Robotics Software Engineer

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As a Robotics Software Engineer you will be responsible for;

Robotics Software Engineers to join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting‑edge robotics platform focused on autonomous navigation and manipulation. In this role, you will work closely with senior engineers and roboticists to design, develop, integrate, and debug software across the full robotics stack. Successful candidates will have hands‑on experience building software for real robotic systems, strong programming skills, and a passion for solving complex technical challenges in dynamic environments.

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software components across the robotics platform, including navigation, manipulation, perception, controls, and system integration.
• Develop and deploy robotics applications using ROS 2 in both C++ and Python.
• Integrate software across multiple subsystems, including sensors, actuators, compute platforms, and control frameworks.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to system performance, reliability, and robot behavior through testing, debugging, and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to implement new features, improve system capabilities, and support deployment activities.
• Participate in software architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices to maintain a high‑quality codebase.
• Support validation efforts through simulation, hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing, and operation of physical robotic systems.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development tools, testing frameworks, and deployment processes.

Qualifications;

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

  Professional experience developing software for robotics or autonomous systems.

  Strong hands‑on experience with:

  • ROS 2
  • Modern C++ and/or Python
  • Linux‑based development environments

  Experience integrating and debugging complex software systems.

  Understanding of robotics software fundamentals, including communication frameworks, system architecture, and hardware/software integration.

  Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment.

Preferred Qualifications;

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Robotic perception
• Motion planning
• Controls systems
• Machine learning for robotics
• Autonomous navigation

Experience with hardware bring‑up, sensor integration, and…