Senior Robotics Software Engineer (Zürich, 100%)

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

We are hiring a Robotics SWE

Start date: ASAP

Zürich, Switzerland (on-site, remote not possible)

Full-time (100%)

Your role

Deploying robots means more than training the latest policy. As a robotics SWE, you will work across the stack and define how developers, operators, and customers interact with our product. You know that a hardware abstraction layer and subsystem APIs are the foundation to a system in which a growing team of engineers can contribute without slowing down and that doesn't break when hardware changes. You value delivering a polished product just as much as building a reliable, maintainable system.

What you'll be doing:

• 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. You will establish practices ranging from memory safety to architectural guidelines

You

What you should have:

• 3+ years in a professional SWE environment, preferably in Robotics, Automotive, or Aerospace
• Strong modern C++ experience and experience in 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

These skills are a plus:

• Experience in Rust, ROS2, or Zenoh
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and simulation-in-the-loop (SIL) testing
• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson
• Experience in common robotics algorithms (SLAM, pointcloud processing, control theory, computer vision)

As the first dedicated robotics SWE, you will have a massive impact on our engineering culture. As the team grows, you can remain a high-impact generalist and work across all layers of abstraction or specialize and lead individual subsystems.

Don't worry if you don't hit every check-mark. We value engineers who care about building great products and can learn to get things working.