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Stark

AI-enabled, software-defined unmanned defense systems

Field Robotics Engineer - Data Operations

Robotics & Autonomous SystemsUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeMunich, GermanyNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or comparable practical experience is required.
  • Proficiency in Python and C++ for robotics and hardware interfacing is required.
  • Experience with ROS2, including deployment on physical systems, is required.
  • Hands-on experience with several hardware protocols, such as I2C, SPI, CAN, Serial, or Ethernet-based sensor communication, is required.
  • Experience integrating cameras or other sensors on embedded Linux platforms is required; NVIDIA Jetson experience is ideal.
  • Solid computer vision fundamentals, including camera models, distortion, projection geometry, and OpenCV, are required.
  • Understanding of coordinate frames, transformations, and time synchronization in distributed systems is required; practical calibration experience is a strong plus.
  • Comfort with hardware diagnostic tools such as a multimeter and oscilloscope, as well as software workflows such as Git, CI, and Docker, is required.
  • Willingness to travel regularly for field campaigns and work outdoors in various conditions is required.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end integration of sensor suites, including EO/IR cameras, gimbals, lidar, radar, IMU, and GNSS, from electrical interfaces and wiring through working recording pipelines.
  • Design and implement sensor drivers and ROS2 nodes using hardware protocols including I2C, SPI, CAN, Serial, MIPI/CSI-2, GigE Vision, and Ethernet (RTSP/UDP).
  • Solve temporal synchronization across distributed sensors using PTP, PPS, and hardware triggering so streams are aligned for fusion and labeling.
  • Develop and execute intrinsic and extrinsic calibration routines, including camera-camera and camera-IMU calibration, to spatially unify sensor rigs.
  • Build and optimize the onboard recording stack on embedded compute such as NVIDIA Jetson, including hardware-accelerated video pipelines with GStreamer, efficient logging with MCAP/rosbag, and storage throughput under compute, thermal, and bandwidth constraints.
  • Evaluate new sensors at the bench by probing electrical interfaces with diagnostic tools, benchmarking SDKs, and making integration decisions.
  • Join field data-collection campaigns across Europe, prepare and verify sensor setups, operate recording systems on-site, diagnose hardware and software issues in real time, and validate recordings before leaving the site.
  • Produce integration documentation and calibration reports so setups are reproducible by the team.

Desired Qualifications

  • UAV or mobile robot experience, including PX4/ArduPilot and MAVLink basics.
  • Photogrammetry and 3D reconstruction experience.
  • Low-level driver development or customization on embedded Linux.
  • Experience with GStreamer hardware-accelerated pipelines, JetPack/L4T, and CUDA/TensorRT.
  • MIPI/CSI-2 camera bring-up, ISP tuning, or Linux kernel/device tree exposure.
  • Calibration tooling such as Kalibr, and lidar and point-cloud processing with PCL or Open3D.
  • Experience with detection/tracking models and modern computer vision pipelines such as PyTorch and ONNX.
  • Experience with simulation using Gazebo or Isaac Sim, or synthetic data generation.

About the Company

Stark

AI-enabled, software-defined unmanned defense systems

Stark develops AI-enabled, software-defined unmanned systems for European and NATO forces, including air and sea platforms and a mission-control software suite. Its products run as autonomous hardware platforms guided by the Minerva software layer, which plans, commands, and monitors missions for units like the OWE-V Virtus VTOL and Vanta USVs. Stark differentiates itself with a Europe-focused tech stack and formal defense partnerships, backed by NATO and European funding, plus expanding European and Ukrainian manufacturing and R&D sites. Its goal is to empower European and NATO forces with advanced autonomous capabilities while scaling production and expanding capabilities in electronic warfare and mission management.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$627.4M
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2024

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