AI Research Jobs in Zürich
75 active AI research roles in Zürich, with salaries ranging from CHF 50,000 to CHF 270,000 per year. The largest hirers are Huawei (13 open), IBM Research (12 open), Apple (9 open), Meta (6 open).
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Flexion RoboticsResearch·SeniortodaytodayVLA/WAM Research Engineer
est.CHF 110’000 – 130’000
Zürich
Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning·REPRESENTATION LEARNING+9·+8·+7·+6
AppleResearch·Junior·Internship1 day ago1d agoAI Research Intern - Foundation Models & Multimodal Intelligence
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+12·+11·+10·+9
MetaResearch·Junior·Internship1 day ago1d agoResearch Scientist Intern, Human Sensing for Wearables, AR and VR (PhD)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·NLP+7·+6·+5·+4
Enact IntelligenceResearch·Mid4 days ago4d agoResearch Scientist: Post-Training
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Computer Vision·Generative AI+8·+7·+6·+5
ExaResearch·Mid4 days ago4d agoResearch Engineer, Content Understanding
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
PyTorch·AI-Native+2·+1MetaResearch·Junior·Internship4 days ago4d agoResearch Scientist Intern, Muse RL and Agents Team (PhD)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+7·+6·+5·+4Enact IntelligenceResearch·Mid4 days ago4d agoResearch Scientist: Pre-Training
est.CHF 90’000 – 110’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Computer Vision·Generative AI+7·+6·+5·+4
LightlyResearch·Senior·Part-time7 days ago7d agoAI Research Scientist – Scientific Evaluation (ML/AI)
est.CHF 90’000 – 110’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Computer Vision·AI-Native+3·+2·+1MetaResearch·Junior·Internship8 days ago8d agoResearch Scientist Intern, Generative AI (PhD)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Neural Networks+6·+5·+4·+3
ArtificialyResearch·Mid9 days ago9d agoAI Scientist - LLM Systems
est.CHF 125’000 – 145’000
Zürich
Generative AI·Fine-tuning·LLM+9·+8·+7·+6
SereactResearch·Senior12 days ago12d agoChief Science Officer
est.CHF 250’000 – 270’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Reinforcement Learning·ROBOT LEARNING+5·+4·+3·+2MetaResearch·Junior·Internship13 days ago13d agoResearch Scientist Intern, Robotics Foundation Models (PhD)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Reinforcement Learning·ROBOT LEARNING+9·+8·+7·+6MetaResearch·Junior·Internship13 days ago13d agoResearch Scientist Intern, Robotics - Meta Reality Labs Research (PhD)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Neural Networks·Reinforcement Learning+8·+7·+6·+5MetaResearch·Junior·Internship14 days ago14d agoResearch Scientist Intern, Robotics Foundation Models Post-Training (PhD)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+6·+5·+4·+3
Google DeepMindResearch·Mid14 days ago14d agoResearch Scientist, User Signals from Agentic Logs, DeepMind
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+9·+8·+7·+6
IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship14 days ago14d agoInternship: Parameter optimization for message-passing qLDPC decoders
est.CHF 35’000 – 55’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·AI-Native+2·+1SereactResearch·Senior18 days ago18d agoSenior Research Scientist
est.CHF 100’000 – 120’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Computer Vision+9·+8·+7·+6SereactResearch·Mid18 days ago18d agoMember of Technical Staff
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Computer Vision+9·+8·+7·+6
Citadel SecuritiesResearch·Junior20 days ago20d agoMachine Learning Researcher – PhD Graduate
est.CHF 120’000 – 140’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·NLP+3·+2·+1Senior/Principal Researcher: Verified Agentic Hardware Optimization
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·LLM·Agentic AI+3·+2·+1Researcher/Senior Researcher: Infinite Context LLMs
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·NLP·LLM+8·+7·+6·+5
GoogleResearch·Senior25 days ago25d agoStaff Research Engineer, Generative AI, Cloud AI Research, Co-Scientist
est.CHF 145’000 – 165’000
Zürich
Deep Learning·Computer Vision·Generative AI+8·+7·+6·+5
NvidiaResearch·Junior·Internship25 days ago25d agoPhD Research Intern, Robotics
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+11·+10·+9·+8GoogleResearch·Junior·Internship28 days ago28d agoStudent Researcher
est.CHF 40’000 – 60’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Computer Vision+3·+2·+1Senior Fellow - Scientific AI (Clinical Biostatistician)
est.CHF 160’000 – 180’000
Geneva · Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+6·+5·+4·+3AppleResearch·Senior31 days ago31d agoAIML - Foundation Model Post-Training Research Scientist
