Senior Engineer – Robotics Middleware

Senior Engineer – Robotics Middleware & Applications

Washington, United States

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.

The Axon Robotics Middleware & Applications team is part of the Robotics New Ventures Pillar and supports critical Drone offerings for Special Forces and Law Enforcement. These Drones work together harmoniously to provide Tactical Reconnaissance and Advantage during critical and stressful missions. Both aerial and ground robots are developed – see the full product portfolio at:  . We are actively working on truly disruptive, innovative next-generation Drone technology that we strongly believe will advance our mission to Protect Life.

The Robotics Middleware & Applications team owns the Upper Middleware layers on a powerful Embedded Linux System-on-Chip. This means building and maintaining high-performance, reliable Linux daemons and services that orchestrate all business-critical use cases for Robots, including:

• Firmware Updates
• Robotics use cases and more
• Test Automation for all of the above use cases

Beyond these core responsibilities, this team collaborates very closely with Controls and Vision Engineers to help tune the Drone and contributes to advanced flying and maneuvering capabilities. The team also works closely with Platform BSP, Camera Imaging, Lower Middleware, and Hardware Engineering teams. Rust is the preferred language, but C/C++ is also heavily used. Python is used for scripting and test automation.

As a strong, senior engineer — either level 1 or level 2 — on the Robotics Middleware & Applications team, you'll be responsible for architecting and developing the daemon infrastructure that powers Robot business logic, while also contributing to a culture of engineering excellence through mentorship, design documentation, and best-in-class testing practices.

Working on these next-generation robotics products is not only a career-defining accomplishment, but a real opportunity to help advance the mission to Protect Life.

Location:

Scottsdale, AZ, Boston, MA or Seattle WA

This role is based out of our Scottsdale or Boston office or Seattle Office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesday through Friday, with some flexibility, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

Reports to:

Engineering Manager, Robotics Middleware & Applications

• Be part of a high-performing team that designs and develops game-changing Robotics products to Protect Life
• Architect, design and develop Linux user-space daemons that orchestrate all Robot business use cases end-to-end
• Develop in C/C++ and Rust in resource-constrained Embedded Linux environments; use Python for scripting and test automation
• Design and implement performant inter-process communication between daemons and across system boundaries
• Collaborate with Controls Engineers to help tune drone behavior and contribute to advanced flying and maneuvering algorithms
• Integrate Sensors and Actuators, complex logic, and autonomous behavior into middleware services
• Implement Robotics use-cases in ROS2 and custom Robotics Frameworks
• Ensure high quality across the entire product lifecycle — design and implement Unit Tests, Integration Tests, and CI pipelines
• Be hands-on with prototyping, development, and debugging at all stages of the product lifecycle
• Author design documents and technical specifications for middleware systems
• Invest in the growth of those around you — sharing knowledge, raising the…