Senior Guidance Engineer (Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior Guidance Engineer (C++/ROS 2): Driving the development of GNSS-denied navigation, guidance, and terminal autonomy for unmanned aerial systems with an accent on perception-driven navigation and closed-loop terminal guidance. Focus on implementing advanced control and sensor-fusion algorithms and optimizing autonomy software on the NVIDIA Jetson platform.

Location: Berlin, Munich

Company

hirify.global is a defense technology company revolutionizing the deployment of software-defined, mass-scalable unmanned systems to bolster the technological edge of NATO Allies and Partners.

What you will do

• Design and validate navigation, guidance, and control (NGC) algorithms for autonomous drones in GNSS-denied and degraded-signal environments.
• Implement advanced control, state estimation, and sensor-fusion algorithms using C++.
• Architect and maintain a cohesive ROS 2-based autonomy stack, integrating perception and navigation packages.
• Interface the autonomy stack with flight control systems via MAVLink for robust command and telemetry.
• Deploy and optimize autonomy software on the NVIDIA Jetson platform, managing real-time constraints and hardware acceleration.
• Perform extensive simulation, bench testing, and flight testing to debug complex system interactions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional experience in autonomous systems, navigation, guidance, control, or robotics software development.
• Advanced proficiency in C++ with strong software design and performance-optimization skills.
• Proven experience developing autonomy software using ROS 2.
• Strong understanding of state estimation, sensor fusion, and closed-loop guidance.
• Experience deploying software on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience with PX4 or ArduPilot autopilot ecosystems.
• Background in visual navigation, terrain-relative navigation, or terminal guidance systems.
• Familiarity with computer vision or perception-driven autonomy.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, or safety-critical autonomous systems.
• Prior involvement in real-world flight testing of autonomous drones.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build the future of European Defence.
• Work in a high-ownership, fast-moving startup environment.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams including AI, hardware, and systems engineering.
• Focus on delivering deployable, high-performance systems over future promises.