Junior Software Engineer - Robotics Swarming

ABOUT THE TEAM

We move fast, ship real software, and operate under constraints most engineers never encounter — low-bandwidth networks, air-gapped devices, high-stakes decision loops. There is no room for abstraction for its own sake. Everything we build ends up in the hands of real operators in the field. Our Team is dedicated to a mission of pure strikes.

YOUR MISSION

As a Junior Software Engineer with a focus on Robotics Swarming, you will play a critical role in enabling real-time cooperative autonomy onboard next-generation multi-UAV platforms. You will work directly with decentralized routing networks, ROS2-based systems, and embedded compute platforms to build robust, efficient, and scalable swarming functionality. You will contribute as a hands-on individual contributor—bridging diverse codebases, optimizing real-time communications, and taking software from simulation through field deployment. Your work will be essential to ensuring that our autonomous multi-vehicle systems operate reliably in real-world, resource-constrained environments.

WHAT YOU WILL DO AT STARK

• Develop and integrate real-time cooperative control, decentralized routing, and perception algorithms on embedded platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson devices.
• Optimize multi-agent communication networks utilizing ROS2 and DDS architectures to ensure reliable data distribution in challenging environments.
• Implement and maintain Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) testing environments to rigorously validate swarming features before physical flight.
• Collaborate with AI, controls, and hardware teams to ensure tight integration between swarming behaviors and other onboard subsystems.
• Profile and debug system performance under embedded constraints (compute, thermal, bandwidth), ensuring stability and robustness in multi-vehicle field deployments.
• Contribute to system-level architecture discussions with a focus on communication reliability, modularity, and clean C++ implementation.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE MISSION

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace, or a related technical field.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17/20) for low-latency, multi-threaded embedded and robotics development.
• Solid, hands-on knowledge of ROS2 and a foundational understanding of DDS architectures for real-time communication.
• Experience working with embedded Linux platforms, particularly NVIDIA Jetson devices, and hardware interfaces.
• Familiarity with autonomous swarming algorithms (e.g., flocking, consensus, decentralized task allocation) deployed on physical multi-vehicle systems is highly desirable.

NICE TO HAVE

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, especially in real-time or resource-constrained environments.
• Effective communicator and team player in multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for field testing and deployment.
• Fluent English (C1 preferred). German language skills are advantageous but not required.