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# Robotics Perception & State Estimation Engineer - Humanoid (human) at Neura Robotics

- **Company:** [Neura Robotics](https://feeny.ai/companies/neura-robotics)
- **Location:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-07-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neura-robotics-gmbh/07697340-91c8-46a4-a385-024e877fba9e

## Job description

## YOUR MISSION & CHALLENGES

As a Robotics Perception & State Estimation Engineer, you will develop the core perception capabilities that allow our humanoid robots to understand, localize within, and interact with the physical world.

This role is not focused solely on developing perception algorithms or training machine learning models. We are looking for engineers who can build and own complete perception systems, from sensor integration and calibration through localization, sensor fusion, world modeling, and deployment on real robotic platforms.

You will work at the intersection of perception, state estimation, robotics software infrastructure, and system integration. Your contributions will directly impact navigation, manipulation, safety, and human-robot interaction.

- Own the design, development, and deployment of production-grade perception systems for humanoid robots, transforming raw sensor data into reliable world understanding for navigation, manipulation, and human-robot interaction.
- Architect robust perception software stacks that operate under real-time constraints, from sensor acquisition and calibration to localization, scene understanding, and world modeling.
- Develop and improve state estimation, localization, mapping, SLAM, and sensor fusion systems that enable robots to operate reliably in dynamic real-world environments.
- Integrate, calibrate, and synchronize diverse sensing modalities including cameras, stereo and depth sensors, LiDAR, IMUs, force/torque sensors, and joint encoders into a coherent representation of the robot and its surroundings.
- Design and maintain high-performance ROS2 middleware like and DDS and Zenoh based data pipeline, ensuring reliable communication, timing, synchronization, and coordinate-frame management across the perception stack.
- Build, optimize, and maintain core perception capabilities including:
- SLAM and localization
- Sensor fusion and state estimation
- 3D reconstruction and world modeling
- Object detection, tracking, and scene understanding
- Semantic and geometric environment representation
- Evaluate, integrate, and deploy learning-based perception solutions where they provide clear advantages, while balancing robustness, maintainability, and real-time performance.
- Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues involving calibration, synchronization, localization drift, sensor reliability, communication bottlenecks, and perception performance.
- Develop tools and frameworks for visualization, debugging, validation, and continuous performance monitoring of perception systems.
- Validate and benchmark perception capabilities in simulation and on physical humanoid robots, ensuring seamless transfer from development environments to real-world deployment.
- Collaborate closely with controls, manipulation, planning, and platform teams to define interfaces, requirements, and system architectures that enable reliable robot-wide behavior.
- Drive long-term technical direction for perception architecture, software quality, testing, maintainability, and system scalability.

## WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- 3+ years of professional experience building and deploying complex robotic perception systems, not just individual perception algorithms or ML models.
- Proven ownership of key components of a perception stack, such as sensor integration, calibration, localization, mapping, sensor fusion, state estimation, or real-world deployment.
- Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
- Visual, LiDAR, or Visual-Inertial SLAM
- Localization and mapping
- Sensor fusion and state estimation
- Factor graph optimization
- EKF/UKF-based systems
- Strong understanding of robotics software architectures, including:
- ROS2 and DDS
- Distributed robotic systems
- High-throughput sensor pipelines
- Synchronization, timing, and coordinate frame management (TF)
- Practical experience integrating and debugging perception sensors, including cameras, LiDARs, IMUs, force/torque sensors, and encoders.
- Strong software engineering skills with modern C++ (C++17/20), multi-threaded systems, performance optimization, and production-quality code development.

## NICE TO HAVE

- Perception for humanoids, manipulation, or autonomous robots
- GPU acceleration
- Embedded robotics systems
- NVIDIA Jetson platforms
- Deep learning for perception
- PyTorch or TensorFlow
- PCL, OpenCV
- IsaacSim, Mojuko or Gazebo
- MLOps experience

## About Neura Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NEURA Robotics develops cognitive robots that see, hear, feel, and learn, designed to work alongside humans in industrial, service, and household settings.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C — raised up to $1.4 billion as of 2025/2026)
- **Headquarters**: Metzingen, Germany (with offices in Bielefeld and Munich, and US locations in preparation)
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: David Reger

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cognitive Robotics, Humanoid Robotics, Industrial Automation, AI
- **Target customers**: B2B (industrial clients, integrators, strategic partners); also B2C via household robots like MiPA
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "We serve humanity by creating robots that give people back their time for what matters most. Our mission is to expand human potential through cognitive robotics that work safely alongside us."

