Applied Scientist – State Estimation & Integration
Robotics and AI Institute · Posted Nov 10, 2026
- Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Full-time
Bridge between algorithmic research and on-robot deployment, developing state‑estimation pipelines for multimodal sensor systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and integrate robust real‑time state‑estimation pipelines
- Write low‑latency C++ code for embedded platforms
- Apply classical optimization and learning algorithms to robotics problems
- Profile, benchmark, and eliminate performance bottlenecks in Linux environments
- Design and build scalable software components using ROS 2
Requirements
- Master's (MS) degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Computational Science & Engineering, or related field
- PhD degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Computational Science & Engineering, or related field
- Nice to have: Multi‑sensor state estimation
- Nice to have: Visual‑inertial odometry (VIO)
- Nice to have: SLAM algorithms