AI-Robotics Software Engineer - Cognitive Robotics Group

Eurecat Technology Centre; Cerdanyola del Vallés; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurecat Technology Centre in Barcelona is seeking an AI-Robotics Software Engineer to advance cognitive robotics R&D, focusing on robot cognition, autonomous decision-making, and natural human-robot interaction.

You will design production-ready AI software, deploy AI stacks on edge and cloud, fine-tune models for robotic applications, validate in real-world settings, and collaborate with clients and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in cognitive robotics R&D and AI-driven perception.
• Strong software architecture and production-grade coding practices.
• Experience deploying AI stacks on edge and cloud.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to cognitive robotics R&D projects.
• Design and deploy production-ready AI systems.
• Fine-tune AI models for robotic applications.
• Validate systems in real-world robotic settings.
• Collaborate with clients and project partners.

Skills

AI deployment

robot perception

semantic reasoning

world modeling

multimodal AI

embedded systems

AI model fine-tuning

production software

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson

Job description

The Robotics and Automation Unit at Eurecat Technology Center (Barcelona) seeks a highly motivated AI-Robotics Software Engineer with strong hands-on experience in software architecture, quality coding processes, AI deployment stacks, and model fine-tuning. This position specifically targets applied R&D in Cognitive Robotics, emphasizing robot cognition, autonomous decision-making, and natural human-robot interaction.

Our primary focus is on developing the robot's "brain"—enhancing its capabilities in perception, reasoning, planning, learning, behaviour orchestration, and natural interaction. We leverage advanced AI technologies and methodologies, including semantic perception, open-world semantics, physical and spatial reasoning, world modeling, knowledge representation, and multimodal AI architectures involving Large Language Models (LLMs), Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Vision-Language-Action Models (VLAs), and emerging technologies like agentic AI.

Our team boasts nearly 20 years of experience specializing in Service and Industrial Robotics. Our mission is to push the boundaries of robotic autonomy and intelligence, enabling increasingly sophisticated robotic behaviors across sectors including assistive robotics, healthcare, flexible manufacturing, logistics, inspection, and field robotics (e.g., agriculture). Our collaborative environment encourages creativity, interdisciplinary teamwork, and innovation to achieve impactful solutions for society. Explore our research lines and projects: https://eurecat.org/en/field-of-knowledge/robotics-automation/
Come and join our dynamic, passionate team dedicated to innovation in robotics!

WHAT WILL YOU DO

If you join the team, you will:

Contribute to advanced cognitive robotics R&D

• Contribute scientifically and technically to cognitive robotics projects.
• Conceptualize and implement advanced robot perception, world understanding, and interaction capabilities, including semantic understanding, physical reasoning, multimodal perception, and comprehensive world modeling.
• Define, prototype, and validate innovative robotic behaviors and interaction paradigms.

Design and deploy production-ready AI systems

• Design, develop, validate, and maintain high-quality software architectures suitable for production-oriented R&D.
• Deploy and optimize AI stacks across edge and cloud infrastructures, including model training pipelines and deployment on embedded systems (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson).
• Fine-tune AI models to meet specific robotic application requirements.

Validate systems in real robotic settings

• Support robot integration activities and experimental field trials when required.
• Ensure robustness, performance, and reliability of deployed robotic solutions.

Collaborate, communicate, and disseminate

• Participate in scientific dissemination and publication activities.
• Assist in project management to guarantee successful project execution.
• Maintain effective communication with clients and project consortium partners.