Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys 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 youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Join Axon and be a Force for Good

At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys 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 youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice advances equity values diversity and fosters inclusion. Were committed to hiring the best talent regardless of race creed color ancestry religion sex (including pregnancy) national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process please email .

Axons mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axons impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental health and safety regulations policies and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

Your Impact

The Axon SkyHero Firmware team in the Robotics New Ventures Pillar 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 please see the product portfolio here: We are actively working on truly disruptive innovative next-generation Drone technology that we strongly believe will advance our mission to Protect Life.

The Axon SkyHero Firmware team specifically owns the Lower Middleware layers on a very powerful Embedded Linux System-on-Chip and the Flight Controller. Lower Middleware in this sense consists of high performance low latency user-space daemons on a robotics-optimized system bus. All firmware aspects related to Flying are handled by this team and this team collaborates very closely with an adjacent team of Controls and Vision Engineers. This team also collaborates very closely with Platform Board Support Package (BSP) Camera Imaging and Upper Middleware teams and hardware engineering. Rust is the preferred language but C/C is also used. Python is used for scripting and testing.

As a strong senior engineer - either level 1 or level 2 senior engineer - on the SkyHero Firmware team youll be responsible for developing and architecting a diverse set of robotics-based features related to Flying and actively helping Controls Engineers Tune the Drone. Youll promote best practices for software testing. Youll be collaborating on a series of very deep algorithms that provides Advanced Flying and Maneuvering capabilities among other innovations that fuse a large number of sensors actuators and/or motors. You will be authoring design documents mentoring less-senior engineers and doing your part to instill a culture of engineering excellence.

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

What Youll Do

Location: Brussels Belgium

This role is based out of our Brussel office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite 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: Robotics Firmware Engineering Manager

• Be part of a high-performing team that designs and develops game-changing Robotics products to Protect Life
• Architect design and develop software and algorithms for Drones Rovers and other Robots
• Develop in C/C Rust in resource-constrained Embedded Systems and use a scripting language like Python to prototype
• Integrate Sensors and Actuator complex logic and autonomous behavior
• Design and develop new use-cases on Robots translating requirements into features and tests
• Implement Robotics use-cases in ROS2 and custom Robotics Frameworks
• Ensure High Quality during the entire product lifecycle designing and implement Unit Tests Integration Tests and CI pipelines
• Be hands-on with prototyping development and debugging in all stages of the product lifecycle
• Collaborate with distributed Hardware Software Firmware Control Systems Manufacturing and Compliance teams
• Be a Team Player Mentor Strong Communicator and be ready and willing to support the Team when needed

What You Bring

While all candidates will be considered those candidates who have active Robotics experience on mobile phone-like System-on-Chips (SoC) using embedded Linux experience will have prioritization over those with Microcontroller experience only. We also prioritize candidates who demonstrates having shipped a product from start to finish; and sticking with the product post-release so as to have learned from its in-market performance.

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electronics Engineering Robotics or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of industry experience building commercial products
• Minimum 7 years experience with C/C Python and/or other systems programming languages such as Rust
• Demonstrated track record of bringing commercial devices to the market
• Experience with performant inter-process communication
• 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)
• Experience with Sensor peripherals (accelerometers time-of-flight magnetometer etc.) and Cameras
• Familiarity with cryptographic primitives and mechanisms (AES Root of Trust Secure Boot)

Any experience with the following is a plus:

• Experience with Robotics simulation tools such as Gazebo
• Experience with Computer Vision techniques (SLAM/VIO) Control systems Trajectory Optimization Problems etc.
• Experience with MAVLink PX4 or similar Flight Controllers
• Experience with ROS2 System Bus
• 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

Dont meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

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.

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Axons mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axons impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental health and safety regulations policies and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice advances equity values diversity and fosters inclusion. Were committed to hiring the best talent regardless of race creed color ancestry religion sex (including pregnancy) national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process please email Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.

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