Robotics Software Engineer Intern – Swarm Systems (m/f/d)

What we offer

Work in an international, agile team building autonomousroboticsystems

Contribute to software thatistested on real robotic platforms and in the field

Gain hands-on experiencewith state-of-the-art technologies in robotics, autonomy, and multi-agent systems

Work closelywithexperiencedrobotics and embeddedengineers

Take ownership of meaningfultechnicalprojectswhilereceiving guidance from the team

Benefitfrom a steeplearningcurve and a collaborative engineering culture

Your mission

Join our robotics team working on autonomous systems that operate as coordinated, distributed agents in real-world environments.

As a Software Engineering Intern, you will contribute to the development and validation of our multi-UAV system, with a particular focus on software tooling, simulation, and system observability.

Depending on your background and the project, you may also contribute to areas such as SLAM, navigation, perception, planning, or multi-agent coordination. This is a hands-on internship where you will develop and test software, work with real robotic systems, and see how your work performs beyond simulation.

Develop data-drivendashboards and tools to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance

Extendour simulation frameworkwith KPIs, automated scenarios, and evaluation workflows

Analyze simulation and field-test data to identify issues and opportunities for improvement

Contribute to the corerobotics stack in areas such as estimation, perception, planning, control, or mission execution

Collaboratecloselywithrobotics, simulation, embedded, and domain experts

Gain practicalexperiencedeveloping and validating software for complexautonomoussystems

Your profile

Currentlypursuing or recentlycompleted a Master'sdegree in Robotics, Computer Science, AutonomousSystems, Electrical Engineering, or a relatedfield

Good programmingskills in C++, ideally modern C++ (17/20)

Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering

Basic understanding of robotics concepts such as coordinate frames, sensor data, estimation, planning, or control

Comfortableworking in Linux

Curious about complexroboticsystems and motivated to understand how thingsworkbeyondyourindividual component

Able to workindependently on a definedtechnicalproblemwhileactivelyseeking feedback whenneeded

Genuine interest in autonomoussystems, robotics, and defensetechnology

Nice to have

You do not need to bring all of these — experience from university projects, research, student teams, personal projects, or previous internships counts.

Experiencewith ROS or ROS 2

Experiencewith real robots, embeddedsystems, or hardware-in-the-loop setups

Exposure to SLAM, navigation, computer vision, estimation, filtering, planning, or control

Interest or experience in multi-agent systems, swarming, or distributedrobotics

ExperienceworkingwithLiDAR or camera data

Exposure to PX4 or ArduPilot

Experiencewith simulation frameworkssuch as Gazebo, Isaac Sim, or Unreal Engine

Experiencewithembedded platforms, GPUs, or networking

Exposure to machine learningmethods

What else

Strong problem-solvingmindset and willingness to learn

Structured and reliable way of working

Comfortableworking in an environmentwhere not everyproblem has a predefined solution

Collaborative and open to technical feedback

High ethical standards and disciplinedworkethic

Extra-curricular engineering projects, roboticscompetitions, research, or othertechnicalachievements are a plus

The practical part

Duration: 3–6 months, full-time

Eligibility: NATO-alignednationality or close allycitizenshipisrequired

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