Robotic Engineer

Project Duration: Start ASAP - 3-4 months Extension Option: Yes, possible Workload: 80-100% Remote Ratio: 40% (3 days onsite/week from Tuesday to Thursday) Location: Zurich, Switzerland

Tasks



Design, develop, and maintain core components of mission control software

Architect clean and extensible interfaces abstracting robotic subsystem capabilities

Integrate and orchestrate multiple robotic subsystems into a unified execution framework

Implement monitoring, state management, and error handling for multi-step robotic operations

Establish high software quality via automated testing (unit, integration, system)

Collaborate with robotics engineers and researchers to productionize algorithms

Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction



Mandatory Skills (UPDATED)



5+ years of software engineering experience

Robotics and/or automation experience

Production-level Python

Production-level C++

Software architecture & design principles, design patterns

CI/CD pipelines, version control workflows, code reviews, automated testing

Linux development environment

Strong communication skills (English)

Collaborative mindset, pragmatic and calm working style

Ability to navigate technical disagreements and build consensus



Nice-to-Have Skills



Task planning / workflow orchestration

Knowledge representation or graph‑based systems

AI/ML integration (incl. generative models)

Formal modeling (state machines, behavior trees, process models)

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