Senior Robotics Engineer, ANYbotics
Task Planning & Reasoning
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Autonomous robotic solutions for industrial inspections
Open for applications
Autonomous robotic solutions for industrial inspections
201-500 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of industrial work.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, or a related engineering discipline (PhD a plus)
- Proven experience of developing task or motion planning software for robotic systems
- Solid understanding of AI planning, decision-making, or policy synthesis (e.g., MDPs, POMDPs, hierarchical planning, behavior trees)
- Written and deployed production code in C++ and Python
- Ability to develop and deploy production-quality, real-time systems for robotics
- Familiarity with ROS or similar robotic middleware frameworks
- Experience with robotic simulation tools (e.g., Gazebo, Isaac Sim, Mujoco, Genesis)
- Comfortable working with cross-disciplinary teams, including perception, controls, and hardware
- Demonstrated problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Desirable
- Experience with ROS
- Experience with finite state machines, behavior trees and/or optimization algorithms
- Experience with task planning with visual language models
- You have applied machine learning to train and deploy on real robots
- You have a good understanding of state-of-the-art algorithms in robotics
What the job involves
- Join our team to advance ANYmal capabilities, our cutting-edge four-legged robot designed for fully autonomous industrial inspection missions
- As a Software Engineer in Robotics, focused on Task Planning & Reasoning, you will develop the decision-making and task-planning capabilities that enable ANYmal to reliably and intelligently inspect industrial facilities, even in complex and dynamic environments
- Your work will directly impact how ANYmal plans, prioritizes, and executes inspection tasks, ensuring high autonomy, safety, and operational efficiency in critical infrastructure settings
- Develop and implement task-level planning, policy, and reasoning algorithms and architectures for robotic systems operating in semi-structured environments with high uncertainty fully autonomously
- Build reusable, modular, and scalable software for robot task planning and execution
- Design, simulate, debug, validate, and optimize planning software for real-time execution and safety-critical scenarios
- Drive the deployment and continuous improvement of planning and decision-making systems on real hardware
- Apply state-of-the-art AI/ML and optimization methods to improve robotic policy performance and adaptability
- Collaborate cross-functionally with perception, locomotion, navigation, and systems teams to integrate planning algorithms into robust, production-quality robotic solutions
- Contribute to technical roadmaps and help define future architectures for autonomy and robot cognition
Our take
Spun out from Swiss public research University ETH Zürich, ANYbotics is a robotics company developing autonomous robotic solutions for heavy industries. The rising demand for robotic solutions in industries grappling with an ageing workforce and labour shortages drives the company's innovative approach to streamline operations, enhance environmental sustainability, and prioritise worker safety.
The company's flagship ANYmal robot is able to climb stairs, traverse rough terrain, and operate in explosive atmospheres. This adaptability makes it ideal for inspection tests and data collection in hazardous environments. Before its closure of a successful funding round at the end of 2024, ANYbotics has rolled out 200 of its Anymal X robots across the oil and gas, mining, power, utilities, and metals industries.
With the financial backing and strong demand for its product, ANYbotics is poised to revolutionise heavy industries with its autonomous robotics. The company's commitment to advancing worker safety and environmental sustainability will undoubtedly strengthen its position in the market and pave the way for a future where robotic solutions play an increasingly critical role in streamlining industrial operations worldwide.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2024
$60m
LATE VC
May 2023
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $132.3m
Company benefits
- Compensation Model - Get entrepreneurial exposure by becoming a shareholder
- Vacation & Leave Options - Benefit from generous time off
- Career Development - Develop your career and benefit from paid learning & development initiatives
- Location & Relocation - Get support when relocating and settling in
- Celebration & Recognition - Thrive in an enabling company atmosphere
Company HQ
Seebach, Zürich, ZH
Leadership
Péter Fankhauser
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from ETH Zürich with an MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control. Previously worked as Skybotix as a Control & Mechanics Specialist.
Andreas Lauber
(Co-Founder & Head of Industrialization)Graduated from ETH Zürich with an MSc in Mechanical Engineering. Previously worked at RSL ETH developing Engineering Robotics and at Helbling Technik developing Engineer Lab Systems.
Christian Gehring
(Senior Director of Robotics)Graduated from ETH Zürich with a MSc in Mechanical Engineering where they also conducted their Postdoctoral Research at the Robotic Systems Lab.
Marco Hutter
(Associate Professor for Robotics Systems)Graduated from ETH Zürich with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Co-founded Bota Systems and Gravis Robotics alongside ANYbotics and now worked as an Associate Professor for Robotic Systems at ETH Zürich.
Hanspeter Fässler
(CO-Founder & Boardmember)Previously a Lecturer at ETH Zürich and CEO of Implenia. Now serves as a Board Member for a number of organisations.
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