
SWARM Biotactics builds controllable bio-robotic insect swarms that gather real-time intelligence where conventional robots cannot operate. The company outfits living insects with modular "backpacks"…

SWARM Biotactics builds controllable bio-robotic insect swarms that gather real-time intelligence where conventional robots cannot operate. The company outfits living insects with modular "backpacks"…
Company: SWARM Biotactics — bio-robotics startup building controllable insect swarms for ISR and tactical use
Founded: 2024
Headquarters: Kassel, Germany (U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco)
Latest funding: €10M seed announced Jun 24, 2025 (total €13M including €3M pre-seed)
Key investors: Vertex Ventures US, Possible Ventures, Capnamic
Tactical ISR, security, disaster response, and inspection in environments unsuitable for traditional robotic platforms.
2024
Biotechnology
€3M
€10M
Round included Vertex Ventures US, Possible Ventures, and Capnamic
“Participation from multiple institutional VCs including Vertex Ventures US, Possible Ventures, and Capnamic indicates institutional venture backing”
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💡 About SWARM Biotactics
At SWARM Biotactics , we’re creating biorobots — living, intelligent systems based on insects. Each insect carries a custom-designed backpack enabling wireless control, sensing, and secure communication.
Biorobot swarms combine the efficiency of biology with AI, sensing, and swarm coordination — unlocking capabilities where conventional machines fail.
We are the only company in the world doing this — and we’re building the foundational systems that make living machines possible.
🚀 Join us at the frontier — and help create the first generation of living machines.
💡 Your Role
We are seeking a highly experienced automation engineer with 8+ years of industry experience, excluding internships, academic projects, and thesis work, to architect and build advanced tooling for surgical workflows, electrode placement, and precision biomechanical interfacing.
You will work across mechatronics, imaging, electronics, AI-assisted positioning, and micro-scale mechanical systems to create tools that do not yet exist. This is not a maintenance role. It is for someone who can move from concept to physical system, from design model to working prototype, and from experimental ambiguity to robust technical execution.
You will:
🧠 Your Profile
You bring deep hands-on experience in automation engineering, precision mechatronics, or robotic tooling, with a track record of shipping complex physical systems in demanding environments.
You likely have strong experience in several of the following:
🌍 Why SWARM Biotactics
We’re well-funded and expanding fast in a space no one else is in.
You’ll join a world-class team working on the frontier of science and engineering.
Your work will directly shape the foundation of biorobotic systems that redefine the interface between life and technology.
In this role, your impact will be immediate and foundational. You will help create the physical tools and automation backbone that enable precise interaction with living intelligence. The problems are hard, the constraints are real, and the solutions will require invention across disciplines.
⚡ Join the Swarm
If you’re ready to create the impossible — hands-on, every day — we want to meet you.
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