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+11·+10·+9·+8Research Intern – Hardware Optimization for AI Accelerators
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
DIFFUSION MODEL·LLM·Agentic AI+3·+2·+1Research Intern: Agentic System-Level Hardware Design
est.CHF 35’000 – 55’000
Zürich
LLM·Agentic AI+2·+1AppleResearch·Mid31 days ago31d agoAIML - Machine Learning Researcher, Multimodal Foundation Models
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·NLP+6·+5·+4·+3Google DeepMindResearch·Mid34 days ago34d agoResearch Scientist, Gemini Vision, DeepMind
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·NLP·DATA MINING+9·+8·+7·+6NvidiaResearch·Junior·Internship34 days ago34d agoPhD Research Intern, Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+7·+6·+5·+4Research Intern on Hardware Acceleration for Agentic-Era Server Workloads
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Neural Networks·Agentic AI·Vector Databases+3·+2·+1IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship40 days ago40d agoResearch Internship in AI and Quantum Algorithms for PDEs
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Foundation Models·PyTorch+4·+3·+2·+1AppleResearch·Junior·Internship40 days ago40d agoInternship - Machine Learning (Foundation Models)
est.CHF 50’000 – 70’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+9·+8·+7·+6Researcher - Agentic Algorithms and Architectures
est.CHF 115’000 – 135’000
Zürich
Agentic AI+1Research Intern: Next-generation Computer Architecture for Racks and SuperPods
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Computer Vision·Generative AI·Agentic AI+3·+2·+1
AnthropicResearch·Mid55 days ago55d agoResearch Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Reinforcement Learning·LLM+5·+4·+3·+2Research Scientist – Efficient and Controllable Generative Models
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Computer Vision+5·+4·+3·+2IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship58 days ago58d agoInternship — Quantum Algorithms and Applications for Linear Algebra & Hamiltonian Simulation
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·AI-Native+2·+1
RAI Robotics and AI InstituteResearch·Junior·Internship61 days ago61d agoAutonomous Agent Engineering Intern
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Reinforcement Learning·ROBOT LEARNING·LLM+6·+5·+4·+3RAI Robotics and AI InstituteResearch·Junior·Internship64 days ago64d agoSensor Calibration & Integration Intern
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Computer Vision·AI-Native+3·+2·+1RAI Robotics and AI InstituteResearch·Junior·Internship68 days ago68d agoInternship - Software Engineering
est.CHF 35’000 – 55’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Neural Networks·Reinforcement Learning+4·+3·+2·+1
OpenAIResearch·Senior74 days ago74d agoRE/RS, Data Understanding - Foundations
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Deep Learning·TRAINING DATA·AI-Native+3·+2·+1GoogleResearch·Junior·Internship77 days ago77d agoResearch Scientist PhD Intern
est.CHF 95’000 – 115’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+7·+6·+5·+4
ZalandoResearch·Senior80 days ago80d agoSenior Principal Applied Scientist - Ranking and Recommendations
est.CHF 160’000 – 180’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·PyTorch+4·+3·+2·+1Senior Researcher AI Compiler Architecture
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Deep Learning·Computer Vision+2·+1IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship92 days ago92d agoMaster's Thesis — Next-Generation Query and Workflow Processing across Heterogeneous Engines and Hardware
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Vector Databases·AI-Native+3·+2·+1Research Scientist - Scientific Simulation on AI Infrastructure
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
LLM·Agentic AI·PyTorch+3·+2·+1RAI Robotics and AI InstituteResearch·Junior·Internship95 days ago95d agoInternship
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·AI-Native+2·+1AI Scientist
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
LLM·Fine-tuning·MLOps+5·+4·+3·+2
OdysseyResearch·Junior101 days ago101d agoAI Resident
est.CHF 100’000 – 120’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·GPT·AI-Native+3·+2·+1OdysseyResearch·Senior101 days ago101d agoMember of Technical Staff, Research
est.CHF 160’000 – 180’000
Zürich
Computer Vision·Generative AI·AI-Native+3·+2·+1AppleResearch·Senior107 days ago107d agoResearch Scientist/ Engineer - Special Projects
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Computer Vision+4·+3·+2·+1AppleResearch·Senior111 days ago111d agoResearch Scientist - LLM Efficiency
