Senior Robotics Software Engineer — On-Site in Zürich

Loki Robotics; Zürich; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Loki Robotics in Zürich, Switzerland, is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer to shape the robot stack from drivers to cloud data pipelines. You will work across the stack, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver a polished, reliable product for a growing robotics company.

The role emphasizes modern C++ and Python, Linux fundamentals, debugging complex systems, and contributing to CI/CD and tooling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a professional SWE environment, preferably in Robotics, Automotive, or Aerospace.
• Strong modern C++ experience and Python.
• Solid fundamentals of Linux such as systemd, time synchronization, schedulers and networking fundamentals (TCP/UDP).
• Experience in debugging complex issues using core dumps, debuggers (gdb), and application profiling (perf, ftrace).
• Experience in test automation (unit tests, integration tests).
• Worked on embedded platforms and sensor integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop the robotics stack from low-level drivers and behavior trees to health management and software configuration.
• Implement data and telemetry ingestion from the robots to the cloud.
• Build internal tools such as a teleoperation interface, robot fleet management, and data dashboard.
• Build classical robotics autonomy pipelines such as 3D mapping, localization, and autonomous navigation.
• Drive CI/CD pipelines, test frameworks, and developer tooling; establish practices from memory safety to architectural guidelines.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux fundamentals

Debugging

Test automation

Embedded platforms

Tools

GDB

Perf

Ftrace

Systemd

Job description

Loki Robotics in Zürich, Switzerland, is hiring a Robotics Software Engineer to shape the robot stack from drivers to cloud data pipelines. You will work across the stack, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver a polished, reliable product for a growing robotics company.

The role emphasizes modern C++ and Python, Linux fundamentals, debugging complex systems, and contributing to CI/CD and tooling.