Senior Robotics Engineer – State Estimation & Sensor Fusion (UAV) (w/m/d)

Senior Robotics Engineer – State Estimation & Sensor Fusion (UAV) (w/m/d)

Based in the EU. Working in remote setups. Grounded in reality.

You are joining an international deep-tech startup working on advanced drone technology. The founding context is shaped by real-world urgency; the defence relevance is not theoretical, and the technology is needed today.

The company operates at the intersection of research, real-world application and go-to-market execution. This setup is for engineers who are comfortable operating under uncertainty, take ownership and understand that technology only matters when it performs outside controlled environments.

Responsibilities

• A core part of your work is the analysis of real drone flights.
• When you implement a change, it is deployed to the system, tested in real-world conditions, and you verify whether it performs reliably outside ideal scenarios.
• You investigate why drones drift from planned trajectories, why position estimation degrades during aggressive flight maneuvers, and why cameras provide different motion information than IMU data.
• You analyze flight logs, reconstructed trajectories, IMU, camera, GNSS/GPS, LiDAR and speed-sensor data.
• You work with drift and odometry behavior, Kalman-filter states, residuals, sensor-fusion outputs, timing, synchronization and data pipelines between hardware components.

Skillset

• Strong academic background, typically bachelor or master, in robotics, computer science, technical physics, aerospace engineering or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience with state estimation and localization algorithms in real-world robotic systems.
• Experience in sensor fusion and localization, including Kalman filters, EKF or UKF, visual-inertial odometry, IMU data, GNSS/GPS, camera or LiDAR data in real-world applications.
• Proficiency in embedded software development with C++, Linux-based environments and Python for flight-log analysis, debugging and data analysis.
• Solid mathematical foundation and ability to reason about models and uncertainty in complex systems.
• Fluent English; Ukrainian or Russian is a plus.

What you can look forward to

• Startup character, financially secured for the coming years and supported in part by Austrian funding programs and investors.
• You can work from anywhere; meetings for technical exchange are held remotely.
• A genuinely supportive and kind team where different life realities are understood and respected.
• A team that works hard because it knows what it is building for, with a mix of Silicon Valley mindset and pragmatism.
• Compensation is open for discussion, including overall packages and individual needs.

Salary range

EUR 4.600 to EUR 6.000 gross per month on a full-time basis, depending on qualifications and professional experience.

Sounds interesting?

Apply now and find out more about the position. If you have questions in advance, Verena Herrmann can be contacted at v.herrmann@kern-partner.at.