ANYbotics is a fast-growing tech company dedicated to shaping the future of mobile robotics across multiple industries. Join our highly talented and motivated team of more than 190 people and work on cutting-edge robot technology.The OpportunityAs our Head of System Architecture, you will define and lead the technical blueprint for a family of robots, ensuring a scalable, modular, and future-proof system design. This role bridges hardware, software, autonomy, inspection, and safety to create diverse robotic platforms derived from a shared central architecture. By establishing and governing a modular system design, you will enable ANYbotics to address multiple operational design domains (ODDs) such as energy, utilities, oil & gas, and heavy industry while anticipating future business models and technologies.Market & Our TechnologyANYbotics is pioneering autonomous robotic platforms for industrial inspection and operation in challenging environments. From explosion-proof systems in oil & gas to agile scout robots in utilities, our platforms tackle the toughest tasks where safety and reliability are paramount. The System Architecture function is critical to ensuring that these diverse variants are all built on a shared, modular foundation-enabling speed, reusability, and interoperability. With your leadership, our platforms will not only serve today's industries but also anticipate tomorrow's needs, seamlessly integrating with external ecosystems such as fleet management, predictive maintenance, and digital twins.About UsANYbotics is a leading robotics company specializing in advanced autonomous systems. With a successful Series B financing round recently closed, we are poised for rapid growth and international expansion. Our mission is to revolutionize the robotics industry through cutting-edge technology and innovation. As we embark on this exciting journey, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Team Lead to join our team and help us shape the future of robotic Locomotion.Your Contributions
Define and govern a modular, layered reference system architecture (perception, planning, control, actuation, payload, safety, HMI)
Ensure the architecture is hardware-agnostic with clear interfaces to support multiple ODDs
Build a platform strategy where robot variants derive from the same central architecture
Define common modules for reuse and customizable modules for ODD-specific adaptation
Architect systems to anticipate future domains and emerging business models
Minimize architectural changes when adding certifications, subsystem upgrades, or AI/ML improvements
Ensure the architecture integrates with external ecosystems such as fleet management and digital twins
Promote a single modular software backbone that scales across robot platforms
Define standardized interfaces, middleware, and data models (ROS 2 or custom frameworks)
Implement configuration-driven builds to spin up new platforms quickly from shared modules
Lead the creation of a platform-derivation process balancing reuse and hardware-specific plug-ins
Embed certification and safety requirements into the architectural design process
Support the development of a unified simulation/test framework for multiple platform variants
Enable parameterized models for fast switching between robot configurations
Lead trade-off studies to balance payload, agility, endurance, and safety across variants
Maintain architecture documentation and roadmaps for scalability and future-proofing
Embed diagnostics, safety, and over-the-air updates across all robot platforms
Your Profile
MSc in Systems Engineering, Electronics, Robotics, Computer Science, or related field
10+ years in robotics or complex systems engineering
5+ years in system architecture leadership in industrial environments
Proven track record architecting and scaling mobile robotic systems
Expertise in translating customer needs and technology capabilities into modular platform strategies
Experience with real-time systems and middleware (e.g., ROS 2)
Skilled in hardware/software co-design across sensors, actuators, compute, and power
Experience with safety and cybersecurity compliance in robotic platforms
Ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and mentor engineers
Skilled at aligning system architecture with business strategy
Systems thinker with a future-oriented mindset
Comfortable with trade-offs and balancing innovation with product maturity
Bonus Points
Experience with Ex-certification or safety-critical robotic systems
Familiarity with large-scale simulation environments and digital twin integration
Track record of reducing time-to-market for robotic systems through platform reusability
Experience embedding certification/safety pathways into architectural frameworks
We offer you a very exciting and dynamic work environment, the opportunity to become part of a fast-growing company and an ambitious team that is on a mission to change the industrial inspection market, a chance to leverage your experience and bring in your own ideas, a fair market salary, an attractive employee stock ownership plan, and a job in the city of Zurich.
