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title: "Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Intern"
company: "Flink"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/flink"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/flink-forward-deployed-software-engineer-intern-87ee89aa-4a8d-4593-a06b-72b6c284b209"
apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/flink/02e4083f-fdf4-4fd5-a283-1de1436d6420"
workplace: hybrid
location: "Zürich"
employment_type: internship
seniority: internship
role: customer-support
region: europe
skills: ["cpp", "linux", "python"]
date_posted: 2026-08-24T08:39:55.206Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-04T19:09:38.729Z
---

# Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Intern

**Flink** · Zürich

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/flink/02e4083f-fdf4-4fd5-a283-1de1436d6420

## About the role

Flink Robotics is a fast-paced startup, out of ETH Zurich'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 Forward Deployed Software Engineer Intern who loves debugging systems and turning real-world data into working software. You’ll be out with our field team at customer sites, adapting and troubleshooting our autonomy stack as it meets the conditions of each deployment.

**Who you are**

- Eager to join a VC-backed startup and take on real responsibility from the start

- Passionate about robotics: from perception and motion to autonomy and control

- Proactive, curious and a clear communicator (fluent English, German is a strong plus)

- Ready to travel 50-100% to customer sites and adapt to different teams and fast-changing environments on the shop floor

- Swiss/EU citizen, existing Swiss work permit, or a degree from a Swiss university; able to work in Switzerland without visa sponsorship**What you bring**

- A degree (completed or in progress) in computer science

- Strong coding skills in C++; Python and Linux are a plus

- Experience in software troubleshooting

- Builder mentality: you can implement algorithms from scratch, from prototype to tests and iterations

- Independent problem solver and creative thinker

- Low-ego collaboration; people love working with you

- Bonus: prior robot deployments, personal/academic robotics software projects**What you'll do**

- Support testing, tuning and debugging of our autonomy stack in the lab and on-site

- Help plan and execute on-site software installations for a smooth customer handover

- Diagnose and fix software issues remotely and on-site

- Feed field data back to engineering to improve our models and unlock new use cases**Why join**

- An ambitious team building a product with huge potential

- Cutting-edge robotics problems

- Competitive salary and top-tier gear

- Based in Zurich, with travel to partners worldwideApply now if you’re ready to push boundaries and help shape the future of robotics!

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