Senior Robotics & Drone Software Engineer (Remote 60%)

Sulzer Schmid; Oetwil an der Limmat; Hybrid; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sulzer Schmid in Oetwil am See (Canton Zurich) seeks a Senior Software Developer – Robotics & Drone Control to advance the 3DX Blade Platform, combining autonomous flight with AI-powered image analysis. You’ll work on Android-based control stacks and rover systems for blade inspection, moving ideas into customer releases with a hands-on, pragmatic approach.

You will engage with internal stakeholders to design, build, and ship high-quality software, taking ownership of features from concept to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience shipping production-grade software.
• Strong in C#/.NET, plus Kotlin or Python.
• Practical AI experience: LLMs, data science or chatbots.
• Owns features end to end from concept to customer.
• Pragmatic, hands-on and able to handle ambiguity.
• Experience in computer vision, robotics or hardware is a plus.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain production software for our inspection drones and rovers.
• Develop AI-powered features such as data analytics, LLM-based assistants and chatbots.
• Own features end to end, from concept to customer release.
• Take part in architecture and design decisions.
• Work closely with field teams and act on their feedback.

Skills

C#/.NET

Kotlin

Python

AI / LLMs

Computer vision / robotics

Job description

Sulzer Schmid in Oetwil am See (Canton Zurich) seeks a Senior Software Developer – Robotics & Drone Control to advance the 3DX Blade Platform, combining autonomous flight with AI-powered image analysis. You’ll work on Android-based control stacks and rover systems for blade inspection, moving ideas into customer releases with a hands-on, pragmatic approach.

You will engage with internal stakeholders to design, build, and ship high-quality software, taking ownership of features from concept to