Senior Software Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Autonomous Drone Software Engineer to join a swarming programme. As an engineer on a lean, high-impact team, you will have the opportunity to drive development of new features, have a say in architecture and design decisions and have real impact across all the team’s projects. This role spans the entire autonomy lifecycle, from developing autonomy capabilities to investigating real-world flight-test data.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and drive the development of new features across the autonomy stack and partner integrations
• Collaborate closely with hardware engineers, product managers, and external partners to define system requirements and translate them into robust software architecture
• Design and implement robust distributed state machines, leader election protocols, and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Deliver clean, readable and maintainable code while confidently managing complex concurrency and contention scenarios
• Develop and run rigorous tests utilizing SITL/HITL simulation environments to validate code prior to physical deployment
• Actively participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical documentation to elevate the team's engineering standards
• Act decisively during flight-test investigations, applying strong engineering judgment to physical failure modes and release safety

Required skills

• C++
• Robotics
• Embedded systems
• Distributed systems
• Concurrent systems
• Real-time systems
• Safety-critical systems
• Release management

Nice to have

• PX4
• MAVLink

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional engineering experience in robotics, embedded systems, or distributed systems
• EU citizenship

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Stock Options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Pension plan
• Extended social security package
• Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
• Wellpass membership

About the Company

We are building the leading software platform for AI-powered autonomous systems for enterprise and government customers. Our team is supporting the most important missions and solving the most challenging problems.