Chief Science Officer
Core
Lead end-to-end research for Cortex, a vision-language-action foundation model enabling robots to pick, sort, and handle returns in live production warehouses.
Role type
Principal scientific leader (robot learning & embodied AI)
Builds
General-purpose robotic intelligence via real-world learning loops on fleets of single-arm, dual-arm, and humanoid robots.
Domain
Robotics, Embodied AI, Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Robot learning, Embodied AI, Vision-language-action (VLA) models, Imitation learning, Reinforcement learning, World models, Large-scale pretraining, Data strategy, Compute strategy, Research organization leadership, Technical communication
Preferred skills
Fleet learning, Data engines, Industrial manipulation, Academia-industry transition
Technologies
VLA models, World models, Reinforcement learning frameworks, Large-scale training infrastructure
Responsibilities
Set research agenda for VLA and world models; make strategic bets on research directions; own data strategy (deployment, teleoperation, synthetic); own compute strategy; build evaluation science; lead research org in Zurich/Stuttgart; partner with CTO and product; represent scientific voice to customers and investors.
Seniority
Executive (C-Suite), Strategy & Mentorship
