About the roleThe AI Research Department of Agile Robots are looking for applied AI / ML research engineers who enjoy turning ambitious research ideas into working intelligent systems . In this role, you operate at the intersection of modern machine learning and real-world, embodied applications. You translate promising concepts into fast, testable prototypes that inform where deeper investment makes sense.You don’t need prior robotics experience. What matters is strong ML intuition, clean Python, and the ability to move fluidly between papers, data, and code. It is a single applied-research intake funnel for candidates whose strengths lie in rapid ML experimentation, multimodal prototyping, and research-to-code translation.
Final team, scope, and title will be determined during the interview process, based on where your profile creates the most impact.Your Responsibilities
• Research-to-prototype translation: Explore and prototype recent approaches in applied ML — such as multimodal learning, video-based models, 3D perception, simulation-driven learning, or imitation / reinforcement learning and turn them into working proof-of-concepts.
• Applied Modelling: Implement and adapt ML approaches across perception, representation learning, prediction, or action-related tasks with a focus on practical learning value
• Multimodal Experiments: Work with data such as images, video, 3D representations, trajectories, actions, or simulation sequences to validate embodied and interactive AI concepts
• Prototype Pipelines: Build lightweight training and evaluation pipelines to compare approaches, analyze failure modes, and improve robustness
• Team Collaboration: Partner with researchers and engineers to test feasibility in realistic settings and align prototypes with real constraints

Essential Skills
• Applied ML: Solid experience in applied machine learning such as computer vision, video or sequence modelling, multimodal learning, simulation-based ML, or reinforcement or imitation learning
• Education Level: Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience with strong technical depth
• Python Engineering: Strong Python skills with hands-on experience implementing models, experiments, and training loops from scratch
• Prototype Speed: Proven ability to move quickly from an idea, paper, or hypothesis to a working ML prototype
• Engineering Maturity: Strong debugging discipline and comfort working with imperfect, real-world data
• Research Rigor: Ability to design reproducible experiments, define baselines, and communicate results clearly in writing

Beneficial Skills
• Frontier AI: Experience exploring approaches such as vision-language models, vision-language-action concepts, or embodied AI ideas at prototype or research level
• Research Tooling: Familiarity with PyTorch-based research workflows and experiment management practices
• Domain Exposure: Exposure to robotics-adjacent domains such as autonomous systems, industrial ML, simulation, or physical systems
• Research Practice: Research experience paired with strong practical software implementation skills
• From Scratch: Comfort implementing models and training pipelines from first principles rather than relying only on prebuilt templates

What we offer
• Dynamic high-tech company combined with financial soundness and world class investors.
• Join an interdisciplinary, international team with 60+ different nationalities in a collaborative work environment.
• Lots of development opportunities in the context of our continued growth.
• Challenging tasks and impactful projects alongside experts that enable professional and personal growth.
• Corporate Benefits Program that covers health, mobility and learning with 100 € net per month.
• Modern office facilites with a rooftop terrace overlooking Munich, free drinks & fruits, and regular company events contribute to a good working environment.

About us Agile Robots SE is an international high-tech company based in Munich, Germany with a production site in Kaufbeuren and more than 2300 employees worldwide. Our mission is to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and robotics by developing systems that combine state-of-the-art force-moment-sensing and world-leading image-processing technology. This unique combination of technologies allows us to provide user-friendly and affordable robotic solutions that enable intelligent precision assembly. This is made possible by our employees, who bring out the best in each and every day with creativity and enthusiasm. Become part of this team and shape the future of robotics with us!We are proud of our diversity and welcome your application regardless of gender and sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, or disability.