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Neura Robotics

Cognitive robots with perception, manipulation, collaboration

Senior Robotic Foundation Model Engineer

Robotics & Autonomous SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • At least 5 years of hands-on machine-learning experience in robotics, with strength in at least one of vision-based manipulation, reinforcement or imitation learning, or multimodal models.
  • Demonstrated experience fine-tuning large pretrained models for robotics or another domain, including parameter-efficient fine-tuning such as LoRA, full fine-tuning, dataset curation, distillation, and evaluation.
  • Familiarity with the Open-VLA and policy-learning ecosystem, such as π0/π0.5, OpenVLA, LeRobot, or Diffusion Policies, is a plus.
  • Solid Python skills and practical experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow; C++ is a plus.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and familiarity with robotics simulation tools such as IsaacSim or MuJoCo are pluses.
  • Working command of robotics software stacks beyond the model layer, including robot operating systems and middleware such as NEURA OS, ROS, ROS2, or comparable systems; real-time control; kinematics; motion planning; force or impedance control; and integration of learned policies with low-level controllers and safety layers.
  • Solid understanding of robot hardware, including drives and joint modules, torque sensing and encoders, end-effectors, sensor integration, calibration, electrical and fieldbus interfaces such as EtherCAT, and functional safety concepts.
  • Ability to solve problems and handle multiple projects in parallel, with a strong execution focus and personal commitment to deployment outcomes.
  • Ability to communicate clearly across researchers, engineers, and end users.
  • Solid English and German proficiency at B2–C1 level.
  • Willingness to travel frequently to customer sites and NeuraGyms, approximately 40–60%.

Responsibilities

  • Drive development of cognitive robotics applications using Physical AI and the NeuraGym platform, taking ownership of outcomes on customer robots.
  • Run the complete NeuraGym pipeline—teleoperation, data annotation, training, simulation, deployment, and validation—for real robotics applications; define data strategy and own the post-training loop, including hyperparameter iteration, data mixture, LoRA, and evaluation.
  • Deploy policies from checkpoints to real-time closed-loop control using distillation, quantization, action chunking, latency budgets, and on-device or edge inference within customer cycle-time and reliability requirements.
  • Work across NEURA OS and control layers, including real-time control, kinematics, motion planning, force or impedance control, and safety architecture; integrate learned policies with low-level controllers.
  • Perform hands-on system integration on MAiRA, MiPA, LARA, and humanoid platforms with multidisciplinary engineering teams, including end-effectors and tool changers, sensor selection and mounting, calibration, electrical and fieldbus interfaces, and cell-level mechanical integration.
  • Onboard and support customers using NeuraGym, review training pipelines and scripts, identify data-quality issues, troubleshoot model behavior, and provide hands-on support to resolve blockers.
  • Coordinate across cloud and AI teams to support collaboration, technical alignment, and problem-solving across domains.
  • Build evaluation harnesses, success-rate benchmarks, and regression tests to determine policy readiness for handover and expose failure modes before customers encounter them.
  • Prototype techniques from current research papers with the research team and bring suitable techniques into production deployment.
  • Translate field experience and customer insights into actionable feedback for the NeuraGym product roadmap and NEURA Core AI roadmap.

Desired Qualifications

  • Familiarity with the Open-VLA and policy-learning ecosystem, including π0/π0.5, OpenVLA, LeRobot, or Diffusion Policies.
  • C++ experience.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and familiarity with robotics simulation tools such as IsaacSim or MuJoCo.

About the Company

Neura Robotics

Cognitive robots with perception, manipulation, collaboration

Neura Robotics builds cognitive robots for industrial and service settings, combining perception, manipulation, and human collaboration. It develops both the hardware and the software stack for Physical AI, creating robot platforms like MAiRA, MAV, LARA and MiPA along with training infrastructure. The system works by integrating sensing, decision-making, and manipulation capabilities on a hardware-software stack that can be deployed in large-scale production, with the company planning robots fleets and NEURA Gyms for ongoing training and improvement. What sets Neura Robotics apart is its end-to-end approach to Physical AI, including a focus on mass production, an established global deployment plan, and a broad ecosystem of strategic backers and partners that support scaling and international expansion. The goal is to enable worldwide deployment of its robot platforms and associated training infrastructure, turning physical AI into widely available industrial and service automation.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Series C
Total funding
$1.7B
Headquarters
Metzingen, Germany
Founded
2019

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