ADVANCED ROBOTICS SPECIALIST – AI ROBOTICS ENGINEER

Company Description

CIM (Competence Industry Manufacturing) – CIM – is one of the eight nationally recognized competence centers with high specialization, promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE), now the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy.

It is recognized as a center of excellence in the digital transformation of companies, focusing on the dissemination of

Industry 5.0 technologies and skills.

• Established by the
• Polytechnic and the University of Turin , supported as founding members by

21 major Italian and international private companies , and qualified by key industrial players as activity partners , CIM assists companies in their journey towards technological, process, and product maturity, increasing their digital and sustainable competitiveness.

CIM’s Advanced Robotics unit will drive the adoption of advanced robotics by empowering organizations to accelerate digital transformation , enhance competitiveness , and achieve seamless human-machine collaboration .

The program aims to make robots more accessible, adaptable, and impactful in real-world applications.

The main market segments are manufacturing, agriculture, food and logistics.

The

Advanced Robotics unit addresses the next generation of robotic systems that combine sophisticated hardware with intelligent software to perform complex tasks autonomously , safely , and adaptively in dynamic and unstructured environments . These robots are capable of perception, learning, decision-making, and physical interaction, often in collaboration with humans and / or other robots.

• Position Summary
• The

Advanced Robotics Specialist will focus on developing technologies for one of the following robot categories 1)

• Mobile Manipulators , 2)
• Humanoids and/or 3)

Aerial Vehicles . The specialist’s domain will be defined based on technical background, experience, preferences, and project priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop modular robotics software using ROS2 and modern software architecture.
• Develop AI-based perception systems for robotics, including computer vision, object detection, tracking, segmentation, depth perception, and scene understanding.
• Work on robot learning approaches such as imitation learning, reinforcement learning, behavior cloning, and learning from demonstrations.
• Explore the use of foundation models, vision-language models, multimodal models, and vision-language-action models for robotics applications.
• Develop data collection and training pipelines using real robot data, teleoperation data, simulation data, and synthetic data.
• Use simulation environments such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Mu Jo Co, or similar tools to test and validate robotic behaviors.
• Integrate AI modules with classical robotics components such as SLAM, localization, navigation, motion planning, and task planning.
• Deploy and optimize robotic AI applications on edge computing platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson.
• Contribute to applied research projects, technical reports, demonstrators, and scientific publications.
• Collaborate with CIM’s multi-disciplinary teams (Additive Manufacturing, Digital Factory, Innovation, Training).
• Support training activities and internal knowledge transfer as robotics competencies grow across CIM.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Mechatronics Engineering or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C/C++.
• Experience with ROS2 or other robotics middleware.
• Practical knowledge of AI-based robotic perception and computer vision, including object detection, segmentation, tracking, depth estimation, pose estimation, 3D perception, sensor fusion, and scene understanding.
• Familiarity with robot learning approaches, such as imitation learning, reinforcement learning and behaviour cloning, and with robot learning tools such as Le Robot, NVIDIA Isaac Lab, Stable-Baselines3, etc.
• Familiarity with deep learning and computer vision frameworks such as Py Torch, Tensor Flow, Open CV, Open3D, etc.
• Excellent problem-solving and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently and troubleshoot issues systematically.
• Willingness to always learn.
• Proficiency in Italian and English is required; knowledge of other languages is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with foundation models, vision-language models, multimodal AI, embodied AI, or vision-language-action models.
• Experience with Robot-as-a-Service architectures.
• Experience with simulation tools such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Mu Jo Co, or similar.
• Experience with mobile manipulators, humanoids, drones, AMRs, or industrial robotic platforms.

Benefits or What We Offer

• Access to cutting-edge labs and equipment.
• Innovation-driven, interdisciplinary and young talented environment.
• Collaboration with academia and industry leaders.
• Mentorship, opportunities for professional growth, and continuous upskilling and reskilling.
• Flexibility (e. g., hybrid/remote policy).

EXPERIENCE

LOCATION

Turin, Italy.

RAL : Indicative RAL salary ranging from €28,000 to €34,000, depending on experience and the pay scale under the CCNL for the Metalworking Sector.

CONTACT POINT

Please send an email to with the subject [Job Offer] – Advanced Robotics Specialist – AI Robotics Engineer

CIM supporta la diversità delle persone in tutte le sue forme e si impegna a creare un luogo di lavoro inclusivo e diversificato, in cui ogni singola persona sia valorizzata e incoraggiata a sviluppare le proprie competenze.

Forniamo pari opportunità di lavoro e ci impegniamo a creare un ambiente in cui tutti si sentano rispettati e al sicuro da discriminazioni o molestie di qualsiasi tipo.

CIM valuterà tutte le candidature in base ai relativi meriti e competenze e alla corrispondenza con la posizione.

L’offerta di lavoro è rivolta ai candidati di tutti i sessi (L903/77) e generi.