Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.
About the Role
Our client is a Swiss robotics company developing advanced autonomous systems for demanding industrial environments. The team combines embedded software, robotics, real-time control, computer vision, and ground-control technologies to build reliable systems used in complex field operations.
We are looking for a hands-on Robotics Software Engineer to work across onboard and ground-control software, with a strong focus on Rust, ROS2, embedded systems, real-time communication, telemetry, and video streaming. The role spans embedded software, GUI development, communications, performance optimization, and robotics system integration.
CONTRACT: Long term contract or EOR model
LOCATIONS: REMOTE
Key Responsibilities- Develop and improve ground-control software, including telemetry, data visualization, and operator interfaces.
- Design and maintain embedded software for onboard computers.
- Implement data collection, recording, and real-time streaming workflows.
- Develop communication protocols connecting robotic systems, ground stations, and cloud services.
- Work closely with firmware and software engineers to optimize system performance.
- Build and maintain video-processing and streaming pipelines.
- Optimize memory usage, multithreading, latency, and overall real-time performance.
- Contribute to software architecture and technical design decisions.
- Maintain high code-quality standards through testing, CI/CD, and code review.
- Debug complex issues across distributed robotics and embedded systems.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in embedded, robotics, drone, or real-time software development.
- Strong professional proficiency in Rust.
- Hands-on experience with C++ for embedded or performance-critical software.
- Strong experience with ROS2.
- Experience with GStreamer for video processing or streaming pipelines.
- Familiarity with embedded Linux, ARM-based systems, containerization, and hardware-constrained environments.
- Experience developing GUIs using frameworks such as egui, Qt, or comparable technologies.
- Strong knowledge of performance optimization, memory management, multithreading, and real-time systems.
Skills Required
- At least 5 years of experience in embedded, robotics, drone, or real-time software development
- Strong professional proficiency in Rust
- Hands-on experience with C++ for embedded or performance-critical software
- Strong experience with ROS2
- Experience with GStreamer for video processing or streaming pipelines
- Familiarity with embedded Linux
- Familiarity with ARM-based systems
- Familiarity with containerization and hardware-constrained environments
- Experience developing GUIs using egui, Qt, or comparable technologies
- Strong knowledge of performance optimization, memory management, multithreading, and real-time systems
What We Do
Gramian Consulting Group is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong foundation in software engineering and leadership, the firm helps organizations build high-performing teams by matching them with qualified professionals. They specialize in talent augmentation and recruiting, specifically focusing on connecting engineering and data/AI talent with organizations to unlock real business value.
