Robotics Software Engineer – Ground Control & Onboard Systems

Embodied AI; Renens; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous training

Modern offices

Weekly fitness sessions

On-site catering

People-first culture

Job summary

Flybotix, a Swiss robotics scale-up near Lausanne, seeks a hands-on Robotics Software Engineer (Ground Control & Onboard Systems) to shape embedded and mobile software powering drones and ground control stations.

You will influence autonomous navigation, real-time control and user experience, collaborating with firmware and software engineers in a fast-growing environment that values measurable impact and continuous training.

Qualifications

• Experience in embedded and mobile software for robotics and real-time systems.
• Proficiency in Rust for performance-critical components.
• Strong C++ for embedded development; ROS2 expertise.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux, containerization, ARM, and video tech.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance ground control station GUI with real-time telemetry and data visualization.
• Design and maintain onboard embedded software for collecting and streaming inspection data.
• Fine-tune system performance with software and firmware engineers.
• Develop communication protocols linking drone, ground station and cloud.
• Optimize for memory-efficient, reliable operation in resource-constrained environments.
• Uphold code quality via unit testing, CI/CD and reviews.
• Contribute to architectural decisions.

Skills

Rust

C++

ROS2

GStreamer

Embedded Linux

Containerization

ARM systems

Video encoding/decoding

GUI development (egui/Qt)

OpenGL/Vulkan

3D visualization

Performance optimization

Debugging skills

English fluency

Tools

Qt

OpenGL

Vulkan

ROS2

Job description

About Flybotix: Flybotix is a recognized Swiss robotics scale-up (based near Lausanne) building the ASIO indoor-inspection drone, which keeps humans out of hazardous confined spaces while delivering 20+ minutes of visual inspection for sewer, hydro power, oil & gas, maritime and chemical-plant applications.

Role

As a hands-on Robotics Software Engineer (Ground Control & Onboard Systems), you shape the embedded and mobile software powering the drones and ground control stations, directly impacting autonomous navigation, real-time control and user experience.

Responsibilities

• build and enhance the ground control station GUI with real-time telemetry and data visualization;
• design and maintain onboard-computer embedded software for collecting, recording and streaming inspection data;
• fine-tune system performance with software and firmware engineers;
• develop the communication protocols linking drone, ground station and cloud;
• optimize for memory-efficient, reliable operation in resource-constrained environments;
• uphold code quality via unit testing, CI/CD and reviews;
• and contribute to architectural decisions.

Profile

• 5+ years in embedded and mobile software for robotics/drones/real-time applications;
• strong Rust for performance-critical components;
• C++ for embedded;
• expertise in ROS2 and gstreamer;
• familiarity with embedded Linux, containerization, ARM systems and video encoding/decoding;
• GUI development (egui/Qt) and 3D visualization (OpenGL/Vulkan/game engines);
• strong performance-optimization and debugging skills;
• excellent English (French a plus).

Nice to have: PX4/ArduPilot, CUDA/OpenCL (NVIDIA Jetson), game-engine experience, open-source contributions.

What they offer

a dynamic, fast-growing environment with measurable impact, continuous training, modern offices, weekly fitness sessions, on-site catering and a strong people-first culture.