Autonomous Drone Software Engineer – C++, Flight-Test

Auterion; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Stock Options

Generous holiday allowance

Company pension plan

Car parking

Enhanced maternity & paternity leave

Mental health and wellbeing support

Job summary

Auterion is seeking an Autonomous Drone Software Engineer to join a swarming programme. You will drive development of new features across the autonomy stack and collaborate with hardware engineers, product managers, and partners to define robust software architecture.

The role covers the entire autonomy lifecycle, from developing capabilities to analyzing flight-test data, with a focus on decisive action, high-impact work, and delivering safe, reliable software.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional engineering experience in robotics, embedded systems, or distributed systems.
• Deep proficiency in modern C++, with experience designing concurrent systems.
• Experience with real-time or safety-critical platforms.
• Familiarity with PX4, MAVLink environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and drive development of new features across the autonomy stack.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers, product managers, and partners to define system requirements.
• Design and implement distributed state machines and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Deliver clean, maintainable code while managing concurrency.
• Develop tests in SITL/HITL simulations to validate code prior to deployment.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and documentation.

Skills

C++

Robotics

Embedded systems

Distributed systems

Real-time systems

Tools

PX4

MAVLink

Job description

Auterion is seeking an Autonomous Drone Software Engineer to join a swarming programme. You will drive development of new features across the autonomy stack and collaborate with hardware engineers, product managers, and partners to define robust software architecture.

The role covers the entire autonomy lifecycle, from developing capabilities to analyzing flight-test data, with a focus on decisive action, high-impact work, and delivering safe, reliable software.