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title: 'Speculative Application at Flink Robotics'
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# Speculative Application at Flink Robotics

- **Company:** Flink Robotics
- **Location:** Zurich, Switzerland
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-03-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/flink/1420bc99-761f-4cec-8c32-6d96281d71db

## Job description

Can't find the position for you? Share your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would want to join Flink. We're always on the lookout for the people who complement our team.

## About Flink Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Flink Robotics builds physical intelligence software that turns industrial robots into plug-and-play, adaptive material-handling systems for logistics.
- **Entity Type**: Private (spin-off, Venture Kick-backed, seed-stage)
- **Headquarters**: Zurich, Switzerland
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Moritz Geilinger (CEO), Simon Huber (CTO), with Prof. Stelian Coros (Scientific Advisor)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Robotics engineering, logistics automation, industrial hardware-software solutions.
- Target customers: B2B, enterprise – parcel carriers (e.g., Swiss Post, DHL, Österreichische Post), warehouses, distribution hubs, and manufacturers handling diverse products.
- Mission or purpose statement: "Automating real work" – deliver intelligence to robots and automate physical work for anyone, anywhere.

## Products & Services
- **[Flinkbot](https://www.flink.so/)**: A large autonomous logistics robot (1 m² footprint, <300 kg) capable of singulating, loading, and unloading items. Uses LIDAR for safety (no cages), handles awkward/heavy items, coordinates with multiple bots for 2× lift or speed.
- **[Flinkbot Mini](https://www.flink.so/)**: A smaller variant (0.5 m², <150 kg) optimised for dense pick zones and small, high-mix items. Both operate fully autonomously with no supervision.
- **Pricing model**: Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) at €12,000 per month (all‑inclusive). A six‑month friction‑free trial offered for €50,000.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed; total funding of ~$170,000 (USD) in two rounds (corporate round 2023, seed round July 2024 led by Venture Kick, plus a grant).
- **Key Metric**: Total funding $170,072 as of mid‑2025. Revenue not publicly available.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Venture Kick (lead investor, CHF 150,000 prize), Swiss Post (first customer and testbed), interest from DHL and Österreichische Post.
- **Growth Signals**: Team grew from 3 to 17 employees within two years (+16.7% monthly growth on LinkedIn); active job postings; featured in ETH Zurich news; awarded Venture Kick and multiple innovation challenge wins.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Software‑first adaptability**: Robots can be re‑tasked to new objects and workflows within minutes (no costly reprogramming) using a proprietary "physical intelligence" layer.
- **Multi‑bot coordination**: Algorithms enable multiple robots to collaborate on lifting and moving items without fixed infrastructure.
- **Safety built‑in**: No safety cages or exclusion zones needed – LIDAR‑based safe motion.
- **Plug‑and‑go deployment**: Minimal setup time; drops into existing workflows without infrastructure changes.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale deployments** beyond the initial pilot with Swiss Post and expand to other European logistics hubs (DHL, Austrian Post).
- **Enter adjacent verticals** such as final packaging (e.g., chocolate, cosmetics manufacturers) where high‑mix, low‑volume items are still packed by hand.
- **Refine general‑purpose technology** by solving concrete high‑demand use cases, growing the team carefully to maintain agility.

## Why Work Here
- **Impact at scale**: Work on robotics that solve real‑world problems (packages, logistics) – your code ships and runs on actual hardware in distribution hubs.
- **Tight, agile team**: Current staff of ~17, with a culture of "building things yourself" and seeing direct impact weekly.
- **Cutting‑edge technology**: Close proximity to ETH Zurich research; team leaders have PhDs in physical AI and machine learning. Projects span perception, control, and motion planning.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/on‑site likely (Zurich-based); regular customer site visits. Benefits include direct collaboration with founders and a "tough challenges, fast execution" atmosphere.
- **Open roles**: As of mid‑2025, actively hiring a Hardware/Field Robotics Engineer Intern, with plans to grow further.

## Sources
1. [flink.so](https://www.flink.so/)
2. [flink.so/about](https://www.flink.so/about)
3. [LinkedIn – Flink Robotics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flink-robotics)
4. [ETH Zurich News – Readying robots for new tasks](https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/03/readying-robots-for-new-tasks.html)

## Other roles at Flink Robotics

- [Student Job - Robot Assembly](https://feeny.ai/job/student-job-robot-assembly-flink-robotics-zurich-aq80x1fr348h) — Zurich, Switzerland
- [Lead Forward Deployed Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-forward-deployed-software-engineer-flink-robotics-zurich-dmfj3anb66w5) — Zurich, Switzerland
- [Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Intern](https://feeny.ai/job/forward-deployed-software-engineer-intern-flink-robotics-zurich-ff9005wtyb1s) — Zurich, Switzerland
- [Field Robotics Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/field-robotics-engineer-flink-robotics-zurich-65fb1ndppsyy) — Zurich, Switzerland
- [Speculative Application](https://feeny.ai/job/speculative-application-saltz-marketplace-europe-g1pdt233t5ew) — Europe
- [Speculative Application](https://feeny.ai/job/speculative-application-justwatch-berlin-fc8kf5se2e8e) — Berlin, Germany