R&D robotics
| Highest | $10,000 / mo · Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Experience | 5+ yrs |
| Degree | Required |
| First paycheck | 4 years bachelor's + 2 years master's |
Pay in the destination countries
Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.
| Country | Monthly |
|---|---|
| SwitzerlandIELTS 6.5 · CHF 0.9–8k | $10,000max |
| NorwayIELTS 6.0–6.5 · NOK 130–260k | $9,800 |
| United StatesTOEFL 80–100 · $10–70k | $9,800 |
| GermanyIELTS 6.5 · €0–3k | $9,600 |
| FinlandIELTS 6.0–6.5 · €6–18k | $9,600 |
| DenmarkIELTS 6.5 · DKK 45–135k | $9,600 |
What does the day look like?
Work follows a standard 40-hour week divided between the office and the laboratory. Night shifts do not exist, though crunch hours occur before ICRA, IROS, and RSS conference deadlines or major investor demonstrations. Daily tasks include formulating mathematical models for non-linear robot kinematics and dynamics, developing motion planning algorithms using TrajOpt, CHOMP, and OMPL, and building sensor fusion pipelines combining LiDAR, depth cameras, IMUs, and tactile sensors. Tools include ROS 2, Linux with PREEMPT_RT, DDS, C++17/20, Python, CUDA, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo, PyBullet, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and Vicon or OptiTrack motion capture systems.
The imagined portion accounts for only 15% to 20% of the day: testing dynamic stunts, running autonomous manipulation, and watching novel behaviors emerge. The remaining 80% to 85% is tedious technical upkeep: resolving low-level C++ memory leaks and race conditions (30%), physical debugging, sensor calibration, and wiring repairs (20%), writing integration tests and simulation harnesses (20%), and reviewing academic literature, patents, and design documents (10% to 15%).
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