Technical Team Lead (m / f / d) Dexterous Manipulation

About the role

The AI Research Division of Agile Robots  is looking for a dedicated Dexterous Manipulation lead  to move robots beyond pick-and-place toward tactile, contact-rich, human-level interaction . As Technical Team Lead , you will define the roadmap, guide a cross-functional team, and turn advanced imitation and reinforcement learning research into deployable robotic skills. Your mission : extend the existing large robot model research to high-DoF hands for a significant increase in fine manipulation capabilities.

Your Responsibilities

• Leadership & Architecture : Define the team's research roadmap and architecture for contact-rich manipulation; bridge across Robot Teaching, Foundation Models, and Hardware R&D to align on data, control, and execution needs.
• Development & Experimentation : Design manipulation policies combining visual, tactile, and force-torque feedback; supervise data pipelines using teleoperation, motion capture, and simulation (Isaac Sim, Omniverse, MuJoCo).
• Optimization & Integration : Lead on-site experiments in industrial use-cases and sim-to-real transfer, ensuring impactful results on real hardware for real-world tasks.
• Collaboration & Mentorship : Partner with external research and data collection collaborators; mentor engineers and researchers to build a pragmatic, reproducible, and impact-driven culture.

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What we offer

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.