About the role
Join a well-funded robotics startup founded out of TUM MIRMI and backed by €1M+ in pre-seed funding from a leading European VC. Our mission is to bring frontier Robot Learning and Physical AI research to industrial readiness. Alongside our industrial deployment business, we are building a dedicated Robotics Lab to explore, validate and industrialize the next generation of robotics technologies. You will have the unique opportunity to shape this lab from day one, define its research direction, pursue ambitious projects with real industrial impact, and build your own team as the lab grows. As a founding role, the position includes meaningful equity participation.
We encourage to apply globally and offer significant support for relocation.
Aufgaben
Build and shape our Robotics Lab from the ground up
Define and pursue research in Robot Learning, dexterous manipulation and mobile robotics
Turn frontier research into working prototypes on real robotic systems
Explore new approaches and rapidly validate promising ideas
Bridge the gap between research and real-world industrial deployment
Build your own research team as the Lab grows
Qualifikation
This is a highly selective role. We are looking for an exceptional researcher with the potential to define a research field, not simply execute against an existing roadmap.
Outstanding track record in Robotics, Robot Learning, or Embodied AI from a top-tier research environment
Deep expertise in areas such as Robot Learning, VLA/Foundation Models, manipulation, imitation learning, or robotic perception
Evidence of exceptional research ability through top-tier publications, influential projects, open-source contributions, or comparable technical achievements
Strong hands-on ability to turn novel research ideas into working systems on real robots
Experience with modern robotics and ML stacks such as Python, PyTorch, ROS/ROS2, and large-scale model training
Strong technical intuition and the ability to independently identify research directions worth pursuing
High ambition, intellectual curiosity, and a desire to build rather than simply join an established research organization
Benefits
Your own Robotics Lab — shape its research direction and infrastructure from day one
Research freedom — pursue ambitious ideas with significant autonomy and resources
Real-world impact — direct access to real robots, industrial problems, and deployments
Resources to build — access the hardware, compute, and budget needed to move fast, without spending your time chasing grants or asking permission
Meaningful equity — participate in the long-term value you help create
Build your own team — grow a dedicated research team over time
At the heart of European robotics — build and research in Munich, one of Europe’s leading hubs for robotics and AI
Our ambition is to build a company where real-world industrial deployment and frontier robotics research continuously reinforce each other — turning access to robots, data, and real environments into a unique foundation for Physical AI.
You will have the freedom, resources, and ownership to build the research side of that vision — without having to raise funding, run sales, or build the business around it.
If you want to help build what could become one of Europe’s defining Physical AI companies, this is your opportunity to shape it from the beginning.
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