Senior Robot Platform Software Engineer (Zürich, 100%)

2 months ago

Zürich, SwitzerlandSenior

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve the onboard Linux stack, including kernel tuning, PREEMPT_RT real-time patches, cgroups resource isolation, and host metric collection.
Integrate software and hardware by ensuring deterministic communication through UDP/TCP, CAN, and serial interfaces.
Design and maintain multi-architecture build pipelines and secure OTA updates using Docker and Ansible.
Establish engineering practices covering hardware-in-the-loop testing, memory-safety checks, and code guidelines.
Improve deployment safety, atomic releases, rollback capabilities, and troubleshooting tools for robots operating unsupervised in the field.

3+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in robotics, automotive, or aerospace.
Strong systems programming skills in modern C++ and experience with Python.
Knowledge of Linux networking, systemd, security and hardening, and performance profiling.
Experience with CMake, Cargo, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, or software deployment using Docker and Debian packages.
Experience with unit-test and integration-test automation.
Ability to contribute across multiple technical domains.
Rust, ROS2, Zenoh, hardware-in-the-loop or simulation-in-the-loop testing, real-hardware integration, and NVIDIA Jetson experience are preferred.

Full-time employment at 100%.
On-site work in Zürich, Switzerland; remote work is not possible.
ASAP start date.
Opportunity to shape engineering culture as the first dedicated platform engineer and later specialize in or lead subsystems.

11-50 employees