Robotics Software Engineer Intern – Swarm Systems (m/f/d)

What we offer - Work in an international, agile team building autonomousroboticsystems - Contribute to software thatistested on real robotic platforms and in the field - Gain hands-on experiencewith state-of-the-art technologies in robotics, autonomy, and multi-agent systems - Work closelywithexperiencedrobotics and embeddedengineers - Take ownership of meaningfultechnicalprojectswhilereceiving guidance from the team - Benefitfrom a steeplearningcurve and a collaborative engineering culture Your mission Join our robotics team working on autonomous systems that operate as coordinated, distributed agents in real-world environments. As a Software Engineering Intern, you will contribute to the development and validation of our multi-UAV system, with a particular focus on software tooling, simulation, and system observability. Depending on your background and the project, you may also contribute to areas such as SLAM, navigation, perception, planning, or multi-agent coordination. This is a hands-on internship where you will develop and test software, work with real robotic systems, and see how your work performs beyond simulation. - Develop data-drivendashboards and tools to monitor, analyze, and visualize system performance - Extendour simulation frameworkwith KPIs, automated scenarios, and evaluation workflows - Analyze simulation and field-test data to identify issues and opportunities for improvement - Contribute to the corerobotics stack in areas such as estimation, perception, planning, control, or mission execution - Collaboratecloselywithrobotics, simulation, embedded, and domain experts - Gain practicalexperiencedeveloping and validating software for complexautonomoussystems Your profile - Currentlypursuing or recentlycompleted a Master'sdegree in Robotics, Computer Science, AutonomousSystems, Electrical Engineering, or a relatedfield - Good programmingskills in C++, ideally modern C++ (17/20) - Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering - Basic understanding of robotics concepts such as coordinate frames, sensor data, estimation, planning, or control - Comfortableworking in Linux - Curious about complexroboticsystems and motivated to understand how thingsworkbeyondyourindividual component - Able to workindependently on a definedtechnicalproblemwhileactivelyseeking feedback whenneeded - Genuine interest in autonomoussystems, robotics, and defensetechnology Nice to have You do not need to bring all of these — experience from university projects, research, student teams, personal projects, or previous internships counts. - Experiencewith ROS or ROS 2 - Experiencewith real robots, embeddedsystems, or hardware-in-the-loop setups - Exposure to SLAM, navigation, computer vision, estimation, filtering, planning, or control - Interest or experience in multi-agent systems, swarming, or distributedrobotics - ExperienceworkingwithLiDAR or camera data - Exposure to PX4 or ArduPilot - Experiencewith simulation frameworkssuch as Gazebo, Isaac Sim, or Unreal Engine - Experiencewithembedded platforms, GPUs, or networking - Exposure to machine learningmethods What else - Strong problem-solvingmindset and willingness to learn - Structured and reliable way of working - Comfortableworking in an environmentwhere not everyproblem has a predefined solution - Collaborative and open to technical feedback - High ethical standards and disciplinedworkethic - Extra-curricular engineering projects, roboticscompetitions, research, or othertechnicalachievements are a plus The practical part - Duration: 3–6 months, full-time - Eligibility: NATO-alignednationality or close allycitizenshipisrequired Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow