Software Engineer, Robot Autonomy (Reliability & Test Infrastructure)

About the role

Laelaps AI is seeking a dedicated engineer to own the reliability and test infrastructure for their autonomous security robots. You will be responsible for the entire release pipeline, from commit to deployment, ensuring that every code change is rigorously validated through simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and automated regression suites. This role is critical to maintaining the safety and performance of robots operating in high-stakes environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the release pipeline with explicit pass criteria at every gate.
• Build and manage GPU-backed simulation environments for continuous testing.
• Develop scenario libraries and regression suites covering the full on-robot stack.
• Implement hardware-in-the-loop bench rigs and test procedures.
• Create failure injection protocols to verify system degradation and recovery.
• Convert field incidents into deterministic regression tests.

Required skills

• Python
• C++
• CI/CD
• Containerised infrastructure
• Robotics simulation
• Cloud infrastructure
• GPU orchestration

Nice to have

• ROS 2
• Hardware-in-the-loop
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• OpenTelemetry
• Functional safety

Qualifications

• 4+ years in test, validation, reliability, SRE or platform engineering on a product that shipped to customers
• Experience with a complex system at scale such as autonomous driving, drones, industrial automation, or medical devices

Benefits

• Equity package
• Career growth opportunities

About the Company

Laelaps AI is a Zurich-based company building intelligent software for physical security, enabling robots to handle dangerous and critical tasks. The team is backed by visionary investors and consists of PhD-level co-founders in AI, Robotics, and Physics.