Senior Ontology Engineer
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Job Location:
Bülach - Switzerland
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
SAEKI - Manufacturing at software speed
Europes defense industrial base cannot respond at the speed modern conflict requires. Legacy suppliers operate on month-long timelines. Tribal knowledge is retiring. Supply chains are fragile. SAEKI is building the operating system for autonomous factories the infrastructure that lets Europe manufacture mission-critical components at software speed.
As we scale Factory ONE in Germany we arent just collecting data we are building a live digital twin where every machine state material property and kinetic action is semantically understood. We need a Senior Ontology Engineer to build the knowledge graph and semantic framework that serves as the nervous system for our Manufacturing Intelligence.
As we scale Factory ONE in Germany we arent just collecting data we are building a live digital twin where every machine state material property and kinetic action is semantically understood. We need a Senior Ontology Engineer to build the knowledge graph and semantic framework that serves as the nervous system for our Manufacturing Intelligence.
The Role
As the Senior Ontology Engineer your mandate is to turn physical chaos into structured actionable intelligence. You will own the design and implementation of the SAEKI Factory Ontology the semantic framework that defines how our software thinks about the physical world.
Based at our HQ in Zurich (Oerlikon) you will work at the intersection of backend engineering and knowledge representation. You arent just managing a database you are building the reasoning layer that allows our AI agents to understand manufacturing logic. You will bridge the gap between low-level machine telemetry and high-level manufacturing logic.
Note: You do not need defense or manufacturing experience to excel in this role.
Based at our HQ in Zurich (Oerlikon) you will work at the intersection of backend engineering and knowledge representation. You arent just managing a database you are building the reasoning layer that allows our AI agents to understand manufacturing logic. You will bridge the gap between low-level machine telemetry and high-level manufacturing logic.
Note: You do not need defense or manufacturing experience to excel in this role.
What Were Looking For
- 5 years of backend engineering experience with a track record of building complex distributed systems. Expert in Go Python or Rust.
- Semantic Web Expertise: Deep experience with Ontology Engineering Knowledge Graphs or Semantic Data Modeling. You understand RDF OWL and how to query complex relationships (SPARQL/GraphQL).
- Physical-World Context: Experience (or deep interest) in how software interacts with the real world IoT robotics digital twins or industrial automation.
- Architectural Agency: You dont just follow tickets you define how systems should be built. You prefer clean extensible models over complex abstractions.
- Event-Driven Mindset: Experience building real-time data pipelines that process streaming telemetry from hardware systems.
- Industrial Grit: Comfortable spending time on the production floor in Munich to see how your data models survive on a real shop floor.
- On-site: Ability to work in-person at our HQ in Zurich Switzerland.
What were not looking for
- Academic ontologists who have never shipped production systems.
- Backend engineers with no interest in knowledge representation. This role is specifically about structuring how machines think.
- People who need perfectly clean data to build on. Factory data is messy you must design systems that tolerate noise and ambiguity.
- Engineers uncomfortable with industrial protocols (OPC-UA MQTT). You will interface directly with machine telemetry.
What we offer
- Mission: Rebuild the industrial sovereignty of the West. Your work directly enables the production of mission-critical hardware for defense and space.
- Total Ownership: High-stakes autonomy in your domain. You own both the problems and the solutions and have the authority to execute.
- The Environment: Access to a 5000m² state-of-the-art facility featuring 5-axis CNCs industrial robots and industrial 3D printers. Your work runs on real hardware from day one.
- The Team: Special Forces model. Everyone senior everyone ships. No politics no bureaucracy. Direct feedback high standards.
- Compensation: Competitive salary meaningful equity.
- Location: Zurich HQ or Factory ONE in Munich depending on role. Hybrid options available where applicable.
Apply
- Resume: Focus on systems youve built and owned.
- GitHub/Portfolio: Show us work youre proud of code machines or production systems.
- Cover letter: Why this mission Why now What would you build first
About us
SAEKI is building the operating system for autonomous factories. The infrastructure that lets Europe manufacture mission-critical components at software speed.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- APIs
- C/C++
- Computer Graphics
- Go
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Library Services
- Assembly
- GraphQL
- High Voltage
About Company
SAEKI Robotics is a Swiss startup automating large-scale component manufacturing by integrating robotics, proprietary 3D printing hardware, and technologies and making these processes intelligent and accessible through deep software integration. SAEKI offers a radically simplified sup ... View more
