Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d) - Perception Systems

Senior Software Engineer (f/m/d) - Perception Systems

100% Zürich

Hexagon Robotics is a division of Hexagon – a global leader in precision measurement. The division develops humanoid robots for industrial sectors to address labor shortages and accelerate the transition from automation to autonomy. Our first humanoid, AEON, was launched in June 2025 and is already in pilots with five customers.

Build the high-performance perception platform that powers our state-of-the-art humanoid robot. You will design and implement reliable, low-latency systems that move sensor data from GPU image buffers through accelerated inference runtimes and algorithms into downstream autonomy stacks, ensuring perception workloads run efficiently on embedded GPU platforms. This includes developing the supporting data and model infrastructure needed to continuously improve perception capabilities, such as synthetic data generation pipelines, automated dataset creation, and evaluation workflows.

Your Mission

• Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency sensor pipelines in modern C++
• Optimize GPU data paths using CUDA, including memory management, concurrency, and zero-copy techniques
• Deploy perception workloads on embedded GPU platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson
• Help bringing perception systems from state of the art research into reliable production deployments
• Integrate accelerated inference runtimes (e.g., TensorRT)
• Design clean and stable interfaces to downstream autonomy modules
• Build pipelines for automated dataset generation, model training, and evaluation, and collaborate with MLOps to deploy them
• Establish strong engineering practices including automated CI testing, observability, and performance profiling

Your Skillset

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science or similar
• Expert in C++ with strong systems fundamentals and at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience building real-time, production-grade data pipelines
• Strong understanding of GPU-accelerated systems, including efficient data movement, concurrency, and performance optimization with CUDA
• Experience deploying software on embedded GPU platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson)
• Experience developing automated testing, validation, and benchmarking
• Track record of bringing perception systems from research into reliable production deployments
• Experience with frameworks such as ROS2, GStreamer, DeepStream, NVIDIA GXF/NITROS, or similar
• Experience with synthetic data generation and simulation platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Isaac Sim)
• Ability to demonstrate strong engineering judgment, balancing deep technical work with pragmatic execution to deliver high-impact improvements

What You’ll Get

• Flexible working hours and a hybrid model for real work-life balance
• Generous vacation: 25–30 days depending on age
• CHF 500 mobility credit for sustainable commuting
• Bonus system & strong pension contributions
• Tailored training & development opportunities
• Relocation support for a smooth start
• Discounts on health, mobility & entertainment
• Team events and a flat hierarchy where your voice counts
• A warm, international culture built on respect and collaboration

Great robots need great people.