The Nestlé Deep Tech Center is where we develop and evaluate cutting-edge technologies to accelerate Nestlé’s global innovation mission and shape the future of food at scale. Leveraging advanced robotics and sensor technologies, AI, machine learning and digital twins, we are driving smarter manufacturing, delivering breakthrough consumer experiences, and maximizing our research and innovation capabilities. Every project here connects you to Nestlé’s purpose: unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for individuals, families, communities, and the planet, today and for generations to come.

Based in Orbe, Switzerland, and complemented by our Deep Tech Hub in Shenzhen, China, our state-of-the-art facility fosters a collaborative working environment, with creative spaces, rapid‑prototyping labs, automated kitchens, and pilot plants, so innovation moves fast from concept to reality.

Ready to build technology that matters? Join us and be a force for good!

Position Snapshot

Location: Orbe (near Lausanne), Switzerland

Company: Nestlé Deep Tech Center

Act. Rate: Full-Time Act. Rate 100%
Type of contract: Internship, 6 months

Start date : June-September 2026, flexible

What we offer at Nestlé

International, diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment : Read more about our Nestlé Community

Opportunities to have an impact and contribute to your team’s success

Endless learning opportunities and enriching experiences

Strong mentorship for your professional growth

Position Summary

As an Intelligent Robotics Intern, you will support the Nestlé Deep Tech Center in the development of intelligent robotic platforms, with a strong focus on robot learning and programming. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in embodied AI / physical AI, allowing you to experiment techniques with vision‑language‑action models, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, as well as Sim2Real transfer.

The role reports directly to the Applied Machine Learning R&D Specialist, in the Artificial Intelligence group.

A Day in the Life of an Intelligent Robotics Intern

• Designing and implementing learning‑based policy pipelines (e.g. behavior cloning, imitation learning, reinforcement learning) for different robotic platforms

• Using physics‑based simulators to prototype, train, and evaluate policies, with a focus on Sim2Real transfer

• Experimenting with embodied / physical AI approaches, including vision‑language‑action models and robot foundation models, and assessing their applicability to real‑world tasks

• Building and maintaining training pipelines, datasets, and evaluation setups for robot learning experiments

• Running controlled experiments, analyzing results, and iterating on models and system design

• Staying close to current research and advances in Physical AI, and translating relevant ideas into real use-cases and applied solutions

What will make you successful

• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a master’s degree in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field

• Foundations in machine learning and basic data engineering

• Familiarity with robot learning approaches (e.g. imitation learning, reinforcement learning, policy learning); exposure to robot foundation models or world models is a plus

• Knowledge about robotics simulators such as NVIDIA Omniverse / Isaac Sim, Mu JoCo, or similar environments

• Curiosity and motivation to follow research and latest advances in robotics, machine learning, etc.

• English (professional working proficiency); French is a plus

Nestlé is committed to the accessibility of its recruitment process. If you require adaptation during the recruitment process, please do let us know so we can support you effectively. All information will be treated confidentially.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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