The next ten years of AI will not be won in software. They will be won in the physical world. In factories, hospitals, kitchens, fields, and homes. The companies that own that data will own the century.
MicroAGI is building it. We are the data layer for physical AI.
You will define what good looks like for the next generation of physical AI. That means designing the evaluations the field is missing, running them across our models and the public ones, and figuring out what the data is telling us. Your work shapes what the rest of the team builds.
What You Will Do
Lead our evaluation and benchmarking research. Run the existing benchmarks from industry and research, design new ones where they fall short.
Investigate how models behave on real robots versus in simulation. Close the gap.
Drive research into intervention, autonomy, and the boundary between what a model can do alone and what still needs a human.
Publish the work where it makes sense. Set the academic and public reputation of the team.
Work closely with the research engineers to take ideas from paper to deployment.
Requirements
PhD in robotics, ML, or a closely related field. Or equivalent published research.
A strong record in evaluation, benchmarking, or applied robotics research. Public work we can read is a plus.
Comfortable on real hardware, not just in simulation.
High agency - you don't wait to be told what to do.
Fluent in English.
Equal Opportunity
MicroAGI is an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of skill, mission fit, and judgment. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
MicroAGI is building data infrastructure for embodied AI and humanoid robotics, capturing real-world human demonstrations at scale using frontier multimodal sensors (RGB-D cameras + IMU). The company produces what it describes as the world's largest and highest-quality dataset of real human work, spanning household manipulation to skilled trades like plumbing, electrical work, and construction. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, MicroAGI positions itself as a full-stack partner for embodied AI research — from human data capture to robot policy training to physical deployment.
Location
Munich or Zurich
Total raised
$7.0M
Last stage
Pre-seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.