Business developer

PhD Student Position in Electroadhesion Tribology for Dexterous Soft Robotic Grippers

Joint position with Politecnico di Bari and in collaboration with EPFL.

Duration: 3 years. Main working place: Bari, Italy. Fully funded with a scholarship and research funds. You will spend 6 months visiting EPFL.

Your goal will be to create the next generation of dexterous soft grippers that can grasp delicate and flexible objects, with negligible energy consumption and requiring little control. By using mechanical intelligence, demanding control tasks such as force control, path planning, and precise positioning can be embedded into the gripper’s physical design. You will study the tribology of electro‑mechanical systems at the interface between the gripper and the object; use the new scientific insight to create novel architectures, select better materials; characterize the gripper and validate it with Omnigrasp’s industry customers.

Your activities will include conducting theoretical and experimental research, writing academic papers, presenting at international conferences, writing patents, and supervising MSc students.

Requirements: Master’s degree in Engineering, Material Science, Physics or a related field; creativity and passion for innovation; fluency in English. Starting date: October 2022. Candidates who have lived abroad for more than two years may benefit from a tax exemption.

Research Engineer Position

Role: create the new generation of electro‑active soft robotic grippers for handling difficult objects.

Location: Bari, Italy. Competitive salary commensurate with experience and expertise. Opportunities to join a large international network of collaborators and customers in more than 5 countries.

Responsibilities: design new grippers according to customer specifications; rapid prototyping of gripper components; testing in pick‑and‑place scenarios.

Requirements: Bachelor or Master in Mechanical, Electrical, Automation Engineering or a similar field; passion for innovation. Position open until filled.

Business Developer

Help our team disrupt the logistics and manufacturing markets with our revolutionary dextrous and low‑power soft gripper.

Responsibilities: find new customers, lead sales, validate the market for our soft grippers, develop the business strategy.

Requirements: proactive, motivated candidate with industry experience who can speak to companies and is enthusiastic about innovation; proven ability to sell products and close contracts; fluency in English; a formal business education is a plus.

Location: Bari, Italy. Candidates who have lived abroad for more than two years may benefit from tax exemption.