Senior Embedded Software Engineer

teqLink; Københavns Kommune; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

teqLink is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join a small, ambitious team in Copenhagen. You will own architecture decisions, drive delivery from concept to implementation, and shape the role around your strengths in AI-enabled edge systems.

The role focuses on embedded Linux, edge AI nodes, and sensor integration for a Counter-UAS platform. Applicants must be NATO citizens and ready to lead technical solutions with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Several years of professional software development experience in C++ and embedded systems.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and maintainability focus.
• Solid Linux experience across stack layers.
• Experience with computer vision and/or distributed systems.
• Comfortable acting as technical lead and driving tasks from statement to delivery.
• Willingness to work with AI agents as part of daily development workflow.

Responsibilities

• Detection and tracking: ingest, inference, and edge optimization for cameras and sensors.
• Sensor fusion: combine radar, EO/IR inputs and track management.
• Distributed systems: messaging, time sync, fault tolerance across nodes.
• Sensor integration: hardware drivers, protocols and calibration.
• Hardware bring-up: kernel drivers and software integration.
• Field trials: real-world testing and iterative improvements.

Skills

C++

Embedded systems

Linux

Computer vision

Distributed systems

AI agents

Technical leadership

Job description

Senior Embedded Software Engineer – AI & Counter-UAS

No one is sure those were drones. Do you want to find out – for sure?

Then maybe you are the Senior Embedded Software Engineer this cutting-edge Counter-UAS platform is looking for.

teqLink is looking for an experienced Senior Embedded Software Engineer to join a small, fast-growing team developing advanced Counter-UAS technology in Copenhagen. Please note, applicants must be NATO-citizens.

We are looking for a genuinely Senior Software Engineer with several years of hands-on development experience, strong engineering fundamentals and a deep understanding of the code you write.

In a small team like this, you must be able to act as your own technical lead, take full ownership of tasks and drive solutions independently from problem statement to implementation. You should be comfortable making architectural decisions, challenging existing designs and delivering results without detailed specifications or close supervision.

We also expect you to be highly motivated to embrace AI agents as an integral part of your daily development workflow, combining solid software engineering skills with the ability to leverage AI effectively.

You will develop software for a distributed system of edge AI nodes and sensors, running on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor and Orin NX under embedded Linux. The system integrates radar, daylight cameras and thermal imagers, turning sensor output into actionable tracks for operators.

The role can lean towards either perception and computer vision or platform development, sensor integration and distributed real-time performance. We are open to both profiles and will shape the role around your strengths and interests.

Typical work

• Detection and tracking: Camera and thermal ingest, inference and low-latency edge optimization.
• Sensor fusion: Combining radar, electro-optical, infrared, acoustic and RF inputs, including processing, association and track management.
• Distributed systems: Message transport, time synchronization, fault tolerance and recovery across networked nodes.
• Sensor integration: Hardware integration, drivers, protocols, calibration and management.
• Hardware bring-up: Board support, kernel drivers and software integration.
• Field trials: Testing in real-world scenarios and turning findings into improvements.

Requirements

• Several years of professional software development experience, with a strong background in modern C++ and embedded systems.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals. You know your code and take responsibility for its quality, architecture and maintainability.
• Solid Linux experience across different layers of the stack.
• Experience with computer vision and/or distributed systems.
• Comfortable working extensively with AI agents as part of your daily development process.
• Ability to act as your own technical lead, take ownership and independently drive tasks from problem statement to implementation and delivery.
• Comfortable making technical decisions and challenging existing designs.
• Curious, pragmatic and more interested in testing assumptions than discussing them.
• Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be NATO citizens.

About the company

Our client is a Danish start-up in the Capital Region developing a cutting-edge Counter-UAS platform for the defence sector.

You will join a small, ambitious engineering team where individual contributions matter, technical ownership is expected and there is plenty of room to influence both the product and the technology.

More details to follow at the interview.