Senior Team Lead, Machine Learning & Physical AI (Humanoid Robotics) - Zürich

hexagon robotics • Switzerland

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AI Summary

Lead a high-performing team developing visuomotor policies for humanoid robot manipulation, bridging research and production deployment. Oversee technical roadmaps, mentor engineers, and ensure rigorous evaluation protocols for real-world robotics applications. Bridge ML, MLOps, Controls, and Hardware teams to deploy policies in customer environments.

Key Highlights

Lead a team transforming human demonstrations into reliable robotic manipulation skills on a humanoid platform

Own end-to-end development: data collection, model training, evaluation, and production deployment

Combine hands-on technical leadership with people management, mentoring, and roadmap ownership

Key Responsibilities

Build and lead a team of ML engineers and researchers focused on imitation learning for robotic manipulation

Define technical roadmaps for visuomotor policies, prioritize improvements, and review experiments/code

Establish rigorous evaluation protocols for real-robot and simulation testing with statistical rigor

Collaborate with Product, MLOps, Controls, and Hardware teams to deploy models in customer environments

Mentor and grow team members while maintaining a culture of rapid experimentation and delivery focus

Leverage partnerships with strategic partners and academic institutions to accelerate development

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Technical Skills Required

Machine Learning Python Deep Learning Frameworks (PyTorch)

Benefits & Perks

Flexible working hours with hybrid model

Generous vacation (25–30 days)

CHF 500 mobility credit for sustainable commuting

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Nice to Have

Experience with imitation learning and reinforcement learning for robotic manipulation

Familiarity with diffusion/flow-matching policies, action chunking, and modern VLA architectures

Track record of translating research into shipped products or demos

Experience with humanoid, bimanual, or mobile manipulation platforms

Teleoperation systems and associated tooling expertise

Job Description

Team Lead Machine Learning, Physical AI (f/m/d)

100% Zürich

We're hiring a Team Lead Physical AI to lead a team that turns human demonstrations into reliable manipulation skills on our humanoid platform. You will own the path from teleoperated demonstration to deployed policy: how we collect data, what we train on it, and how we prove it works on real robots in real customer environments.

This is a leadership role with a hands-on core. You will hire, mentor, and manage the team and own its roadmap, while staying technically involved across our imitation learning stack.

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