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