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Neura Robotics

Cognitive robots with perception, manipulation, collaboration

Lead Reinforcement Learning Engineer - Humanoid, Mensch

Applied Machine Learning +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeZürich, SwitzerlandNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed Master's degree or doctorate in robotics, computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or a comparable field is required.
  • At least 8 years of professional experience in robotics, reinforcement learning, or machine learning, including several years in a technical leadership role.
  • A proven track record of developing and deploying learning-based robotic systems in production is required.
  • Experience providing technical leadership to interdisciplinary research and development teams is required.
  • A solid understanding of robot dynamics and kinematics, whole-body control, motion planning, sensor integration, and sim-to-real transfer methods is required.
  • Practical experience with Isaac Lab or Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyTorch, ROS 2, Python, and C++ is required.
  • The ability to transfer academic research into industrial applications is required.
  • Strategic thinking and experience building long-term technology roadmaps are required.
  • Communication and stakeholder-management skills are required.
  • A commitment to mentoring and building and developing engineering teams is required.
  • A high level of ownership and the ability to deliver demanding projects successfully are required.
  • Very good spoken and written English is required.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the technology roadmap for learning-based humanoid robot behavior control, including reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and robotics foundation models.
  • Lead development and production deployment of advanced control systems for locomotion, loco-manipulation, and whole-body movement on the 4NE1 platform.
  • Establish scalable processes, frameworks, and quality standards for training, validating, and operating learning-based robotic systems.
  • Evaluate modern approaches including reinforcement learning, offline learning, teleoperation, motion tracking, and foundation models, and transfer them into industrial applications.
  • Transform current research into high-performance robotics solutions relevant to customers.
  • Own sim-to-real strategies through domain randomization, system identification, physics calibration, actuator modeling, and sensor tuning.
  • Ensure trained policies can be deployed reliably, safely, and with strong performance on real humanoid hardware.
  • Build and develop a high-performing team of reinforcement-learning engineers and robotics experts, fostering innovation and technical excellence.
  • Coach and support team members technically and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and scientific rigor.
  • Work closely with Controls, Perception, Platform, Software, and Hardware teams to integrate learning-based technologies into robotics systems.
  • Align research and development activities with product goals, company strategy, and business requirements.
  • Guide projects from initial concept through successful customer deployment and define clear success metrics.
  • Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and ready for the next generation of humanoid robots.

Desired Qualifications

  • German language skills are a strong plus.

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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