Sensor Software Engineer
ANYbotics
Software Engineering
Zürich, Switzerland
Posted on Sep 23, 2025
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.
The Opportunity
As a Sensor Software Engineer, you will take ownership of the evaluation, integration, and system-level deployment of sensor technologies that power our robotic platforms. You will independently assess new sensor modules, particularly camera and vision systems, and provide structured technical analyses and clear recommendations for adoption across current and next-generation robots.
You will design and implement reliable, production-grade perception software in modern C++ (≥ C++17) and Python, contributing to large, modular codebases with a strong focus on architecture, maintainability, and long-term scalability. Your work will bridge hardware and software, requiring a deep understanding of sensor characteristics, calibration, runtime behavior, and system-level interdependencies.
Beyond implementation, you will think in terms of outcomes. You will scope work effectively, drive technically challenging spatial intelligence features from concept to deployment, and collaborate closely with hardware, platform, and product teams to ensure system-level alignment. You will also design data-driven validation pipelines using metrics, visualization, and structured testing to continuously improve system robustness.
As we scale from hundreds to thousands of deployed robots, reliability, performance, and maintainability become non-negotiable. Your contributions will directly impact the robustness of our spatial intelligence stack and the trust customers place in our autonomous systems. By joining us, you will help define how advanced sensing and perception translate into dependable real-world autonomy.
About Us:
ANYbotics is a leading robotics company specializing in advanced autonomous systems. With a successful Series B financing round recently closed, we are poised for rapid growth and international expansion. Our mission is to revolutionize the robotics industry through cutting-edge technology and innovation. As we embark on this exciting journey, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Navigation Engineer to join our team and help us shape the future of robotics.
Market & Technology
ANYbotics transforms industrial plants in the (renewable) energy, process, and utility sectors by introducing robotics to a wide range of novel applications that so far were beyond reach. Our mobile robot ANYmal uses legs for extreme mobility in complex environments, camera- and LIDAR-based sensing for full autonomy and obstacle avoidance to perform jobs and deliver high-quality, consistent inspection results. We develop numerous customized hardware systems, including the entire robotic platform, actuators, sensors, inspection payloads, charging systems, and all related ANYbotics electrical hardware.
Your Contributions
- Evaluate, select, and integrate new sensor technologies—particularly camera and vision sensors—providing structured technical analyses and clear recommendations for adoption.
- Design, implement, and own high-quality perception software for complex robotic platforms, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
- Drive technically challenging perception features from concept through deployment, understanding, and managing interdependencies across hardware, firmware, and software.
- Contribute production-grade C++ (≥ C++17) and Python code within large, modular codebases, adhering to modern software engineering and architectural best practices.
- Collaborate proactively across perception, hardware, platform, and product teams to ensure system-level alignment and successful delivery of outcomes.
- Design and implement data-driven testing, validation, and evaluation pipelines using metrics, visualizations, and debugging tools to continuously improve system behavior.
- Apply relevant perception research, classical or learning-based, judiciously, transforming promising ideas into robust, deployable features.
- Support engineering excellence through thoughtful code reviews, technical documentation, knowledge sharing, and constructive collaboration.
Your Profile
- Excellent experience with sensor technologies, especially camera sensors, and the ability to independently evaluate new hardware and provide actionable technical recommendations.
- Strong software engineering skills with modern C++ (≥ C++17) and Python, including clean architecture, modular design, and long-term maintainability.
- Strong background in robotic perception systems engineering, with experience delivering reliable, production-quality software in complex, multi-module systems.
- Strong outcome orientation and collaboration skills, including ownership of deliverables, effective scoping, and proactive cross-team communication.
- Capable of designing data-driven validation and evaluation strategies for perception systems, covering both classical and learning-based components.
- Capable Linux development proficiency, including working confidently with shell tools, debugging runtime issues, and developing within ROS/ROS2-based environments.
- Capable of identifying and adapting relevant research into practical features for real-world robotic applications.
- Engineering or science degree with a focus on computer science, electrical engineering or robotics.
Bonus Points
- Experience with GMSL2
- Experience with Nvidia Jetson computing platform
- Experience with functional safety and its implementation in complex systems
We’re an international robotics company with the A-team spread across the Globe. This role gives you the opportunity to be part of growing our EU presence while staying connected to our global team. To be eligible, you’ll need to have the legal right to live and work in Spain. Ideally you reside in Barcelona, or are open to relocate. This is not a remote position