Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy

Anybotics · Zurich · posted 2026-11-02 · English-friendly ✓

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ANYbotics is a fast-growing tech company dedicated to shaping the future of mobile robotics across multiple industries. Join our highly talented and motivated team of more than 200 people and work on cutting-edge robot technology.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Autonomy team who really enjoys creating quality, maintainable code, simplifying complex systems through design improvements, and prioritizing sound interfaces and architecture. We are not specifically looking for roboticists, but welcome any person with extensive production software experience who wants to work in a real-world robotics deployment. At our company, we specialise in developing tailored software solutions that enable our robots to execute inspection and maintenance tasks with precision and consistency.

This is a senior, hands-on software engineering role at the heart of cutting‑edge R&D, mission frameworks, autonomous behaviors, obstacle avoidance, path planning and the application of modern AI techniques. You’ll work across the full lifecycle — from early development prototyping through to mission‑critical, production deployments.

The Market & Our Technology

ANYbotics transforms industrial plants in the energy, process, and utility sector by introducing robotics to a wide range of novel applications that so far were beyond reach. Our customers are large asset operators and industrial service providers pioneering the use of robotics technology for inspection and maintenance. Our mobile robot ANYmal uses legs for extreme mobility in complex environments, camera- and LIDAR-based sensing for full autonomy and obstacle avoidance, and AI for high-quality and consistent inspection results. We develop numerous customised hardware systems, including the entire robotic platform, actuators, sensors, inspection payloads, charging systems, and all related ANYbotics electrical hardware.

Your Contributions * Contribute to the technical strategy and design for the autonomy software architecture, ensuring robots act transparently and reliably in complex environments * Lead and develop core robotics algorithms to expand our autonomous operational envelope in challenging conditions * Triage customer issues, recognize trends, and rapidly make our system more resilient to failures observed in the field. * Write, deploy, and maintain highly efficient C++ and Python software for the autonomy stack * Serve as a mentor and collaborator, participating in architecture group activities and guiding junior engineers on algorithm design and best practices * Evaluate cutting-edge algorithms and solutions to continuously push the boundaries of autonomo

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