Robotics Software Engineer – Ground Control & Onboard Systems

Role Overview

Join our robotics development team as a hands-on Robotics Software Engineer to shape the embedded and mobile software that powers our drones and ground control stations.

What You Will Do

Build and enhance the graphical user interface, design and develop embedded software, work with software and firmware engineers, and develop communication protocols.

Why It Might Be a Fit

5+ years of experience in embedded and mobile software development, strong proficiency in Rust, and expertise in ROS2 and gstreamer.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in embedded and mobile software development for robotics, drones, or real-time applications
• Strong proficiency in Rust as the primary language for performance-critical components
• Experience with C++ for embedded systems and performance optimization
• Expertise in ROS2 for robotics middleware and gstreamer for video processing and streaming pipelines
• Familiarity with embedded Linux, containerization, ARM-based systems, video encoding/decoding, and hardware acceleration
• Experience in GUI development with frameworks like egui or Qt, and 3D visualization skills using OpenGL, Vulkan, or game engines such as Unity/Unreal
• A knack for performance optimization, particularly in memory management, multithreading, and real-time systems
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to debug complex, distributed systems
• A passion for clean code, modular design, testing, and maintainability
• Excellent communication skills in English; French is an advantage
• A solution-oriented, rigorous, self-motivated, and team-focused mindset

Benefits

• Evolution in a dynamic, fast-growing and exciting environment
• Have measurable impact in the innovative projects that matter, where drones are built for good
• Work with passionate, talented and committed teammates in a reasonably sized team
• Be part of a recognized robotics company, Swiss scale-up
• Ensure your growth and profit from continuous training
• Be part of where humans are important!
• Modern offices in a compound of buildings full of start-ups
• A team-elected Chief Happiness Officer, making sure the shelves are always loaded with fruits, juices and cakes
• Weekly Flybotix only fitness session by a professional coach
• Access to a personal benefits platform
• On-site restaurants/cafeteria and vending machines