About the Role
Join an early-stage industrial robotics startup at the forefront of intelligent automation. This is an entry-level AI Engineer position embedded within the ML and robotics engineering team in Munich. You'll work hands-on developing, training, and deploying deep learning models that give robotic work cells the perception and decision-making capabilities needed to operate in real industrial environments — think surface finishing, welding, and protective coating.
As an early team member, you'll have meaningful impact from day one, with a clear path to grow into deployment and MLOps responsibilities as the product and stack mature. Equity participation is included.
Note: This role is fully on-site in Munich, Germany. Visa sponsorship is not available.
What You'll Do
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Train and implement deep learning models as a core part of the robotics product.
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Iterate on model architectures and training pipelines to improve real-world performance.
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Support deployment of trained models to customer and edge environments.
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Collaborate closely with the ML and robotics team on the core technical roadmap.
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Contribute to getting models running reliably in on-site customer and edge settings.
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Design and run reproducible experiments; track and evaluate results rigorously.
What We're Looking For
Required (dealbreakers):
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1+ year of hands-on experience training deep learning models using Python and PyTorch (academic projects, thesis work, or industry experience all count).
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Experience with Docker for model deployment and environment replication.
Also required:
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Experience deploying trained models to customer or production environments.
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Comfort working in a Linux/command-line environment.
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Documented results and evaluation metrics from prior model training work.
Nice to have:
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Experience with ONNX or other model export/interoperability tools.
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Familiarity with data versioning tools (e.g., DVC).
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Background or strong interest in computer vision or robotics.
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Cloud deployment experience.
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Experience with Slurm or other cluster job scheduling systems.
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Interest in edge computing and on-device deployment.
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Fluent English required; German language skills are a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
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Competitive salary (commensurate with experience).
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Early employee equity participation.
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High-impact role with direct contribution to a core product from day one.
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Opportunity to grow alongside the company and take on expanded technical responsibilities.
Location
This is a fully on-site role based in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Candidates must be available to work on-site with the local engineering team. Visa sponsorship is not available.
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