Join the team shaping the future of robotics

About Embodied AI

Embodied AI builds robots that do real work in factories of leading industrial manufacturers. Our amazing team operates in Amsterdam, Lausanne and Rome; we build and own the hardware and software stack to make our robots move.

The role

As part of our AI team, you will own our learning stack and its integration into our robot fleet, from low-level policies on the robots up to policies for fleet management running in the cloud. We take a pragmatic approach: we deploy policies to our customers to solve their problems, and our focus is on integrating our technological breakthroughs of the past years into a production-ready stack. You will set the technical direction of this stack and make sure the policies we deploy work on the factory floor, not only in the lab.

What you will do

• Own the learning stack end to end: data collection, training, evaluation and deployment of policies to our robot fleet.

• Own its integration into the fleet, across edge and cloud.

• Decide what to learn and what to engineer, and choose approaches that meet the customer's target.

• Work with the AI, hardware and field teams, including on customer sites.

What you bring

• 5+ years in robot learning, with policies running on real robots.

• Hands-on knowledge in imitation learning for manipulation

• Deploying models on edge and cloud compute.

• A pragmatic mindset: you ship to customer milestones and pick the method that works.

Nice to have

• Experience with the NVIDIA ecosystem: Isaac, Jetson.

• Vision-language models for robotics.

• DevOps and MLOps (Docker, ROS 2): shipping policies into production.

• Experience managing a team of AI engineers.

• Contact-rich or bimanual manipulation, reinforcement learning, sim-to-real.

What we offer

• Robots deployed with leading manufacturers, and the chance to shape how they learn.

• Real ownership in a fast-growing team, with our own hardware to work on.

• An office in central Lausanne with a dedicated robot test area.

• Equity.

Logistics

• On site in Lausanne.

• Start: as soon as possible.

How to apply

Send your CV, a few sentences on what you are strongest at, and links to robot work you are proud of (videos, code, papers).

Embodied AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

You'll work on our Embodied AI systems, getting your hands dirty on real robots. The work spans across the entire Embodied AI stack and includes learning, prototyping, integration, working with hardware and software. You'd own a concrete slice end to end and iterate until it works in front of a real user. We value a 'customer feature request' mindset over perfecting a sub-system in isolation: define what the project needs, and pursue it.

What you bring is eagerness, and expertise or experience in any discipline that might be useful. A few signals we like:

• You've built something that other people actually used.

• Experienced to deliver a robot until a deadline (competitions, hackathons etc)

• You've shown and demoed your own work in front of others.

• Software: Linux, Docker, ROS2, Python, Git, React/TypeScript.

• Compute: Cloud (gcloud, AWS, Azure), Edge (RPi, Jetson), Microcontrollers (Arduino).

• Learning: IL/RL, PyTorch, Isaac ROS/Lab/Newton, W&B, HF's LeRobot.

• Hardware: Robotic arms, smart actuators, cameras, sensors, custom in-house robotic system.
  
  

None of these are required, and the list isn't exhaustive. Excellence in one area plus eagerness is exactly what we're after.

You'll be part of the fast-growing Embodied AI team developing solutions to real world problems.

Logistics

- Based in Lausanne.

- Start date and duration open.

A few notes on applying

- Keep your application short and concise. We thank you for not making us read more than half a page.

Embodied AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are looking for a junior engineer with hands-on experience working with real robots in a hands on mechatronics. You will work with a team of engineers with interdisciplinary technical skills to deliver solutions to robotics problem combining our own hardware, control interfaces, and AI. While working collaboratively you will be in charge of a particular discipline based on your background.

This is a junior role where we expect you to have good knowledge on your relevant field and their tools with some experience in practical projects. We value engineers that are able to have a ‘customer feature request’ centric mindset and approach: not optimising or perfecting the craft of a sub-system but define and pursue what is deemed necessary for the success of that project. Being in a junior position, you are encouraged to ask questions proactively and have an eagerness to learn and broaden skills in and out of their expertise.

You will be part of a fast-growing cutting-edge robotics and AI team looking towards developing solutions to real world problems.

What you'll do

• Rapid prototyping of mechanical systems (3D prints, single unit orders)

• Rapid prototyping of electronics and actuation (Power and control signals to actuators and robotic system)

• Testing and implementation of customized solutions into products

• Work with customer requests and feature requests

• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and be able to adjust priorities

• Bring robots out to customer sites when needed.

What you bring (a subset of the below)

• Have experience with CAD/PCB design software with real world prototyping

• Have worked on low level mechatronics integration of a robotic system (microcontrollers, servo motors, sensor, camera, etc).

• Experienced to deliver a robot until a deadline (competitions, hackathons etc)

Nice to have (a subset of the below)

• Prior industrial experience

• Aesthetic and demo-focused perspectives towards your work

• Familiarity across engineering disciplines

• Basic understanding of edge computing on robotic systems (raspberry pi, jetson)

• Basic understanding of ROS2, docker, collaborative git repositories

Logistics

- Based in Rome.

- Salary band based on full time or internship offer

Embodied AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

About the role

We are looking for an engineer to own the path from data collection to a working robot, together with the interface someone can use to drive it. You will integrate a robot learning stack — LeRobot, DAgger, RL, ACT/diffusion policies, VLAs — into our distributed system, and own customer-facing manipulation capabilities end to end: choosing the approach, making the robot actually do the task, and being there when it is demoed.

This role is for library and framework integrators rather than from-scratch builders. We value engineers who pick the right off-the-shelf piece and integrate it cleanly. The work spans ML pipelines on one side, real product UI on the other, and a distributed system in between. Show and tell is part of the job, and we hire people who naturally build toward something visible.

