Lead AIRoA’s HR function and a small team while shaping HR systems, regulations, labor-risk controls, Money Forward operations, and executive-level people decisions.
AI Robot Association (AIRoA) is a nonprofit industry and research organization that brings together companies, universities and researchers to advance AI-powered robotics. It collects and shares robot-training data, develops foundation and task-specific models, operates a developer community, and studies robots’ efficiency and safety. Its work supports organizations developing or applying AI and robotics.
AIRoA charges annual dues across corporate membership categories, while its total revenue is not publicly disclosed. At its Tokyo R&D lab, the association collects manipulation data and trains and tests robot foundation models in mock manufacturing, home and retail environments; it reported collecting about 80,000 hours of teleoperation data in fiscal 2025.
- No Japanese required
- 3%
- Can be worked in English
- 57%
- Visa-sponsorship signal
- 54%
- Remote or hybrid
- 5%
- Most requested
- Machine learning 9
- Generative AI / LLM 5
- Python 4
- C++ 3
- AWS 2
- Go 1
- No Japanese required 1
- JLPT N2 2
- JLPT N1 1
- Native Japanese 3
- No Japanese level detected 19
- Japanese posting, level unstated 11
- Common areas
- HR & recruiting 5
- Backend engineering 1
- Business development 1
- Consulting & strategy 1
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Build and operate the full-stack platform for teleoperating humanoid robots in homes, using Go, Next.js/React, ROS telemetry, and AWS infrastructure.
Manage PR activities and communication strategies to enhance global visibility and credibility for the foundation model.
Lead global hiring efforts, managing full-cycle recruitment activities from strategy to execution.
Develop semi-/full-humanoid robots and teleoperation systems, including robotic hands and verification environments.
Design, implement, and verify firmware and embedded software for humanoids and robotic systems, ensuring stability and reliability in real-world applications.
AI Robot Association is hiring a Legal Specialist based in Heiwajima, Japan. The supplied posting identifies the role and location but does not provide duties, qualifications, salary, or working-condition details.
The role focuses on robotics simulation within the AI Robot Association's research and development work in Heiwajima, Japan. No further responsibilities are stated.
Develop robotics control systems at the low level, with a focus on motor control. The role is based in Heiwajima, Japan.
The Robotics Reliability Engineer role focuses on reliability engineering for robotics systems. The posting identifies the work location as Heiwajima, Japan.
Design and improve teleoperation systems for humanoid, mobile manipulator, and service robots, analyzing logs and resolving robot issues to support data collection and evaluation.
Lead robot operation and training-data collection using controllers, VR and haptic devices; evaluate and annotate data, improve interfaces, and manage part-time staff.
Lead the operational foundation of the organization, supporting the Board of Directors, managing budgets, and overseeing back-office operations.
You will help continuously elevate our organizational performance through strategy planning, execution of initiatives, and partnering with teams.
This position connects AIRoA’s Physical AI initiatives with government and public institutions, promoting collaboration to advance the ecosystem.
Lead the hiring of engineers for a robot data ecosystem and foundation models, managing the entire recruitment process.
Develop and execute mid- to long-term strategies for the association, including negotiations and coordination with various stakeholders.
As the HR Specialist, you will manage HR and labor operations, including onboarding, attendance, and compliance inquiries.
As the Public Relations (Corporate) for the AI Robot Association, you will manage internal and external communications, including press releases and media relations.
Lead governance structure construction and operations, addressing immediate challenges and long-term organizational issues.
Support office communication and branding to enhance a comfortable and attractive office environment.
Drive recruitment of business professionals supporting initiatives in strategy, communications, HR, and IT.
Design and develop service robot systems for various environments, conduct proof-of-concept studies, and ensure quality assurance.
Design electrical and wiring systems for humanoid robots, dual-arm robots, robotic hands.
Design and develop service robot systems for various environments, including planning and executing proof-of-concept studies.
Design and implement data preprocessing pipelines for multimodal robot datasets and train VLA models using various learning methods.
As the Infrastructure Specialist, you will design, construct, and operate infrastructure for AI and robotics, providing services for researchers and engineers.
Design and implement data preprocessing pipelines for multimodal robot datasets and train VLA models using various learning methods.
Develop Vision-Language models and fine-tune existing models for robotics applications.
Design and implement data preprocessing pipelines for multimodal robot datasets and train VLA models using various learning methods.
Design and build scalable data collection systems for humanoid and mobile robots. Develop teleoperation systems and create automated pipelines for model deployment.
As a Robotics Engineer Intern, you will contribute to the design and implementation of scalable data collection systems across fleets of humanoid and mobile robots.
Design and build scalable data collection systems for humanoid and mobile robots. Develop teleoperation systems and create automated pipelines for model deployment.
Design and build scalable data collection systems for humanoid and mobile robots, develop teleoperation systems, and create automated pipelines for model deployment.
Design and build scalable data collection systems for humanoid and mobile robots. Develop teleoperation systems and create automated pipelines for model deployment.
Design, implement, and maintain large-scale ML pipelines and optimize model performance for training on massive robot datasets.
Design and implement data preprocessing pipelines for multimodal robot datasets and train VLA models using various learning methods.
