Jobs at AIRoA (AI Robot Association)

As a Robotics Engineer Intern, you'll design data collection systems for humanoid robots, develop control systems, and work on machine learning models while collaborating closely with a team on complex robotic systems.

The Robotics Engineer will design and build data collection systems for humanoid robots, develop teleoperation systems, automate model deployments, and integrate state-of-the-art robotic models. Collaboration with interdisciplinary teams is essential for transitioning prototypes to scalable engineering systems.

Lead and build AIRoA’s operational foundation: support board and committee operations, design governance and internal rules, manage budgets/contracts and back-office functions, coordinate member communications and events, and implement systems to scale secretariat operations.

Manage back-office operations including meeting coordination, minutes, event secretariat, contract and document management, office/assets management, payments and budgeting. Standardize workflows and support governance while collaborating across teams to build AIRoA's operational infrastructure.

Support internal and external communications, PR, event planning, HR/admin tasks, and cross‑division coordination. Rotate across divisions to enable organizational engagement and drive AI×robotics outreach.

Lead end-to-end engineering recruitment for AIRoA, hiring domestic and international engineers. Define requirements, manage sourcing, screening, offers, English interviews, and visa/relocation coordination. Build hiring processes, talent pipelines, and university/community relationships to support global R&D expansion.

Lead end-to-end recruitment for business roles (strategy, PR, HR, general affairs, internal IT) at AIRoA: headcount planning, direct sourcing, agency management, selection-process design and operation, offer design/closing, and alignment with project leaders to build teams that support robot data ecosystem and foundation-model initiatives.

Lead and operate the Information Systems Department to build and maintain internal IT infrastructure (network, storage, servers, virtualization, containers, security), provide helpdesk support, coordinate with vendors/subcontractors, produce network diagrams and NEDO reports, and ensure reliable development environments for a large national AI robotics project.

Provide legal support for AIRoA projects and operations: draft and review contracts, design contract schemes, create regulations and IP/data handling rules, advise on NEDO/public contracts, and support corporate governance, compliance, and risk management for a general incorporated association.

Operate day-to-day HR and labor processes (attendance, onboarding/offboarding, social insurance), maintain HR policies, support performance evaluations, manage compensation/grade data, and act as first contact for harassment and compliance inquiries while improving HR systems and processes.

Lead AIRoA's global recruitment: design and execute hiring strategy, manage full-cycle recruiting, direct sourcing (BizReach/LinkedIn), run recruitment events, strengthen employer branding, and coordinate hiring policies with HR and labor teams.

Perform day-to-day accounting through monthly and annual closings: journal entries, invoicing/payments, cash management, AR/AP, tax/auditor coordination, project P&L, budgeting, and building accounting workflows and internal controls.

Lead AIRoA's accounting and management reporting: daily/monthly bookkeeping, cash/payments, billing and reimbursement schemes, budgeting and budget control, internal controls, accounting policies, and rollout of cloud accounting tools.

Lead finance and accounting for AIRoA, manage all core accounting operations, coordinate with external tax and labor/social security professionals, ensure compliance, support organizational growth to 20–30 hires, and operate bilingually in English and Japanese to drive financial strategy for a large national AI robotics project.

Design, build, and operate cloud and on-prem infrastructure to provide GPU clusters, large-scale data platforms, and developer tooling as services. Optimize availability, performance, and security from an SRE perspective, lead incident response, improve operational processes, and drive mid-to-long-term infrastructure architecture and governance for robot foundation model R&D.

Develop and improve Vision-Language models for robotics, build training pipelines, conduct error analyses, and establish infrastructure for model deployment.

Design and develop semi/full humanoid robots, teleoperation systems, robotic hands, and verification/validation environments. Create mechanical assemblies, tooling, jigs/fixtures, perform tolerance and material selection, integrate sensors/actuators with electrical/software teams, and lead prototyping through validation.

Lead PR strategy to raise global recognition of the foundation model. Plan and execute domestic and international communications, support English-language business development, coordinate overseas talent-dispatch events, manage the PR team, and report to the board.

Lead launch and operation of a membership community for large corporations: design membership structure, recruit and onboard enterprise members, run engagement initiatives and events, manage community tools, and track KPIs to drive growth and retention.

Lead AIRoA's corporate communications: draft and distribute press releases, manage media and social channels, handle inquiries, support event PR, and prepare English materials to translate complex AI/robotics topics for diverse domestic and global audiences.