EURECAT

Eurecat is one of Europe's leading technology centers for accelerating innovation in companies. It brings together the experience of more than 800 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 69 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Eurecat integrates advanced digital capabilities and experience in biotechnology, industry and sustainability and collaborates with industry in R+D+I activities and projects, offering advanced scientific and technological services and specialized knowledge to respond effectively to the technological needs of very different business sectors, accelerating innovation, reducing both risks and spendings on scientific and technological infrastructures. The technology center participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I;, has 230 patents and 10 spin-offs. Eurecat has eleven centers in Catalonia and presence in Madrid, Malaga and Chile.

Job description

Are you excited about building the next generation of robots that can understand situations, reason about goals,



deliberate under uncertainty, and act in the physical world?

The Cognitive Robotics Group within the Robotics and Automation Unit at Eurecat Technology Centre is looking for an Applied Research Scientist in Cognitive Robotics and Robot Reasoning.

You will work on GRAIL (Grant Agreement No. 101298421) - a flagship European project developing foundation models for robotics - and continue contributing to Eurecat's cognitive robotics roadmap beyond the project. This is a permanent research position.

We are looking for someone with PhD-level research maturity - either through a completed PhD or equivalent research experience - and hands-on experience applying AI/ML, reasoning, planning, or foundation-model methods to robotic systems.

Why this role matters

Robotics is entering a new phase: generative AI and foundation models are changing how robots perceive, interpret, decide, and acquire

📌 Applied Research Scientist in Cognitive Robotics (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
🏢 Eurecat
📍 Cerdanyola del Vallès