Robotics Control Engineer for Mobile Manipulators & ROS2

LAYERED GmbH; Schweiz; On-site; EUR 118,266 - 172,024; Full time

Job summary

LAYERED in Zurich area specializes in autonomous construction robotics. They seek a Robotics Control & Systems Engineer to own motion control, coordinate arm and base, and integrate the controller with real hardware on site.

You will develop model predictive, whole-body and optimization-based controls, wire into ROS 2, and tune on live robots, moving from prototype to reliable machines in construction environments.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional experience shipping robust, production-ready code on real systems.
• Strong foundations in robot kinematics, dynamics and control.
• Experience designing and implementing control algorithms for robotic or mechatronic systems.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python.
• Experience with ROS or ROS 2.
• Experience deploying, tuning and debugging algorithms on real robots.
• Understanding of coordinate frames, transforms, state estimation and trajectory execution.
• Ability to reason across software, communications, electronics and physical robot behaviour.
• Hands-on, methodical debugging approach.
• Fluency in English.
• Valid Swiss or EU driving licence and work eligibility.
• Willingness to work on-site with full-scale robots in industrial/construction environments.

Responsibilities

• Design advanced control algorithms for mobile manipulators — model predictive, whole-body and optimization-based.
• Coordinate motion of robotic arms, mobile bases and other actuated subsystems.
• Improve trajectory tracking, precision, stability and responsiveness.
• Build and maintain the kinematic and dynamic models behind it.
• Implement control components within our ROS 2 architecture.
• Tune and validate everything directly on physical robots.
• Integrate control software with actuators, motors, drives, encoders, and sensors with electrical and mechanical teams.
• Diagnose cross-domain problems across timing, communication, actuation, mechanics and control.
• Move the platform from prototype to robust, repeatable system.
• Test in lab and during site deployments.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS 2

Kinematics & dynamics

Trajectory optimization

Education

Degree in robotics, control engineering, autonomous systems, electrical engineering, computer science or related field

Tools

OCS2

Pinocchio

CasADi

Drake

Job description

LAYERED in Zurich area specializes in autonomous construction robotics. They seek a Robotics Control & Systems Engineer to own motion control, coordinate arm and base, and integrate the controller with real hardware on site.

You will develop model predictive, whole-body and optimization-based controls, wire into ROS 2, and tune on live robots, moving from prototype to reliable machines in construction environments.