Applied AI / Forward Deployed Engineer

mimic is an early stage deep tech robotics & AI start-up based in Zurich. We give industry workers a helping hand for tedious manual labour tasks and mitigate labour shortages with a versatile automation platform. Our automation solutions, driven by dexterous robotic hands and cutting edge AI trained on human observations, bring a new level of AI embodiment to the real world.

Requirements

• Apply and adapt our existing AI recipes to new customer tasks and environments
• Support on-site deployments and work closely with our clients in a wide range of fields
• Provide technical support and guidance to our customers
• Contribute to our codebases in robotics and AI for customer-specific solutions
• Drive fast iteration loops: diagnose failures, propose fixes, coordinate experiments, and validate improvements
• Coordinate across internal teams (AI, robotics, product) and the customer to unblock execution and keep timelines on track
• Define and track KPIs (robustness, success rate, cycle time, uptime), and report progress transparently to stakeholders

Benefits

• Competitive yearly base salary
• Strong stock option package
• Opportunity to shape a robotics & AI company from the ground up
• Flat hierarchies and direct work with founders