AI Manipulation Engineer (human)

AI Manipulation Engineer (human)

Neura Robotics • Metzingen

Give Our Robots Consciousness

In the AI Department, you'll develop the cognitive abilities of our robots, enabling them to understand and interact with their surroundings. You'll work on algorithms that make machines intelligent and adaptive—ranging from object recognition and language processing to decision-making in complex environments. You'll be part of a team that pushes technological boundaries and collaborates closely with software, hardware, and product management teams. Using cutting-edge tools and methods from machine learning and AI, you'll work on projects that have a direct impact on our products. If you're excited about making machines smarter and shaping the future of human-machine interaction, the AI Department is the perfect place for you.

Full-time

Metzingen

from today

Your mission & challenges

• Policy Design & Training: You design and train the learning-based policies that map multimodal sensing, from vision and language down to raw tactile and IMU data, into smooth, precise, and safe hardware actions.
• Multi-Contact Manipulation: You sit at the intersection of imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and physical deployment. Your problem is the hard one: multi-contact manipulation on real, underactuated, tactile-rich hardware.
• Dexterous Hand Control: You teach NEURA's hands to manipulate the world with human-like dexterity.
• Collaboration & Execution: You work closely with ML, robotics, and software teams to deliver trained policies that work on the hands.

What we can look forward to

• Master's or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field with a strong focus on robotic manipulation or reinforcement learning.
• Hands‑on experience training manipulation policies with imitation learning or deep RL on physical robot arms or dexterous hands.
• Deep familiarity with GPU‑accelerated simulation (Isaac Lab and Isaac Sim, or MuJoCo), including building custom environments and assets.
• Strong PyTorch, with experience using robot-learning libraries such as Stable-Baselines3, Ray RLlib, or LeRobot.
• Solid foundations in kinematics, dynamics, spatial transforms, and closed-loop control.
• Proficient Python and C++, clean reproducible code, Git, and Docker.

Nice to have:

• Experience with teleoperation hardware such as VR controllers, data gloves, or vision-based hand tracking.
• Experience training or fine-tuning VLA or diffusion-based architectures.
• Experience with tendon-driven or highly underactuated mechanical systems.

What you can look forward to

Creative Freedom and Agility

Enjoy a dynamic, self-reliant work culture with flat hierarchies, flexible hours, and 30 vacation days. Ideal for those seeking an inspiring professional setting, whether you're starting out or an experienced exec.

Passion for Winning

A passionate and highly skilled team of international experts aiming to redefine robot assistants.

Attractive Compensation

Enjoy a competitive salary package along with exclusive employee discounts.

One Team

Whether it's a summer party or company town hall meetings, we celebrate our successes together.

Professional Growth

Support for your personal and professional development.

Our Location

Headquarters: Innovate in Riederich, Live in Metzingen and Stuttgart. Our headquarters in Metzingen and Riederich are the heart of our company, hosting offices, production facilities, Academy, logistics, and Tech Labs—all working together to turn ideas into reality.