# Lead Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Flink Robotics is a fast-paced startup, out of ETH Zürich's Computational Robotics Lab, building autonomous robots that can handle any item - including ones they’ve never seen before. We're revolutionising material handling, from stacking boxes to sorting parcels and unloading goods. We're looking for a Lead Forward Deployed Software Engineer who loves debugging systems and turning real-world data into working software. You'll be out with our field team at customer sites, owning the adaptation and troubleshooting of our autonomy stack as it meets the conditions of each deployment. Who you are Eager to join a VC-backed startup and take real ownership from the start Passionate about robotics: from perception and motion to autonomy and control An experienced problem-solver who can make decisions under ambiguity and mentor others as the team grows Proactive, curious and a clear communicator (fluent English, additional languages are a plus) Ready to travel around 50% of the time, to get the best performance out of our deployed robots What you bring 5+ years of professional experience and a degree in maths, computer science, or a related field Experience deploying C++ code in produ

- **Id**: 839433
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/flink-lead-forward-deployed-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Solutions
- **Role family**: Solutions
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Zurich, Switzerland
- **Countries**: CH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-26T09:10:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T07:33:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 77
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2282
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Logistics & Warehouse Robotics

## Company

- **Id**: 674637
- **Name**: Flink Robotics
- **Domain**: flink.so
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/flink-5>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 139000
- **Max usd**: 334000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 955

## Technologies

- **Flink** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 77

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T20:56:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 7
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.255
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 76
- **Expected fill days**: 11
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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