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About the Role
We are committed to making autonomous driving a reality in Germany by delivering Europe’s first certifiable Level 4 autonomous driving system using proprietary AI. Our multidisciplinary team pushes the boundaries of mobility.
Responsibilities
- Define strategy and architecture for integrating perception, planning, and control software into a cohesive, reliable robotics system.
- Determine how the system is built, tested, and compiled.
- Build, lead, and develop the Software Integration and Robotics team, ensuring skills and capacity for stable system-level releases.
- Own psychological safety, 1:1s, growth, performance management, and leave planning for direct reports.
- Own the integration backlog, release deadlines, and cross-team dependencies.
- Ensure committed system-level releases are delivered reliably and meet performance and safety requirements.
- Set quality standards (code review, CI/CD, coding guidelines) across the C++ integration and robotics codebase.
- Own code-quality gatekeeping.
- Partner closely with perception, motion planning, and simulation teams.
- Act as an internal technical evangelist to ensure architectural decisions support company-wide technical goals.
Requirements
- Completed degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, or comparable field, or equivalent vocational training/apprenticeship.
- 10+ years of overall experience in software engineering for robotics, embedded, or autonomous systems.
- At least 5 years of experience in a leadership role.
- Proven experience leading an engineering team with mid-level engineers.
- Hands-on hardware integration background.
- Ability to coach and upskill team on embedded real-time software.
- Excellent modern C++ skills (C++17–C++23).
- Experience with embedded systems and RTOS.
- Strong robotics domain knowledge.
- Experience with CI/CD and setting technical direction, including build and toolchain decisions.
- Comfortable acting as an internal technical evangelist/consultant across teams.
- Own code-quality gatekeeping (PR reviews, CI).
- Author coding guidelines.
- Strong people-leadership skills (psychological safety, coaching/1:1s, performance feedback).
- Leadership orientation valued highly.
- Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical decisions for non-technical stakeholders and align cross-functional teams.
- English C1 required.
Skills
- C++17–C++23
- Embedded systems
- RTOS
- Robotics domain knowledge
- CI/CD
- Technical direction
- Build and toolchain decisions
- ROS2 (strong plus)
- Software architecture (plus)
- Code review
- Psychological safety
- Coaching
- 1:1s
- Performance feedback
- Communication
Location
- Germany
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 10+ years overall software engineering experience
- 5+ years leadership experience
Education Level
- Degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, or comparable field
- Equivalent vocational training/apprenticeship
Benefits
- Genuine team spirit
- Flexible working hours
- Discounts through Corporate Benefits
- Subsidy for public transport tickets
- Coverage of costs for further education and training
- Attractive location in Wedding with very good public transport connections
- Focus on people and diversity
About the Company
- Committed to making autonomous driving a reality in Germany.
- Leveraging proprietary AI to deliver Europe’s first certifiable Level 4 autonomous driving system.
- Multidisciplinary team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible since 2017.
- Defining the future of mobility.
- International team working on an exciting mission.
- Face-to-face collaboration is key to success; not a fully remote company.