Robotics Software Engineer — C++ for Drone Autonomy

Robotto; Aalborg; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotto in Aalborg develops autonomy software for drones and unmanned systems, combining computer vision, C++ software and embedded systems.

You will design, develop and maintain C++ software across Robotto’s ecosystem, enabling reliable operation, configuration and interaction with unmanned platforms. You’ll work with vision, autonomy, embedded and hardware engineers to improve performance and reliability.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience developing production-quality software in C++, with a solid understanding of modern software engineering practices.
• Solid understanding of software architecture, data structures, algorithms and object-oriented design.
• Experience developing multi-component or distributed software systems.
• Experience with networking, inter-process communication, APIs or communication protocols is highly relevant.
• Good understanding of concurrency, multithreading and performance considerations in C++.
• Experience with debugging, testing, version control and modern software development practices.
• Experience with Linux-based development environments is an advantage.
• Experience with robotics, drones, autonomous systems, defence technology or other complex technical products is an advantage, but not a requirement.
• Experience working with software that interfaces with hardware or real-world systems is an advantage.
• Professional fluency in English.
• A degree in computer science, software engineering, robotics or a related field is preferred; equivalent practical experience is equally welcome.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality software primarily in C++.
• Build software used across our drone and unmanned-systems platform.
• Develop reliable communication and data flows between different software and hardware components.
• Work on performance-sensitive and potentially real-time or near-real-time applications.
• Integrate software with APIs, networking components, sensors and wider system infrastructure.
• Debug complex issues across interconnected software systems and identify root causes.
• Contribute to software architecture and technical design decisions.
• Write maintainable, testable and well-structured production code.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, documentation and continuous improvement of our engineering practices.
• Collaborate closely with computer vision, embedded, autonomy and hardware engineers.
• Support integration and testing on real systems and drone platforms.

Skills

C++

Software engineering

Software architecture

Data structures

Algorithms

Object-oriented design

Multi-component systems

Networking

APIs

Concurrency

Multithreading

Debugging

Testing

Version control

Linux development

Robotics / drones / autonomous systems

English

Education

Degree in computer science, software engineering, robotics or related field

Job description

Robotto in Aalborg develops autonomy software for drones and unmanned systems, combining computer vision, C++ software and embedded systems.

You will design, develop and maintain C++ software across Robotto’s ecosystem, enabling reliable operation, configuration and interaction with unmanned platforms. You’ll work with vision, autonomy, embedded and hardware engineers to improve performance and reliability.