Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy
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Job description
Senior hands-on software engineering role in the Autonomy team, developing and maintaining the autonomy software stack for ANYmal robots, from prototyping through production deployments.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · Zurich, Switzerland
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Contribute to the technical strategy and design for the autonomy software architecture, ensuring robots act transparently and reliably in complex environments
- Lead and develop core robotics algorithms to expand our autonomous operational envelope in challenging conditions
- Triage customer issues, recognize trends, and rapidly make our system more resilient to failures observed in the field
- Write, deploy, and maintain highly efficient C++ and Python software for the autonomy stack
- Serve as a mentor and collaborator, participating in architecture group activities and guiding junior engineers on algorithm design and best practices
- Evaluate cutting-edge algorithms and solutions to continuously push the boundaries of autonomous performance and system adaptability
What we're looking for
- University degree in engineering or science with a focus on computer science, electrical engineering or robotics
- Proven track record of shipping software to the field and maintaining those solutions over time
- Proven experience leading software architecture design and software engineering best practices
- Strong contributor to technical strategy and mentoring of junior engineers
- Strong understanding of autonomous systems, including: motion planning, state estimation, behaviour-based control, path planning, mission planning & execution
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems, middleware frameworks and interfacing complex modules up and down the software stack
- Pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset, working towards a goal and achieving outcomes
- Excellent communication skills in English
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Reinforcement Learning (RL) and deployment of cutting-edge AI/ML models
- Development of scalable and modular robot architectures with task execution frameworks such as Behavior Trees
- Experience with ROS/ROS2
- Experience using robotic simulation tools such as Gazebo or Isaac Sim
- Interest in agentic engineering toolchains
- Successfully managed strategic partnerships with external engineering companies
Your team
Autonomy team
Team developing tailored software solutions that enable robots to execute inspection and maintenance tasks with precision and consistency.
Benefits
The opportunity to become part of a fast-growing company and an ambitious team that is on a mission to change the industrial inspection market
- A very exciting and dynamic work environment
- A chance to leverage your experience and bring in your own ideas
- A fair market salary
- An attractive employee stock ownership plan
- A job in the city of Zurich
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About ANYbotics
Shaping the future of mobile robotics across multiple industries
ANYbotics is a fast-growing tech company dedicated to shaping the future of mobile robotics across multiple industries. The company develops tailored software solutions that enable robots to execute inspection and maintenance tasks with precision and consistency, and develops customised hardware systems including the entire robotic platform, actuators, sensors, inspection payloads, charging systems, and all related electrical hardware.
Mission
To transform industrial plants in the energy, process, and utility sector by introducing robotics to a wide range of novel applications.
Key facts
- more than 200 people
- Robotics
- Mobile robot ANYmal uses legs for extreme mobility in complex environments
- Camera- and LIDAR-based sensing for full autonomy and obstacle avoidance
- AI for high-quality and consistent inspection results
- Customers are large asset operators and industrial service providers pioneering the use of robotics technology for inspection and maintenance