructure teams
• Define clear performance metrics and build automated evaluation procedures in simulation and on real hardware
• Analyze model performance, identify regressions, and drive improvements
• Collaborate with robotics and autonomy engineers to ensure safety, reliability, and real‑time performance
• Participate in research planning and contribute to technical decisions across the robot learning stack
• Share knowledge, support junior team members, and help shape internal ML best practices

Your Profile

• Degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree necessary)
• Hands‑on experience with robot learning, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or deep learning
• Strong coding skills in Python and experience with PyTorch or JAX
• Experience training or evaluating ML models (university projects, internships, research labs, industry experience all count)
• Familiarity with robotics concepts or experience deploying ML on real systems (internship or lab experience is sufficient)
• Ability to design experiments, analyze model behavior, and communicate insights clearly
• Strong problem‑solving mindset and eagerness to work on real robots
• Bonus: familiarity with ROS 2, scalable training tools (Ray, Anyscale), or robotic datasets

Why us?

• Shape the robot learning capabilities of a next‑generation modular robotics platform
• Work with real hardware, simulation tools, rich datasets, and scalable ML infrastructure
• Research‑focused culture with direct real‑world deployment
• High ownership, autonomy, and strong technical growth opportunities
• Hybrid work model, flexible hours, and cutting‑edge equipment

About Us

RobCo is spearheading a revolution in robotics, empowering businesses to thrive by supercharging productivity and freeing them from labor shortage. We are searching for you to build RobCo into the category‑leading robotics company in Europe and the US. We’ve raised more than $50 million from the world’s best VCs, such as Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed, as well as the founders of UiPath, Helsing, Pitch, and other companies to fulfill our mission.

At RobCo, applicants are selected regardless of ethnic origin, religion, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation. All decisions throughout the recruitment process are based solely on the qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience of the applicants and the relevant business requirements.