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·DIFFUSION MODEL+5·+4·+3·+2Senior/Principal Researcher: Next-generation NPU and Agentic CPU Micro-architecture
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Computer Vision·Agentic AI+2·+1Research Intern: Next-generation NPU and Agentic CPU Micro-architecture
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Computer Vision·Agentic AI+2·+1IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship117 days ago117d agoMaster's Thesis — AI Models and Inference Systems
est.CHF 0 – 20’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Foundation Models·LLM+7·+6·+5·+4IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship123 days ago123d agoMaster's Thesis — Agentic AI for Electronic Design Automation
est.CHF 0 – 20’000
Zürich
Agentic AI·MCP·AI-Native+3·+2·+1Huawei Research Centre – Competition Talent Program
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Computer Vision·Generative AI+3·+2·+1IBM ResearchResearch·Junior132 days ago132d agoPhD Position — Time and Memory Efficient Proof Systems
est.CHF 50’000 – 70’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·AI-Native+2·+1IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship132 days ago132d agoMaster's Thesis — Neural Solvers for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Neural Networks+6·+5·+4·+3IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship141 days ago141d agoMaster's Thesis — Hybrid Quantum-Neural Solvers for Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming
est.CHF 25’000 – 45’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·AI-Native+3·+2·+1
MindfireResearch·Mid·Part-time148 days ago148d agoAI Lab Assistant to the CEO & Team (30 - 60%)
est.CHF 75’000 – 95’000
Davos · Zürich
Generative AI·AI-Native+2·+1MindfireResearch·Mid·Part-time148 days ago148d agoAI Engineer and Technical Support (40-80%)
est.CHF 80’000 – 100’000
Davos · Zürich
Machine Learning·AI-Engineer·AI-Native+3·+2·+1MindfireResearch·Junior·Part-time148 days ago148d agoSpontaneous Application - Team Member
est.CHF 60’000 – 80’000
Zürich
AI-Native+1
Tufa LabsResearch·Senior162 days ago162d agoResearch Engineer
est.CHF 100’000 – 120’000
Zürich
Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning·LLM+4·+3·+2·+1AppleResearch·Senior163 days ago163d agoAIML - Research Scientist, Health
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Foundation Models+4·+3·+2·+1IBM ResearchResearch·Senior170 days ago170d agoResearch Engineers / Research Scientists — Next-Generation Data Systems
est.CHF 110’000 – 130’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·AI-Native+2·+1AppleResearch·Senior181 days ago181d agoAI Research Scientist - Multimodal Intelligence
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+9·+8·+7·+6IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship192 days ago192d agoInternship or Master's Thesis — Agent-Centric Data Systems
est.CHF 40’000 – 60’000
Zürich
LLM·AI-Native+2·+1AppleResearch·Senior192 days ago192d agoAIML - Apple Foundation Models: Senior ML Research Scientist, RL & Agentic Reasoning
est.CHF 150’000 – 170’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Reinforcement Learning+11·+10·+9·+8Flexion RoboticsResearch·Senior192 days ago192d agoAI Research Engineer - Dexterous Manipulation (Egocentric Models)
est.CHF 110’000 – 130’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Neural Networks·Reinforcement Learning+9·+8·+7·+6IBM ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship199 days ago199d agoInternship — Docling
est.CHF 40’000 – 60’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·NLP+8·+7·+6·+5
Mimic RoboticsResearch·Senior199 days ago199d agoAI Research Scientist (Robot Learning)
est.CHF 130’000 – 150’000
Zürich
Deep Learning·ROBOT LEARNING·Generative AI+9·+8·+7·+6
Disney ResearchResearch·Junior·Internship201 days ago201d agoResearch Internship
est.CHF 30’000 – 50’000
Zürich
Machine Learning·Deep Learning·Computer Vision+4·+3·+2·+1Scraped todaytoday
VLA/WAM Research Engineer
est. by Gemini 2.5 FlashCHF 110’000 – 130’000/ year
ZürichDeep LearningReinforcement LearningREPRESENTATION LEARNINGROBOT LEARNINGFoundation ModelsPOST-TRAININGPRE-TRAININGPyTorchAI-Native
At Flexion, we're building the intelligence layer powering the next generation of humanoid robots. Our mission is to accelerate the transition from fragile prototypes to real-world humanoid deployment. We are founded by leading scientists in robot reinforcement learning (ex-Nvidia, ex-ETH Zürich), and backed by leading international VC firms. In just months, we've gone from our first line of code to deploying real humanoid capabilities.
