Fraunhofer-Institut für Entwurfstechnik Mechatronik IEM | Germany | 33xxx Paderborn | Permanent position | Part time - flexible / Full time / Home office | Published since: 26.05.2026 on stepstone.de
(Senior) Humanoid Robotics Engineer – AI Policies & Sim2Real (m/f/d)
The Fraunhofer Society is one of the world's leading organisations for application-oriented research. 75 institutes develop groundbreaking technologies for our economy and society – more precisely: 32 000 people from technology, science, administration and IT. You know, who comes to Fraunhofer wants and can change something. For yourself, for us and the markets of today and tomorrow. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Design Engineering Mechatronik IEM in Paderborn, we explore how the engineering of the future looks – together with strong partners and a lot of passion for technology. Our teams develop solutions that are really in use: from smart products to connected production systems to digital services and modern software. We think innovation from the first concept to the implementation. And right here you come into play. The "Advanced Systems Engineering" area deals with the development of intelligent technical systems and the question of how complex AI and robotics systems can be efficiently trained and transferred to real applications. A special focus is on humanoid robotics, Embodied AI and data-driven learning and simulation methods. With our new Humanoid Robotics Lab we build a modern research and development environment for humanoid robot systems. Several humanoid robot systems, powerful GPU infrastructures and state-of-the-art motion capture technologies are available for this purpose. In close cooperation with leading industrial partners, we develop and evaluate new approaches to transfer humanoid robotics into productive applications. The focus is not on basic research, but on the rapid use of the systems in productive processes, for example in production and logistics. Hands-on engineers with high self-responsibility are sought, who want to quickly develop and productively develop learning-based robotics systems under real conditions. With the help of the data obtained, we explore how AI policies can be trained more robust, efficient and scalable and can be transferred to real hardware. .
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You develop, train and evaluierst AI policies for humanoid robot systems in simulation and on real hardware. To do this, you work on Reinforcement Learning, Sim2Real and Whole Body Control approaches to improve locomotion, manipulation and interaction of humanoid systems. You develop and operate simulation, training and validation pipelines with frameworks such as Isaac Sim, MuJoCo or similar environments. Reliably analyzes and optimizes the robustness, stability and generalization capability of learning-based robotics systems under real operating conditions. You work in an interdisciplinary manner with colleagues, industrial partners and research institutions and promote the development and development of our Humanoid Robotics Lab.
Multiannual practical experience in Humanoid Robotics, Robot Learning or Reinforcement Learning – especially in the training of AI policies Detectionable experience in building and operating complete robot learning pipelines: from simulation, scenario and data generation to policy training and evaluation to Sim2Real transfer or deployment on real hardware routine in the application of NVIDIA Isaac Sim / Isaac Lab as well as very good knowledge in Python, PyTorch and ROS2; with MuJoCo, Genesis or comparable simulation environments Practical insights into Sim2Real, Whole Body Control, Locomotion, manipulation or other learning-based robotic methods as well as the ability to independently build, debugging and experimentally validate complex robotic systems Very good communication skills in German (mind. C1) and English
Look forward to a position where you drive the innovations of tomorrow. A pronounced team culture with flat hierarchies is of course for us. This means: high appreciation and trust, a pleasant and family-friendly working atmosphere, team events, joint lunch and creative colleagues. A modern working environment with flexible working hours and the possibility of home office control with respect to your professional and private challenges await you. Do you take back public transport for your work? Then use our job ticket! More exciting benefits for employees can be found on our website. We actively support you with the agreement of working and family life and are proud of the award ''Family-friendly company'' in the district of Paderborn. We support your career development with a targeted career planning, a wide range of professional and personal training, as well as a close support on the way to your doctorate. With the Talenta funding program, we offer women in research the comprehensive opportunity to bring their career forward individually and specifically through appropriate training offers. You receive a fair payment according to the public service collective agreement (Bund) and an occupational pension scheme (VBL). We also offer attractive employee discounts (Fraunhofer Corporate Benefits) for a wide selection of attractive brands. .
Location
 | Fraunhofer-Institut für Entwurfstechnik Mechatronik IEM | |
| 33102 Paderborn | ||
| Germany |
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