Student assistant (40 - 60 hours per month)

We are seeking support for the research activities of the “Intelligent Systems” group in the following areas:

• Assistance with conducting robotics experiments as well as testing and integrating the laboratory’s code infrastructure (20%)
• Assistance with the reimplementation of existing robotics and robot perception algorithms (20%)
• Assistance with the development, integration, and testing of perception algorithms for robotics; the development of neural systems for implicit scene/object representations; the construction of such representations from raw data; and their use for planning and real-time robot control (20%)
• Assistance with the development of algorithms for meta-optimization and the generation of randomized problem instances (≈ evolutionary methods) for testing and optimizing the planning and control capabilities of robots in large-scale, simulated, automatically generated scenarios
• Assistance with hardware and control development for a mobile robotic platform, including system integration of the mobile base and a manipulator (20%)

Required qualifications:

• Very good mathematical foundations in linear algebra and numerical algorithms
• Very good programming skills in C++ or Python
• Very good knowledge of Linux
• Very command of English, both written and spoken

Preferred qualifications:

• Reliability, ability to work independently, and strong teamwork skills
• Experience in one of the following areas: robot programming and basic knowledge of robotics (kinematics, dynamics, planning, or probabilistic methods); computer vision and neural representations; optimization algorithms and simulation; or mechatronics

Please submit your application in English, compiled into a single PDF document. A link to relevant code samples (e.g., a GitHub repository) may be included as evidence of your skills and experience.

Party responsible for specialist area / point of contact for job posting: Prof. Dr. Marc Toussaint / Frau Ilaria Cicchetti-Nilsson - i.cicchetti-nilsson@tu-berlin.de
Period of employment: from 01.05.2026, limited for two years
Apply to: i.cicchetti-nilsson@tu-berlin.de

Please submit your written application including cover letter, your CV, certificate of enrollment, and where applicable, current transcript of records, with the reference number to the place of employment indicated above.
In the interest of promoting equality opportunities for men and women, applications from women with suitable qualifications are particularly encouraged.