You will join a fast-growing robotics and AI team building solutions to real-world problems.

What you'll do

• Own manipulation capabilities end to end: define the task, design the data collection, train and evaluate the policy, get it running on the robot, and demo it live to customers.

• Integrate robot learning libraries (LeRobot, DAgger, RL, ACT/diffusion policies, VLAs, NVIDIA Isaac) into our training and deployment pipelines.

• Debug real manipulation failures — grasp failures, calibration drift, distribution shift between collection and deployment — and decide whether the fix is more data, a different policy, or a change to the setup.

• Wire ML artifacts and tooling (W&B, HF Hub, GCS) into the systems that actually run on robots.

• Build and improve the teleoperation and data-collection interfaces that make good demonstration data possible.

• Use simulation when it speeds things up and real robots when it does not.

What you bring

- A track record of integrating complex libraries and frameworks into working systems, including an understanding of their failure modes rather than only their happy path.

- Experience integrating ML libraries into real software systems (research code into something closer to production).

- Solid frontend skills, ideally React with TypeScript. You can ship a usable interface.

- A taste for distributed systems, and an understanding that the model is one component among many.

- A show-and-tell instinct. You build to demo rather than to spec.

Bonus Points

- At least two years at a robotics, IoT, or in-field-devices company. We would like at least one person on the team to have this background.

- Experience with ROS2.

- Hands-on experience with LeRobot, DAgger, or RL.

- Experience with WebRTC, GStreamer, or other real-time, low-latency systems.

- Experience with WebXR or immersive teleoperation interfaces.

- Experience with robot simulation (Isaac, MuJoCo, or similar).

- Customer-facing experience in demos, on-site integration, or technical pre-sales.

Why Join Us?

Join us in reinventing how robots can be integrated into society through safe, intelligent, and innovative robotic solutions.

At Embodied AI, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge soft robotics technologies and contribute directly to the development of robots that can safely interact with people and operate in complex real-world environments.

If you are a motivated engineer with a passion for robotics and technology, eager to take ownership of challenging technical problems and grow within a fast-paced robotics startup, we would love to hear from you.

Embodied AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Embedded Robotics Engineer

As an Embedded Robotics Engineer, you will play a key role in developing the next generation of soft continuum robots. You will work at the intersection of robotics, electronics, embedded systems, and software to transform cutting-edge research into reliable robotic solutions for real-world applications.

You will join our growing engineering team in Rome and collaborate closely with colleagues across our Italian and Swiss offices. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who is passionate about robotics and wants to work in a fast-paced startup environment at the forefront of embodied intelligence and soft robotics.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for our robotic systems.

• Develop firmware for microcontrollers and embedded platforms used in robotic devices.

• Interface with sensors, actuators, motors, and communication systems.

• Design and implement real-time control and communication systems.

• Integrate embedded hardware and software with higher-level robotics software.

• Debug, test, and optimize embedded systems to ensure reliability and performance.

• Collaborate closely with mechanical, electronics, and robotics engineers to develop fully integrated robotic systems.

• Support the development and testing of prototypes and experimental robotic platforms.

• Contribute to the transition of research prototypes into robust and reliable products.

• Participate in technical discussions and contribute to the company's technology roadmap.

What You Must Have

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Strong experience in embedded software development using C/C++.

• Experience working with microcontrollers and embedded systems.

• Experience interfacing with sensors, actuators, motors, and communication protocols such as CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, or Ethernet.

• Understanding of real-time systems and embedded software architectures.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex hardware and software systems.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

• Strong communication skills.

• Fluency in English.

Bonus Points

• Experience with ROS/ROS 2 and robotic software architectures.

• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS).

• Experience in motor control and actuator systems.

• Experience with soft robotics, continuum robots, or tendon-driven robotic systems.

• Experience designing or working with custom electronics and PCBs.

• Experience with Linux-based embedded systems.

• Familiarity with Python for testing, prototyping, and automation.

Why Join Us?

Join us in reinventing how robots can be integrated into society through safe, intelligent, and innovative robotic solutions.

At Embodied AI, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge soft robotics technologies and contribute directly to the development of robots that can safely interact with people and operate in complex real-world environments.

If you are a motivated engineer with a passion for robotics and technology, eager to take ownership of challenging technical problems and grow within a fast-paced robotics startup, we would love to hear from you.

Embodied AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Senior Robotics Lead

As a Senior Robotics Lead, you will lead a team of engineers across the full stack to develop the next frontier of soft continuum robots, while managing relationships with European funding bodies and Italian customers.

This role is particularly suited to roboticists with a Ph.D. from a leading Robotics lab who want to translate scientific results into reliable robotic solutions that benefit society.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical development of our engineering team in Italy, overseeing day-to-day activities while acting as a bridge between our Swiss and Italian offices.

• Set up and manage a robotics hub in Rome.

• Manage relationships and documentation with EU funding bodies.

• Provide technical support for grant writing (e.g., Horizon Europe and EIC calls).

• Work closely with our CTO to help shape and inform our technical roadmap.

What You Must Have

• A Ph.D. in Robotics, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience as a Technical Lead in robotics.

• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to debug and optimize complex robotics systems.

• Strong communication and writing skills.

• Fluency in English.

Bonus Points

• As a starting point, you will lead development activities in two Horizon Europe projects focused on soft robotics. Previous experience with tendon-driven systems, soft robotic design, and control is highly appreciated.

Join us in reinventing how robots can be integrated into society through safe and innovative robotic solutions. If you are a motivated individual with a passion for technology, eager to demonstrate your potential and grow within a fast-paced robotics startup, we would love to hear from you.

Embodied AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.