Team Lead (f/m/d) for Robotics Foundation Models Hexagon Robotics
is a division of Hexagon – a global leader in precision measurement. The division develops humanoid robots for industrial sectors to address labor shortages and accelerate the transition from automation to autonomy. Our first humanoid, AEON, was launched in June 2025 and is already in pilots with five customers.
We're hiring a
Team Lead for Robotics Foundation Models
to create and lead a team dedicated to evaluating, fine-tuning, and deploying foundation models for robotic manipulation. This is a critical leadership role in our growing team: you will shape the technical direction, hire your team, and bridge the gap between frontier AI research and a shipping industrial product.
Your Mission Help define the VLA strategy — select, evaluate, and benchmark foundation models for industrial manipulation tasks on humanoid hardware
Drive fine-tuning and adaptation — design efficient pipelines to specialize large pre-trained models on Hexagon's proprietary demonstration data, maximizing performance under real compute and data constraints
Build and lead a high-performing team — recruit, mentor, and grow a team of ML engineers and researchers; set a culture of rapid experimentation with rigorous evaluation
Ship models into production — work closely with the MLOps/DataOps and Imitation Learning teams to deploy models on our robots in challenging customer environments
Close the loop with product — collaborate with Product and Application Engineering to translate customer requirements into learning objectives; prioritize work that moves the needle for real-world deployments
Leverage and build partnerships — co-engineer with NVIDIA and Microsoft and other strategic partners to accelerate development and stay at the frontier; help build new strategic partnerships
Your Skillset
PhD (or equivalent depth of experience) in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
2+ years experience managing or technically leading a team (hiring, roadmapping, mentoring)
Deep, hands-on expertise with vision-language, vision-language-action models or other foundation models (world models) — you have trained, fine-tuned, or deployed at least one large-scale foundation model
Professional experience training and deploying ML models, with strong Python and deep learning framework skills (PyTorch)
Track record of translating research into working systems (papers + shipped product/demo)
Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup-like environment inside a larger organization
Strong advantage
Experience with robotic manipulation and/ or humanoid platforms
Familiarity with VLAs, robotic foundation models and/or diffusion/flow-matching policies
Experience with efficient fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, adapter methods, distillation)
Publications or visible contributions in VLA, embodied AI, or robot learning
Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup-like environment inside a larger organization
What You’ll Get
Flexible working hours and a hybrid model for real work-life balance
CHF 500 mobility credit for sustainable commuting
Bonus system & strong pension contributions
Tailored training & development opportunities
Relocation support for a smooth start
Discounts on health, mobility & entertainmentTeam events and a flat hierarchy where your voice counts
A warm, international culture built on respect and collaboration
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is a division of Hexagon – a global leader in precision measurement. The division develops humanoid robots for industrial sectors to address labor shortages and accelerate the transition from automation to autonomy. Our first humanoid, AEON, was launched in June 2025 and is already in pilots with five customers.
We're hiring a
Team Lead for Robotics Foundation Models
to create and lead a team dedicated to evaluating, fine-tuning, and deploying foundation models for robotic manipulation. This is a critical leadership role in our growing team: you will shape the technical direction, hire your team, and bridge the gap between frontier AI research and a shipping industrial product.
Your Mission Help define the VLA strategy — select, evaluate, and benchmark foundation models for industrial manipulation tasks on humanoid hardware
Drive fine-tuning and adaptation — design efficient pipelines to specialize large pre-trained models on Hexagon's proprietary demonstration data, maximizing performance under real compute and data constraints
Build and lead a high-performing team — recruit, mentor, and grow a team of ML engineers and researchers; set a culture of rapid experimentation with rigorous evaluation
Ship models into production — work closely with the MLOps/DataOps and Imitation Learning teams to deploy models on our robots in challenging customer environments
Close the loop with product — collaborate with Product and Application Engineering to translate customer requirements into learning objectives; prioritize work that moves the needle for real-world deployments
Leverage and build partnerships — co-engineer with NVIDIA and Microsoft and other strategic partners to accelerate development and stay at the frontier; help build new strategic partnerships
Your Skillset
PhD (or equivalent depth of experience) in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
2+ years experience managing or technically leading a team (hiring, roadmapping, mentoring)
Deep, hands-on expertise with vision-language, vision-language-action models or other foundation models (world models) — you have trained, fine-tuned, or deployed at least one large-scale foundation model
Professional experience training and deploying ML models, with strong Python and deep learning framework skills (PyTorch)
Track record of translating research into working systems (papers + shipped product/demo)
Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup-like environment inside a larger organization
Strong advantage
Experience with robotic manipulation and/ or humanoid platforms
Familiarity with VLAs, robotic foundation models and/or diffusion/flow-matching policies
Experience with efficient fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, adapter methods, distillation)
Publications or visible contributions in VLA, embodied AI, or robot learning
Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup-like environment inside a larger organization
What You’ll Get
Flexible working hours and a hybrid model for real work-life balance
CHF 500 mobility credit for sustainable commuting
Bonus system & strong pension contributions
Tailored training & development opportunities
Relocation support for a smooth start
Discounts on health, mobility & entertainmentTeam events and a flat hierarchy where your voice counts
A warm, international culture built on respect and collaboration
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Team Lead (f/m/d) for Robotics Foundation Models Arbeitgeber: CS Caritas Socialis GmbH
CS Caritas Socialis GmbH in Zürich ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der seinen Mitarbeitern die Möglichkeit bietet, an innovativen Projekten im Bereich der Robotik zu arbeiten. Mit flexiblen Arbeitszeiten und einem hybriden Arbeitsmodell fördert das Unternehmen eine ausgewogene Work-Life-Balance und bietet zahlreiche Vorteile wie Boni und Mobilitätsgutschriften. Die offene und kollaborative Unternehmenskultur sowie die Chancen zur beruflichen Weiterentwicklung machen CS Caritas Socialis zu einem attraktiven Arbeitsplatz für talentierte Software-Ingenieure.
