Real-Time State Estimation & Robotics Engineer

RAI Institute; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

RAI Institute in Switzerland seeks exceptional Master's and PhD graduates to join our team as the critical bridge between algorithmic research and on-robot deployment. You will build the computational foundations and state estimation suites for our multi-modal sensor systems and ensure these algorithms run seamlessly on physical hardware.

If you have a deep passion for writing clean, performant software, solving complex state estimation problems, and deploying your solutions directly onto

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Computational Science & Engineering, or related field; early-career and junior candidates welcomed.
• Exceptional core software engineering foundations with proficiency in Modern C++ and Python, including system architecture, data structures, and memory management.
• Solid understanding of state estimation and optimization techniques, with familiarity in factor graph optimization (ideally including experience with GTSAM).
• Proven software engineering experience (e.g., internships, open-source contributions, or complex project work).
• Strong interest in building robust tools for both cutting-edge robotics research and real-world deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate robust, real-time state-estimation pipelines for multimodal sensor systems.
• Write robust, low-latency modern C++ code for real-time execution directly on robotic hardware, optimizing for embedded platforms like the Jetson family.
• Apply classical optimization (factor graphs) and learning algorithms to practical robotics problems.
• Profile, benchmark, and eliminate performance bottlenecks in resource-constrained Linux environments.
• Design and build clean, scalable software components using modern software engineering practices and ROS 2.
• Collaborate with researchers to provide a solid foundation for building advanced robotic systems.

Skills

Modern C++

Python

State estimation

ROS 2

Real-time systems

Education

Master's degree in Robotics/CS/Computational Science & Engineering

PhD (completed or near completion)

Tools

ROS 2

GTSAM

Jetson

Job description

RAI Institute in Switzerland seeks exceptional Master's and PhD graduates to join our team as the critical bridge between algorithmic research and on-robot deployment. You will build the computational foundations and state estimation suites for our multi-modal sensor systems and ensure these algorithms run seamlessly on physical hardware.

If you have a deep passion for writing clean, performant software, solving complex state estimation problems, and deploying your solutions directly onto