Embedded Software Engineer - UAV & Autonomy - 2277

Embedded Software Engineer - UAV & Autonomy M/F

• Contract type: Permanent
• Location: Munich (Hybrid / Approx. 2 days per week on-site for flight testing)
• Ref: 2277
• Contact: [email protected]

The recruiting company:

Our client is a European start-up specializing in electronic warfare, secure communications, and precision localization technologies for the defense sector.

Key points of the position:

Reporting to the engineering team, you will develop embedded software enabling autonomous navigation capabilities for UAV systems operating in GNSS-denied environments.

As an Embedded Software Engineer, your missions will include:

• Working directly with ArduPilot or PX4 flight stacks at source-code level (C++), developing custom drivers and modifying flight modes,
• Implementing and debugging interfaces between custom sensors and flight controllers,
• Integrating external position data into the flight controller using MAVLink protocols (e.g., VISION_POSITION_ESTIMATE, ODOMETRY),
• Analyzing and debugging complex flight logs to identify anomalies, particularly in EKF state estimation and system behavior,
• Using SITL (Software In The Loop) simulation environments to validate software before deployment on real hardware,
• Ensuring correct coordinate frame transformations (NED vs body-frame) for accurate local navigation and flight commands,
• Supporting real-world testing and flight validation in collaboration with the hardware and field testing teams.

Necessary skills:

• You must have strong programming skills in C++ and Python within embedded or robotics environments,
• You have experience working with ArduPilot or PX4 flight control systems, ideally at source-code level,
• You possess solid knowledge of state estimation, sensor fusion, and Extended Kalman Filters (EKF),
• You have experience integrating external sensors and systems using MAVLink protocols,
• You are comfortable analyzing flight logs and debugging complex real-world system behaviors,
• You combine a strong engineering rigor with a practical testing mindset,
• Fluent English and German are required.

Eligibility for German security clearance (SÜ2/Ü2) is required : German or EU citizenchips mandatory.

Salary: 65-95k euros gross annual.

RHESO.TECH, a specialized recruitment agency

https://www.rheso.tech/

Keywords: embedded software, UAV, autonomy, ArduPilot, PX4, MAVLink, C++, Python, robotics, state estimation, sensor fusion, EKF, GNSS-denied navigation, defense technology, Germany