Staff Software Engineer - Robotics Platform
Gravis Robotics2 days ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandStaff+
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with engineers across teams to derive requirements and shape the robotics platform vision.
- Define roadmaps that incorporate business needs and resolve conflicting timelines and requirements.
- Design, build, and maintain core robotics platform components such as health monitoring and machine configuration management.
- Architect the communication layer, node orchestration, lifecycle management, and APIs for off-machine systems.
- Guide junior team members and serve as a technical role model.
- Monitor external dependencies and alternatives for potential issues and improvements.
- Influence and grow the engineering culture.
- Contribute upstream to open-source software projects.
- Stay current with robotics developments and share knowledge internally and externally.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, robotics development, or similar roles.
- Strong software engineering skills and experience with tooling such as clangd, cargo, and pyrefly.
- Strong programming skills in a systems language such as C++ or Rust; Python is preferred but not required.
- Track record of leading high-impact projects across teams.
- Experience with middleware such as iceoryx2, DDS, or AUTOSAR Adaptive and IDLs such as FlatBuffers or Protobuf.
- Experience with safety-critical systems and related software development processes is a bonus.
- Experience developing production-grade robotics systems is a bonus.
- Open-source contributions and production Rust experience are bonuses.
About Gravis Robotics
Gravis Robotics builds retrofit autonomy systems that turn heavy earthmoving machines into robots for construction contractors and equipment partners, combining LiDAR/camera/GNSS sensing with autonomous control and augmented teleoperation so one operator can supervise a fleet. Founded in 2022 as an ETH Zurich spin-out and headquartered in Zurich, it sells the Gravis Rack hardware with autonomy software and reports deployments in multiple countries; SoftBank is an investor.