Robotics Software Engineer UAV Systems - Generalist
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Job description
You will contribute to the development and integration of core robotic capabilities, including:
- Designing and implementing robust, real-time robotics software components
- Working with multi-modal sensor data, ensuring timing, synchronization, and frame correctness
- Developing and improving algorithms in areas such as estimation, perception, planning, control, or integration
- Ensuring deterministic behavior, reliability, and system-level stability
- Debugging and validating robotic systems during field tests, under real-world constraints
- Collaborating with a cross-functional team of robotics, embedded, and domain experts
- Maintaining high engineering standards: code reviews, CI, reproducible builds, documentation
You will execute on real hardware and iterate based on operational performance, field results are the final metric.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Python?, * Strong proficiency in modern C++ (17/20)
- Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and numerical methods
- Experience developing software that runs on real robots, embedded systems, or hardware-in-the-loop setups
- Comfortable working with raw sensor data (timing, noise characteristics, transforms, calibration)
- Strong debugging skills: runtime issues, latency, performance bottlenecks, integration failures
- Ability to architect clean, modular, maintainable software systems
Robotics Foundation :
- Understanding of at least one robotics domain: state estimation, perception, tracking, planning, control, sensor fusion, or integration
- Ability to reason about real-time behavior, latency budgets, and reliability requirements
- End-to-end thinking: understanding how individual modules affect the whole system
Mindset & Attitude : Builder mentality : you ship working solutions, not theoretical concepts Hands-on ownership : you proactively solve problems, even outside your direct scope Field-driven mindset : you care about what survives real operations, not "lab perfect" High quality bar : you aim for reliability, determinism, and clarity in your engineering Startup drive : you execute fast despite ambiguity, and adapt quickly Mission alignment : genuine motivation to work on defense-relevant, safety-critical robotics
Nice-to-Have These are beneficial but not mandatory for initial success:
- Python for tooling or prototyping
- Experience with robotics middleware or real-time systems
- Background in optimization, filtering, or physical modeling
- Experience with embedded platforms, GPUs, or simulation tools
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