The Role
As our VLA/WAM Research Engineer, you'll develop the foundation models that power our humanoid robots, spanning model architecture, large-scale pre-training, adaptation, and post-training. You will work across the model lifecycle: designing VLA and World-Action Model architectures, training foundation models on large and diverse embodied datasets, developing methods for efficient adaptation to new tasks and embodiments, and using robot experience to continuously improve model capabilities. In particular, we are looking for researchers and engineers with deep experience in one or more of the following areas: VLA/VLM or multimodal model architecture, large-scale foundation-model pre-training, world models and predictive learning, robot learning, or post-training and continual learning. If you have strong depth in one of these areas and are excited to work across the broader problem of building general-purpose robot foundation models, you will be a strong fit for the role.
Key Responsibilities
- VLA/WAM Architecture: Design and develop multimodal foundation models combining vision, language, robot state, actions, and temporal context for general-purpose robotic control.
- Foundation Model Pretraining: Develop and execute large-scale pretraining across diverse robot embodiments, teleoperation, egocentric human data, and simulated experience.
- Training Recipes & Scaling: Improve data mixtures, training objectives, optimization strategies, and distributed training workflows to deliver increasingly capable foundation models on a regular cadence.
- World-Action Models: Develop predictive world and action models for representation learning, future-state prediction, planning, and robot policy improvement.
- Adaptation & Mid-training: Develop methods to efficiently adapt pretrained models to new tasks, environments, embodiments, and capabilities.
- Post-training & Reinforcement Learning: Improve models using real-world and simulated robot experience, including imitation learning, RL, reward/value-guided learning, and specialist-to-generalist distillation.
- Continual Learning: Develop methods to learn from autonomous rollouts, failures, interventions, and recoveries while retaining existing capabilities and avoiding catastrophic forgetting.
- Evaluation & Research: Design rigorous experiments, evaluate models in simulation and on real robots, and use results to guide architecture and training decisions.
Requirements
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills, with hands-on experience developing and training modern deep-learning models.
- Research or engineering experience in one or more of the following: VLA/VLM architectures, multimodal foundation models, world models, large-scale pretraining, robot learning, or RL/post-training.
- Experience owning substantial model development or training experiments, including architecture choices, training objectives, optimization, and evaluation.
- Solid understanding of modern deep-learning architectures, representation learning, and the relationship between data, training objectives, and model performance.
- Ability to design rigorous experiments, diagnose training failures, and use empirical results to guide research decisions.
- Familiarity with large-scale datasets, model training workflows, and the challenges of generalization across tasks, environments, or embodiments.
- Ability to critically evaluate recent research and translate promising ideas into working models and experiments.
- Comfortable working across model architecture, training, and adaptation while bringing particular expertise in at least one of these areas.
Additionally, the following are a plus but not required:
- Experience training VLA, VLM, diffusion, flow-matching, video/world models, or other multimodal generative architectures.
- Experience with distributed training, multi-node GPU systems, large-scale data mixtures, and foundation-model training optimization.
- Experience with reinforcement learning, offline RL, reward/value learning, specialist distillation, or continual learning.
- Experience with predictive world models, video generation, latent dynamics, or self-supervised representation learning.
- Experience with multi-embodiment robot learning, action representations, or adapting policies across different robot platforms.
- Experience working with teleoperation, egocentric video, simulation, autonomous rollouts, or other large-scale embodied datasets.
- Experience evaluating learned policies on real robots, particularly humanoids or dexterous manipulation systems.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Enhanced pension plan
- Enhanced holiday & paid leave perks
- Relocation & permit sponsorship
- Central Zürich office with top-tier robotics testing facilities and infrastructure
- Joining Europe's leading robotics team & exposure to never-done-before research
- Energetic, collaborative culture with a bias for action and regular community events