Specialist recruiters
A connected network sharing technical insight, introductions and access to hard-to-reach robotics talent.
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EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE.THE UPNEST ROBOTICS PERSPECTIVE / 01
EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE.THE UPNEST ROBOTICS PERSPECTIVE / 01
SPECIALIST ROBOTICS HEADHUNTING
Hard to find.Not for us.
Hard-to-reach robotics talent. A connected network of specialists. The engineers, researchers and technical leaders building what comes next.
Tell us who you needSEARCH WITH INTENTION.
OUR NETWORK IS YOUR STARTING POINT
The search starts
with a connection.
We don't start with a job board. We start with the people building the future of robotics: founders, research teams and engineers working at the intersection of intelligence and the physical world.
Real relationships. A more informed search.Founders & technical leaders
Connections with the people turning breakthrough research into real-world robotics companies.
Exceptional engineers
Roboticists, researchers and builders. Including the people who are not actively looking for their next role.
RECRUITERS WHO KNOW THE NICHE
“The next breakthrough isn't just a technology. It's the person behind it.”
Understanding the stack is only half the job. You need to understand the people behind it: the researchers, the engineers and the teams they trust. That is where our search starts.
Talk to someone who knows your worldTHE ROBOTICS LANDSCAPE
Different worlds.
Exceptional standards.
Inspired by the teams pushing boundaries.
Built for the next generation of robotics.
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THE MORE SPECIFIC THE BRIEF, THE BETTER
Niche expertise.
No ordinary search.
Complex systems. Scarce experience.
The robotics specialisms we search across.
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Embodied AI & Robot Learning
Foundation models for the physical world, imitation learning and reinforcement learning.
Discuss this search ↗Perception & Computer Vision
3D scene understanding, sensor fusion, visual SLAM and spatial intelligence.
Discuss this search ↗Motion Planning & Controls
Trajectory optimisation, whole-body control and precision manipulation.
Discuss this search ↗Humanoids & Manipulation
Dexterous hands, locomotion and general-purpose robotic systems.
Discuss this search ↗Autonomous Systems
Self-driving platforms, drones and robots navigating unstructured environments.
Discuss this search ↗Hardware & Mechatronics
Actuators, embedded systems, electronics and mechanical design.
Discuss this search ↗Simulation & Infrastructure
Sim-to-real transfer, synthetic data, robotics tooling and deployment.
Discuss this search ↗Technical Leadership
Founding engineers, heads of robotics and research leaders for ambitious teams.
Discuss this search ↗A brief that sits between disciplines? That is often where a specialist network makes the difference.
A SMALL TEAM. A VERY PARTICULAR SEARCH.
Not more CVs.
The right person.
We're Upnest Robotics. Specialist recruitment for the physical AI frontier. Engineers, researchers and technical leaders for companies building more than the next product.
Get under the surface.
Your technology, your culture, the expertise you cannot find. A proper conversation, not another job specification.
Work the right connections.
We combine specialist relationships with targeted market mapping to reach the engineers and researchers who are not looking for a move.
Make the right introduction.
A considered shortlist. Honest conversations. One search partner, right through to the final decision.
A DIFFICULT BRIEF. AN EASY FIRST CONVERSATION.