Senior Robotics Engineer - Autonomy & Perception

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Zürich, CHE
In-Office
Senior level
Cloud • Software • Automation
The Role
Design and optimize onboard autonomy for drones: real-time 3D perception, mapping, SLAM, collision avoidance, motion planning, and integration with cloud fleet systems. Test, validate, and debug in simulation and field environments.
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Your Team
The Mission Team at Verity ensures the seamless operation of our autonomous drone fleets, enabling precise and efficient data collection in dynamic warehouse environments. We're pushing our drones toward greater autonomy, advancing 3D perception, machine vision, mapping, collision avoidance, and intelligent decision-making so every flight operates safely and reliably, even in complex, unknown environments.
What You'll Work On

  • Push the state of the art in autonomous exploration and mapping of unknown 3D environments under real-time and compute constraints.
  • Own the design, development, and optimization of the autonomy software that runs onboard our drones in real time, with a focus on robustness and reliability.
  • Take collision avoidance and obstacle handling to the next level, ensuring drones operate safely in complex, dynamic environments.
  • Contribute to the cloud backend systems that coordinate multi-drone fleet operations, bridging onboard autonomy with fleet-level planning.
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams to integrate perception, planning, and flight execution into one reliable autonomy pipeline.Conduct rigorous testing and validation in simulation, on the bench, and in the field, and provide technical support to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Your Experience

  • MSc (or higher) in robotics, control systems, computer science, or a related field, with 4+ years of industry experience in autonomous systems or robotics.
  • Strong, hands-on proficiency in modern C++ (performance, reliability, maintainability) and familiarity with Python.
  • Solid foundation in robotics perception and state estimation - e.g. 3D mapping, sensor fusion, probabilistic filtering, SLAM, and machine vision.
  • Experience with motion planning and/or autonomous navigation, and a good intuition for how sensing and estimation feed into safe robot behavior.
  • Ability to quickly understand, navigate, and improve a large existing codebase; strong debugging, profiling, and refactoring skills on embedded systems with real-time requirements.
  • Familiarity with drone technology, embedded systems, or real-time / safety-critical control software is highly desirable.

Who You Are

You are a proactive, solution-oriented engineer who combines strong analytical thinking with a pragmatic, hardware-grounded approach to building robust systems. You communicate clearly and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment, and you are comfortable making progress in the face of ambiguity. Curiosity, accountability, and a positive, team-focused attitude define your approach to work.

Why Verity?

  • A great engineering culture, including flat hierarchies, an open-door policy, and a focus on joint responsibility and mutual trust and support
  • Working with a skilled, high-achieving, experienced, and fun team—with lots of opportunities to develop your professional career and grow with the company
  • Flexibility of a hybrid work environment. You can arrange start and finish times around your life (picking up kids, walking the dog, training for your next marathon at lunch)
  • 25 days of annual leave, employee stock ownership plan (conditions apply), variety of pension plans, and relocation packages
  • A buddy will support you during your onboarding and first month at Verity.
  • Annual team-building events, quarterly and monthly get-togethers, knowledge-sharing talks, game nights, and more
  • Welcoming office space complete with friendly team members, free snacks (fresh fruits, coffee, and more!), and fun activities—we’re dog-friendly!

Learn more about who we are, what we do, and how we think at www.verity.net

We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, physical [dis]ability, gender identity or length of time spent unemployed.

Skills Required

  • MSc or higher in robotics, control systems, computer science, or related field
  • 4+ years industry experience in autonomous systems or robotics
  • Strong hands-on proficiency in modern C++ (performance, reliability, maintainability)
  • Familiarity with Python
  • Solid foundation in robotics perception and state estimation (3D mapping, sensor fusion, probabilistic filtering, SLAM, machine vision)
  • Experience with motion planning and/or autonomous navigation
  • Ability to understand, navigate, and improve a large existing codebase; strong debugging, profiling, refactoring skills on embedded real-time systems
  • Familiarity with drone technology, embedded systems, or real-time/safety-critical control software
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The Company
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
142 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Founded in 2014, Verity is the global leader in autonomous indoor drone systems that work—every time. Team Verity includes more than 100 dedicated professionals who work together to imagine, create, and deliver solutions that solve our clients’ biggest challenges. Verity's cloud-based inventory management system powered by self-flying drones fully automates the labor-intensive task of scanning inventory in large warehouses for companies like Ingka, DSV, and Performance Team—A Maersk Company. Our live events solutions provide lighting designers with new tools for expression to create stunning visual effects that have helped top artists like Drake, Céline Dion, Justin Bieber, Metallica, and Cirque du Soleil captivate audiences worldwide. At Verity, we make robotics (and great careers) take flight. We are entrepreneurs, engineers, professionals, and designers, all working as one to build the automated systems that put Verity's self-flying drones to work in the warehouse and at live events around the globe.  Do you want to join a fast-growing technology company where your contributions will make a difference? Check out our open positions. See a role that’s right for you? Contact [email protected]. We can’t wait to meet you! - B2B sales professionals - Cloud engineers - Computer vision scientists - Data engineers - Electrical engineers - Field engineers - HR professionals - Key account managers - Manufacturing engineers - Mechanical engineers - Product managers - Project managers - Requirements engineers - Software developers/engineers - Solution engineers - System architecture engineers - Systems and control engineers - Test engineers - UX designers and engineers We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees. All qualified applications will receive consideration without regard to race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical [dis]ability, or time spent unemployed.

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