Computer Engineer - Robotics Research, VIO (m/f/d)

Promethion Industries; Berlin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Promethion Industries is a European defence technology company focused on autonomous supremacy systems for aerial and multi-domain operations. We seek a researcher/engineer to advance VIO, visual odometry and state estimation for high-speed aerial robotics.

You will work on event cameras, asynchronous sensing, IMU fusion, and high-rate data processing, transitioning proven ideas into embedded platforms and the main computation stack.

Qualifications

• Strong background in VIO, visual odometry, SLAM or state estimation.
• Experience with event cameras or asynchronous sensing.
• Understanding of IMU fusion and nonlinear estimation.
• Strong C++ programming skills and ability to implement research ideas on real hardware.
• Familiarity with sensor timing, calibration and high-rate data processing.
• Ability to translate academic literature into reproducible real-world code.

Responsibilities

• Develop event-based VIO and motion-estimation approaches for high-speed aerial robotics.
• Explore asynchronous optical flow, event-IMU fusion and direct velocity estimation.
• Develop continuous-time estimation for high-rate asynchronous sensing.
• Evaluate event-based methods for GNSS-denied and high-dynamic flight.
• Port research into embedded compute and assess latency and resource use.
• Collaborate with the core state-estimation team to integrate methods into the main stack.

Skills

VIO

Asynchronous sensing

IMU fusion

C++ programming

Research to code

Sensor timing/calibration

High-rate data processing

Job description

About Promethion Industries

Promethion Industries is a European defence technology company building autonomous supremacy systems for aerial and multi-domain operations. We design tightly integrated autonomy stacks in Europe to enable decisive autonomy for NATO-aligned forces, focusing on defensive and counter-system capabilities including anti-UAS and resilient autonomy under contested conditions.

About Promethion Industries

Promethion Industries is a European defence technology company building autonomous supremacy systems for aerial and multi-domain operations. We design tightly integrated autonomy stacks in Europe to enable decisive autonomy for NATO-aligned forces, focusing on defensive and counter-system capabilities including anti-UAS and resilient autonomy under contested conditions.

Your mission with us

• Develop event-based VIO and motion-estimation approaches for high-speed aerial robotics.
• Explore asynchronous optical flow, event-IMU fusion and direct velocity estimation.
• Develop continuous-time estimation approaches suitable for high-rate asynchronous sensing.
• Evaluate event-based methods for GNSS-denied and high-dynamic flight.
• Build and validate hybrid frame + event + IMU estimators.
• Investigate velocity-space estimation for terminal high-dynamic operation.
• Characterize failure modes including scale drift, low texture, sensor mismatch and high angular rates.
• Port promising research onto embedded compute and evaluate real latency and resource requirements.
• Work directly with the core state-estimation team to transition validated approaches into the main stack.

The offboarding work specifically highlights event+IMU fusion, direct velocity estimation and event-based high-speed state estimation, alongside concrete concerns around scale drift and embedded compute limits. Neuromorphic VIO and OF (1)

Your Contribution To The Team (required)

• Strong research or engineering background in VIO, visual odometry, SLAM or state estimation.
• Experience with event cameras or asynchronous sensing.
• Strong understanding of IMU fusion and nonlinear estimation.
• Strong C++ skills.
• Experience implementing research algorithms on real hardware.
• Strong understanding of sensor timing, calibration and high-rate data processing.
• Ability to work from academic literature to reproducible real-world implementation.