Autonomy Robotics Engineer — Edge FlightStack (On-Site)

VTI Aerospace; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan or 401(k)

Paid time off and holidays

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

VTI Aerospace in Seattle or Bozeman seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer (Autonomy) to develop onboard autonomy capabilities for our FlightStack. You will design perception, localization, mapping and path planning for edge compute, deploying on embedded platforms.

Collaborate with ML and autonomy engineers to integrate models and sensor data, test in real-world flight environments, and push the reliability and performance of autonomous aviation systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing robotics or autonomous systems software.
• Strong programming experience in C++ and Python.
• Experience developing robotics systems using ROS2 or similar middleware.
• Experience building real-time or near real-time robotic software systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robotics software for onboard autonomy using ROS2, Python, and C++.
• Build and maintain systems supporting perception, localization, mapping, and path planning.
• Integrate machine learning perception models into real-time robotics pipelines.
• Develop software that fuses data from cameras, LiDAR, GPS, INS, and IMU sensors.
• Design and implement contextual reasoning and autonomy behaviors for real-world operations.
• Optimize robotics systems for edge compute environments and constrained hardware platforms.
• Implement and improve algorithms for localization, state estimation, and environmental awareness; collaborate with ML engineers to integrate perception into production autonomy systems.
• Work with autonomy engineers to design robust and modular robotics system architecture.
• Test, debug, and improve robotic systems in real-world flight environments.

Skills

C++

Python

ROS2

Tools

ROS2

Job description

VTI Aerospace in Seattle or Bozeman seeks a Senior Robotics Software Engineer (Autonomy) to develop onboard autonomy capabilities for our FlightStack. You will design perception, localization, mapping and path planning for edge compute, deploying on embedded platforms.

Collaborate with ML and autonomy engineers to integrate models and sensor data, test in real-world flight environments, and push the reliability and performance of autonomous aviation systems.