Job Description
Give our robots consciousness
In the AI Department, you'll develop the cognitive abilities of our robots, enabling them to understand and react to the world around them. You'll work on the algorithms that make machines intelligent and adaptive – from object recognition and speech processing to decision-making in complex environments. Here, you'll be part of a team that pushes technological boundaries and collaborates closely with other departments such as software, hardware, and product management. Using state-of-the-art tools and methods from machine learning and AI, you'll work on projects that are directly reflected in our products. If you're passionate about making machines smarter and shaping the next level of human-machine interaction, the AI Department is the perfect place for you.
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Full-time
Metzingen
You will become part of our AI/Perception team and help shape the synthetic worlds in which our robots learn before entering the real world. You will be responsible for building scalable simulation and data generation pipelines, as well as developing World Action Models that enable humanoid and collaborative robots to understand, predict, and act within complex scenes.
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Scene Simulation: Conception and creation of generated 3D scenes from real-world footage for training and validation of perception and policy models — from asset composition and physically accurate materials to dynamic populations with people and objects.
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Domain Randomization: Development of systematic randomization strategies (lighting, textures, physics, sensor noise, camera positions) to close the sim-to-real gap and ensure robust generalization to real-world robot applications.
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3D Inpainting & Scene Editing: Development of methods for consistently adding, removing and modifying objects in 3D scenes and point clouds — for data augmentation, occlusion handling and scene manipulation at runtime.
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Simulation & Validation: Use of modern simulation environments (e.g. Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Unreal/Unity) and validation on real humanoid and collaborative robots — always with a focus on safety and robustness.
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World Action Models: Design and fine-tuning of generative world models that predict scene dynamics, object interactions, and the consequences of robot actions — as a basis for model-based planning and policy learning.
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Interdisciplinary collaboration: Close cooperation with the AI, Perception, Control and Manipulation teams: defining requirements, integrating sensor models, developing diagnostic tools, creating documentation and supporting CI/CD processes.
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Excellent Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Physics, Robotics, Computer Graphics or a related field
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3+ years of relevant experience in at least one of the core areas: Scene Simulation/Compositing, Synthetic Data Generation, 3D Vision or 3D Augmentation
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Strong programming skills in Python or modern C++; experience with CUDA is an advantage.
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Practical experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and generative models (diffusion models, NeRFs, Gaussian splatting, transformer-based world models)
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Solid knowledge of computer graphics, 3D geometry and simulation: rendering pipelines, physical simulation, procedural generation, and experience with simulation environments such as Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Unreal or Unity.
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Experience with Synthetic Data Generation is an advantage
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Experience with sim-to-real transfer and deployment on robotics hardware (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson) is an advantage.
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Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
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Excellent written and spoken English skills
What you can look forward to
Design freedom and agility
Performance-oriented and self-reliant work culture with flat hierarchies, flexible working hours and 30 days of paid vacation.
To gain passion
A passionate and highly qualified team of international experts who want to redefine robot assistants.
Attractive compensation
Competitive salary package plus special employee discounts.
One Team
Whether it's a summer party or company town hall meetings – we celebrate successes together.
Further development
Support for your personal and professional development.
Our company values. The cornerstones of our success.
We are a team. We strive to achieve great things by fostering the success of our colleagues and partners.
We strive for technological progress to give people back their valuable time for enjoyable activities.
We strive to revolutionize the world of robotics by pushing the boundaries of technology every day.
Through open communication and transparency, we cultivate a high level of mutual respect.
We strive to always be two steps ahead. We achieve this through empowerment, freedom of action, and personal responsibility.
People are at the heart of everything we do.
Our location
Our headquarters in Metzingen and Riederich are the heart of our company. Here you'll find not only our offices, but also production, the academy, logistics, and tech labs – all combined to bring ideas to life. Riederich itself is a small, quiet village, just one kilometer from Metzingen, a city with its own unique character.
Metzingen is known worldwide as an outlet city and attracts people from all over the globe. Here you can enjoy exclusive designer shops in a relaxed, charming atmosphere. At the same time, the city offers restaurants, cafés, and down-to-earth Swabian hospitality – ideal for unwinding after work.
