- 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
Robotics Software Engineer Intern – Swarm Systems (m/f/d)
Munich (DEU)
Full-time
Intern / Student
What we offer
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.
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
About us
The world is changing. Exponential technologies are enabling new types of security threats. ATS is committed to staying ahead by building nimble, scalable, and cost-effective defences. We are looking for passionate team members who are eager to create exceptional products, safeguard our freedom, and strengthen the resilience of democracies.
Who we are: Autonomous Teaming is a defence-tech start-up specializing in machine vision solutions. Driven by cutting-edge innovation, our team works on next-generation technologies designed to meet rapidly evolving security challenges.
What we do: We develop systems that enable computers and sensors to operate as coordinated teams, collaborating in real time to counter AI-powered asymmetric threats at scale — including drone swarms and other UXVs. Our mission is to build resilient, intelligent defence capabilities that perform reliably in the most demanding environments.
How we work: We value close, in-person collaboration as the foundation for building complex, high-impact technology, while maintaining flexibility aligned to role and team needs. Our culture is built on ownership, responsibility, and trust — with a shared commitment to growing and building together.
Where we are: Based in Munich, Berlin, and Toulouse, we are expanding rapidly across Europe with plans to open additional office hubs.