Robotics Software Engineer - Generalist (mid-level)

What we offerWork in an international, agile team creating the future of autonomous systems
Grow your career in a expanding and ambitious engineering team
Build innovative products using state-of-the-art technologies in AI, robotics, and autonomy 
Benefit from a steep learning curve and continuous development
Enjoy team events and a strong, collaborative culture

Your missionBuild real autonomous systems that operate in the real world, not in the lab. 
Join our engineering team and help build the core autonomy that powers our next generation robotic systems used for defense and mission-critical operations. You will design, implement, and harden robotic software that must perform under real operational conditions : outdoors, under uncertainty, with real consequences. Your work will directly shape the reliability, safety, and tactical capability of the systems we deliver.  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.

Your profileTechnical Fundamentals :
Strong proficiency in modern C++ (17/20) 
Experience with ROS/ ROS 2
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 

Nice to havePython 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 
We hire for core engineering ability, everything else can be learned here.

What elseBuilder 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 
Nationality of a NATO member nation or close ally is required

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