Senior Robotics & Autonomy Engineer (Collaborative Drone Autonomy)

Location: Hybrid in Kyiv, Lviv, or Warsaw, with occasional travel to the test site and flexible arrangements subject to operational and security requirements.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous drone software that enables large, coordinated teams of drones to operate without pilots and has been battle-tested in Ukraine.

What you will do

• Build distributed onboard autonomy running in real time across multiple companion computers under tight compute and communication constraints.
• Develop multi-agent algorithms for task allocation, deconfliction, collaborative path planning, and coordination under limited bandwidth, high latency, and packet loss.
• Convert R&D algorithms into deterministic, fault-tolerant production code by addressing bottlenecks and edge cases.
• Optimize processing time, power consumption, and data flow while designing link-aware and degraded-mode communication behavior.
• Build swarm explainability through intent and decision logs, human-readable reasoning traces, and post-flight analysis tools.
• Own the simulation pipeline, prepare digital twins, design multi-drone experiments, and support field tests with the test-range team.

Requirements

• 4+ years building decision-making systems for robots or autonomous agents, including planners, task allocation, or behavior logic.
• Hands-on experience with multi-agent or multi-robot coordination.
• Strong Python skills on Linux.
• Solid grounding in linear algebra, control theory, probability, and numerical methods.
• Hands-on experience with simulators and digital twins.
• English at B2 level or higher.

Nice to have

• Experience with C/C++ and embedded systems.
• Contributions to ArduPilot or PX4, or experience modifying flight firmware.
• Experience building distributed systems for edge devices.
• Experience in defense or EW-contested environments.
• Experience building, flying, crashing, and debugging personal drones.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on work with advanced UAV technologies, autonomy, computer vision, and machine learning in a high-stakes defense environment.
• Engineering-focused, agile team working on mission-critical systems with direct frontline impact.
• 20 paid vacation days, comprehensive health insurance, and paid sick leave.
• Flexible working arrangements depending on operational and security requirements.
• Defense-sector benefits, including military reservation.

Hiring process

• Recruiter screen, technical interview, management interview, security check, and offer.