At Laelaps AI, we believe robotics is entering a transformative decade, much like the arrival of the internet. Advances in AI, cloud computing, and hardware are reshaping what autonomous systems can do. Our mission is to build the intelligent software that powers physical security in the real world - enabling robots and sensors to handle dangerous and critical tasks that humans shouldn't have to. By engineering the orchestration layer for intelligent security, we aim to create a world that is safer, more secure, and more resilient.
We're a strong founding team based in Zurich, backed by visionary investors and advisors. We are engineering the future of security today!
As a Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Intern, you'll develop learning-based coordination strategies for fleets of robots that share tasks, optimize throughput, and remain safe under uncertainty. You'll work at the intersection of RL research and real-world robotics, taking ideas from papers and pushing them toward deployment on multi-robot systems.
This role is highly practical: you'll design environments, train policies, evaluate against safety and throughput metrics, and contribute to the simulation infrastructure that makes serious RL work possible. You'll learn how to take MARL ideas from sim to systems that operate reliably under real constraints.
Design simulation environments for multi-robot coordination tasks.
Train and evaluate MARL policies for task allocation, coordination, and safety.
Run experiments on coordination tradeoffs: throughput, robustness, safety under failure.
Contribute to sim-to-real transfer pipelines.
Integrate learned coordination policies with the broader autonomy stack.
Apply solid engineering practices: experiment tracking, reproducibility, evaluation discipline.
We're looking for a motivated student excited to apply academic training in a fast-moving startup. You'll be surrounded by a team that values learning, experimentation, and building things that actually work in the real world.
Currently pursuing PhD or recently completed a Master's degree in Machine Learning, Robotics, or a closely related field.
Strong understanding of reinforcement learning fundamentals.
Familiarity with multi-agent RL methods.
Strong PyTorch (or JAX) skills.
Good coding skills in Python.
Comfortable using Docker and Git in your workflows.
Publications at top ML or robotics venues (NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, RSS, ICRA).
Experience with robotics simulators (IsaacSim, MuJoCo, Gazebo).
Background in sim-to-real transfer or domain randomization.
Exposure to real-robot deployment.
Ownership: you are the commercial function, and first in line to build and lead the team you help hire.
Mission: autonomous security that keeps people and critical sites safe, including in defence.
Career path: a ground-floor seat with real runway. Prove your value and you will not have barriers to grow.
Team: work directly with PhD-level co-founders in AI, Robotics, and Physics, alongside a strong (and fun) founding team.
Compensation: Competitive equity/salary package
Culture: a small, international founding team that is serious about building but does not take itself too seriously.