## Products & Services
- **4NE1**: Production-ready humanoid robot designed for industrial workflows and everyday assistance, powered by proprietary AI (AURA). Built for mass production.
- **MAiRA (Multi-sensing Intelligent Robotic Assistant)**: The world's first cognitive robot arm — a collaborative robot that senses, responds, and adapts.
- **LARA (Lightweight Agile Robotic Assistant)**: Collaborative industrial robot for agile, lightweight automation tasks.
- **MiPA (My Intelligent Personal Assistant)**: Humanoid service and household robot for home assistance.
- **MAV (Multisensing Autonomous Vehicle)**: Mobile transport robot for logistics and material handling.
- **NEURA OmniSensor**: Proprietary sensor technology enabling robots to perceive their environment.
- **Neuraverse**: A global platform connecting robots, developers, and partners into a shared intelligence network where every deployment makes each robot smarter. Also serves as a marketplace for robotics applications.
- **NEURA Gyms**: Real-world training facilities where robots learn complex tasks in controlled environments to generate high-quality data for AI model validation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total investment >€100 million in 2023; Series C up to $1.4 billion (2025/2026); 2024 revenue in mid-double-digit million euros; 2025 target: triple-digit million euros
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lingotto Investment Management, BlueCrest Capital Management, InterAlpen Partners, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, Primepulse, L-Bank, Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Strategic partners include Qualcomm, Bosch, Schaeffler, NVIDIA, and AWS.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 1,400 employees from more than 45 countries (up from 300+ in 2024). Four of the world's ten largest robotics companies use NEURA's technology under their own brand. Deployed across Europe, US, China, and Japan. Europe's first production-ready humanoid robot (4NE1) launched.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full vertical integration**: Develops all software, hardware, and platform technologies in-house, giving full control over performance, safety, and reliability.
- **Cognitive robotics pioneer**: Coined the term "cognitive robotics" — robots that perceive, learn, and adapt in real-time, unlike traditional industrial robots.
- **Neuraverse platform**: World's first platform connecting cognitive robots into a shared intelligence network, creating a data moat as every deployment improves all robots.
- **White-label partnerships**: Four of the top 10 global robotics companies OEM NEURA's technology, creating deep industry lock-in.
- **Diverse product range**: From collaborative robot arms (MAiRA, LARA) to humanoids (4NE1, MiPA) and autonomous vehicles (MAV), covering industrial, service, and household use cases.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling production**: Rapidly scaling robot production to meet growing demand, with Europe's first production-ready humanoid robot.
- **Expanding the Neuraverse**: Building the world's largest repository of real-world robotics data through shared learning across all deployed robots.
- **Global expansion**: Establishing US operations and strengthening presence in Japan and China.
- **B2B platform strategy**: Moving beyond hardware to become a platform company via the Neuraverse marketplace and NEURA Gyms.
- **Partnership ecosystem**: Deepening relationships with strategic partners like Bosch, Schaeffler, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and AWS.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Passion for Winning" — achievement-driven, self-responsible culture with flat hierarchies. Values include trust, honesty, speed, and "We Are Human" (people at the heart of everything).
- **Flexibility**: Flexible working hours, 30 days of vacation, and a hybrid-friendly environment.
- **Team**: Over 1,400 employees from more than 45 countries — highly skilled, international team of experts.
- **Growth & Development**: Support for personal and professional growth via Udemy training platform and more.
- **Compensation**: Competitive salary package with exclusive employee discounts.
- **Perks**: Summer parties, company town hall meetings, and regular team celebrations.
- **Impact**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cognitive robotics and AI that directly addresses labor shortages and makes a meaningful societal impact.
- **Diversity**: Explicitly welcomes applications from all backgrounds, emphasizing building a team that reflects the world.
- **Application Process**: Fast — initial feedback within a few days, interviews scheduled within two weeks.

## Sources
1. [neura-robotics.com](https://neura-robotics.com/)
2. [press.neura-robotics.com](https://press.neura-robotics.com/factsheet-neura-robotics-en/)
3. [neura-robotics.com/company-about-us](https://neura-robotics.com/company-about-us/)
4. [jobs.neura-robotics.com](https://jobs.neura-robotics.com/)
5. [neura-robotics.com/press](https://neura-robotics.com/press/)

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