Research Engineer

About the role

This role is responsible for the data generation layer of Sereact's VLA stack, focusing on teleoperation systems and data collection infrastructure. The engineer will build and maintain retargeting pipelines that map human demonstrations onto robot hands and work closely with the model-training team to ensure high-quality data. The position is based in the Zurich research hub and involves hands-on work with physical robots and control stacks.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate teleoperation systems for dexterous manipulation, including retargeting algorithms that map human hand and arm motion onto robot end-effectors
• Design and maintain scalable, UMI-style data collection hardware and software that other engineers at Sereact rely on
• Benchmark control and retargeting approaches using rigorous, human-factors-informed methodology
• Instrument and support the physical robots deployed in the Zurich hub, including day-to-day work on the control stack
• Work with the model-training team to define what data they need and close the loop on data quality
• Build tooling or infrastructure outside your immediate brief when it unblocks the wider team

Required skills

• Robotics
• Teleoperation
• Retargeting algorithms
• Mechatronics
• Systems engineering
• Data collection infrastructure

Nice to have

• Large-model training
• Robotics teaching

Qualifications

• MSc or equivalent in robotics, mechanical engineering, or a closely related field
• Hands-on experience building a data collection device or system for robot learning

Benefits

• Free meals at the workplace
• Flexible working hours
• Relocation package

About the Company

Sereact is a Series B embodied-AI company. Their VLA model, Cortex, is deployed in live warehouse robotic cells across the EU and US.