Senior Robotics Autonomy Engineer - Planning, Decision & Intercept

Building autonomous supremacy systems in Berlin Promethion Industries is a European defence technology company building autonomous supremacy systems for aerial and multi-domain operations. We design tightly integrated autonomy stacks in Europe to enable decisive autonomy for NATO-aligned forces, focusing on defensive and counter-system capabilities including anti-UAS and resilient autonomy under contested conditions. We are looking for a Senior Robotics Autonomy Engineer to build the intelligence that turns mission objectives, target information and vehicle state into executable autonomous behaviour. Your mission with us • Build the autonomy layer of our high-speed aerial robotic systems. • Convert mission objectives, target state and vehicle state into real-time actions and trajectories. • Develop algorithms for dynamic rendezvous, pursuit, interception and terminal approach. • Build target-motion prediction and intercept-point estimation for moving airborne targets. • Develop real-time path planning, trajectory generation and replanning under uncertainty. • Account for aircraft capabilities, energy, maneuverability, sensing uncertainty and changing target behaviour. • Build decision and behaviour logic that allows the system to adapt continuously during a mission. • Combine classical robotics, optimization, MPC and learned approaches where appropriate. • Explore reinforcement learning, imitation learning and policy-based autonomy where they provide meaningful advantages. • Work closely with perception, estimation and control engineers to close the autonomy loop. • Take algorithms from simulation into real aircraft and validate them through repeated flight testing. Your contribution to the team (required) • Strong robotics or autonomous-systems background with significant real-world deployment experience. • Strong experience with motion planning, trajectory generation or autonomous decision-making. • Deep understanding of kinematics, dynamics and optimization. • Experience with dynamic environments and moving-target problems. • Experience with trajectory optimization, optimal control, MPC or comparable approaches. • Strong C++ skills and good Python skills. • Experience deploying autonomy algorithms onto real robotic systems. • Strong understanding of uncertainty and its implications for decision-making and planning. • Ability to design algorithms that operate under real-time compute constraints. • Hands-on attitude and willingness to participate directly in flight testing and system debugging. Big plus • UAV / fixed-wing autonomy. • High-speed aerial robotics. • Rendezvous, pursuit or intercept problems. • Target-motion prediction. • Aggressive flight. • Reinforcement learning on real robots. • Imitation learning / learned policies. • PX4. • ROS2. • Optimal control and trajectory optimization. • Aviation, defence or space systems. Even if you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to apply - we’d love to hear from you. Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow