Robotics Engineer

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

You will contribute to Axon’s product line as part of the Axon Robotics / Sky-Hero by Axon team (https://www.axon.com/products/axon-sky-hero). We are building career-defining, next-generation Drones and Robots to help reach our Moonshot: cut gun-related deaths between police and the public by 50% in 10 years.

As a Robotics Software Engineer, you’ll contribute to advance Axon’s mission to Protect Life, by building software for advanced, Mission-Critical robots like UAVs, UGVs, etc.

Development environments include C/C++, Rust, Python, ROS2 and Gazebo.

Using your knowledge and creativity you’ll solve challenging problems in Software Development and Robotics, and you’ll architect, design, implement and debug Robotics software with advanced perception capabilities and high levels of autonomy.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Robotics or equivalent
• 4+ years professional experience in robotics
• Industry experience building Drones, Rovers or other Robots
• Experience with C/C++, Python and/or other systems programming languages such as Rust
• Demonstrated track record of bringing commercial Robotic devices to the market
• Deep understanding of ROS2, its execution model, message-passing middleware, debugging and performance analysis tools
• Strong experience with Robotics simulation tools such as Gazebo
• Strong experience with Userspace Linux Kernel development and performance optimization
• Strong understanding of Systems Architecture, with the ability to implement complex, multi-device, interrelated systems
• Strong understanding of Operating Systems, Concurrency and Networking concepts
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and QA processes
• Solid Software Engineering background (algorithms, data structures)
• Strong experience with one or more of the following: Computer Vision (VIO/SLAM), Control Systems, Machine Learning, Path Planning, Trajectory Optimization Problems
• Experience with or interest in Drones, MAVLink, the PX4 Flight Controller or other Flight Control systems
• Experience with Sensor peripherals (accelerometers, time-of-flight, magnetometer, etc.) and Cameras
• Familiarity with cryptographic primitives and mechanisms (AES, Root of Trust, Secure Boot)

• Experience with one or more of the following: ZeroMQ, Zenoh, iceoryx
• Experience with the Yocto build system
• Experience with Bare-Metal Firmware Development on MCUs
• Experience with Linux Kernel and Driver development

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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