AI & Control Intern – Whole-Body Control (Robotics)

Location: Paris, France; onsite work with exoskeletons and humanoid robots.

Company

hirify.global designs, manufactures, and sells AI-powered exoskeletons and humanoid robots for healthcare and industrial applications, including Atalante X, Eve, and Calvin.

What you will do

• Develop whole-body control algorithms for floating-base exoskeletons and humanoid robots.
• Design linear and nonlinear control strategies, including MPC and NMPC.
• Develop online and offline trajectory optimization and motion-generation algorithms for locomotion and manipulation.
• Model robot dynamics, contacts, and interactions with the environment, and develop or integrate state-estimation algorithms from sensor data.
• Explore learning-based approaches, including reinforcement learning, when relevant.
• Write maintainable C++ and Python software, then test, debug, and validate algorithms on real robots while contributing to the long-term control-stack architecture.

Requirements

• Final-year Master's or engineering-school student, M2 or equivalent, in Robotics, Controls, Optimization, Applied Mathematics, or a related scientific field; PhD students are also welcome to apply.
• Hands-on experience with robotics, control, motion generation, trajectory optimization, or related algorithmic development through industry, research, or significant academic projects.
• Autonomous-level programming skills in C++ and Python.
• Autonomous-level algorithmics skills.
• Autonomous-level knowledge of robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, and working with sensor data.
• Autonomous-level knowledge of control theory.
• Basic knowledge of machine learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month internship contract.
• Collaboration with whole-body control, mechanical, electronics, perception, and software teams.
• Work on AI and robotics technologies for healthcare and industrial use cases.
• Direct experimentation and validation on exoskeletons and humanoid robots.