Career opportunities

This page contains a list of career opportunities (PhD, Postdoc, Faculty, Industry) related to optimization in robotics from around the internet. Even though the page is updated regularly, it is not a comprehensive list. If you know of a position that you think could be relevant for the community, please let us know!

Getting added to the careers page

We filter positions online to contain the following keywords and phrases:

contact-implicit control convex optimization dynamic programming dynamics humanoid koopman legged legged locomotion legged robot locomotion manipulation manipulation planning model predictive control motion generation motion planning mpc nonlinear optimization numerical optimization optimal control optimisation optimization planning reinforcement learning rigid body dynamics robot dynamics robot learning safe learning trajectory trajectory generation trajectory optimisation trajectory optimization whole-body control

After which we manually check the job positions before posting them here. As such, including any of these keywords in your job posting title increases the chance for us to see and add them. Alternatively, if you want your lab postings to be specifically considered, please contact us! Only postings that are no older than 60 days are retained.

Last updated: 2026-10-30, 9 postings