Auterion
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How Auterion hires
Truth index
A 86/100
Median time to fill
48 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
57%
Reposted roles
0%
Auterion scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 7 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 57% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 48 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Auterion is a drone software company that builds an open operating system for drones and uncrewed vehicles based on the PX4 open source autopilot. Its AuterionOS software, Skynode flight computers and mission applications are used by defence, government and enterprise customers, including NATO members, to run fleets of drones from many manufacturers. Founded in Zurich in 2017, it has engineering hubs in Switzerland and Germany. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
News
Mass Production of Strike Drones in Germany Begins
Auterion-Airlogix joint venture produces first Anubis and Seth X airframes, starting serial delivery of more than 5,000 systems under a German government contract MUNICH, Germany, September 21, 2026. For the first time, heavy strike drones are being mass-
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Bloomberg: What a Killer Drone Swarm Looks Like Up Close
Bloomberg goes inside Auterion's work to bring AI-powered autonomous swarms to the battlefield - and the software making one-to-many operations possible.
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Auterion and Skyfall to Ship 50,000 Shrike Strike Drones to Ukraine's Front Lines
Partnership equips Skyfall's Shrike with Auterion's Skynode S and Strike software, delivering terminal guidance today and a software path to swarming. KYIV, Ukraine - July 13, 2026 - Auterion and Skyfall today announced their partnership: the delivery of
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Auterion Airlogix Joint Venture Receives First Contract from Germany for Thousands of Autonomous Strike Systems
Auterion CEO Dr. Lorenz Meier, Airlogix CEO Vitalii Kolesnichenko, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz with an Airlogix autonomous strike system at the contract signing ceremony. What happened Germany has signed a
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MGI Engineering Successfully Launches TigerShark in Strategic Partnership with Auterion
Historic test marks Europe's most significant advance in autonomous deep strike capability in over a decade Oxfordshire, UK - April 1st, 2026 MGI Engineering Ltd (MGI) today announced the successful first flights of its TigerShark uncrewed deep strike pla
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Auterion and Airlogix Launch German-Ukrainian Joint Venture to Scale Autonomous Drone Production for Ukraine and NATO Allies
German and Ukrainian Government encourage industry partnership for thousands of AI-guided mid range strike systems in landmark European defense cooperation Munich, Germany - February 13th, 2026 Auterion, the global leader in autonomous drone operating sys
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Auterion Achieves Global First in Combat Drone Swarms: Single Operator Strikes Three Targets Simultaneously in U.S. Live-Fire Swarm Test
FLORIDA / ARLINGTON, VA (13 January 2026) - Auterion, the leading swarm prime, today announced a decisive breakthrough in modern warfare, successfully executing a live-fire combat drone swarm strike at a U.S. military range in Florida. The operation was o
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Auterion Performs World's First Multi-Manufacturer Swarm Strike Demonstration
Arlington, VA - December 15, 2025 - Auterion announced a significant step towards autonomous mass in modern warfare today: the successful live demonstration of a hybrid drone swarm composed of FPV and fixed-wing drones from different manufacturers executi
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Auterion over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
61
Postings analysed
25
Stack modernity
72/100
Languages
C++68%
Python60%
Bash16%
C12%
Frameworks & libraries
ROS216%
GStreamer8%
ArduPilot4%
Google Test4%
Databases
PostgreSQL8%
Cloud & platforms
Linux48%
Debian16%
GitHub Actions12%
U-Boot12%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$140k
Typical range
$120k – $170k
Open positions
3
2
Jobs
Junior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 2 | $130k | $120k – $140k |
Highest paying role
GNC Engineer
$170k
Normalized to USD per year
People
Lorenz Meier
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Rainhart
Executive Officer
Alex Ferrara
Director
Greg Sands
Director
Klaus Hommels
Director
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
80/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
22
7 opened / 12 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
49 days
faster than 28% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Operations
21%
Hardware
17% ▲
Solutions
13%
Backend
8% ▲
DevOps
8% ▲
AI/ML
4% ▼
Activity Timeline
New location: Arlington
Oct 2026
New location: San Francisco
Oct 2026
Added QEMU to stack
Oct 2026
Added CMake to stack
Oct 2026
Added UAVCAN to stack
Sep 2026
Added WebSockets to stack
Sep 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Sep 2026
Added MQTT to stack
Sep 2026
Added gRPC to stack
Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack
Sep 2026
Added ITIL to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
9
Hiring now
6
Countries
6
Busiest office
Arlington
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Arlington
United States
HQ
Arlington, Virginia
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $145k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Industrial Engineering
Munich
Germany
Munich, Germany
9 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 33% engineering
hires for Solutions, Hardware, Backend
Centa-Hafenbrädl-Straße 61, 81249 Munich, Germany
Zurich
Switzerland
Engineering / R&D
Zurich, Switzerland
7 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 71% engineering
hires for Backend, AI/ML, DevOps
London
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
London, United Kingdom
1 open roles
hires for Solutions
San Francisco
United States
Engineering / R&D
US (Remote)
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days
hires for Solutions
Manassas
United States
Engineering / R&D
Manassas, Virginia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Hardware
Oslo
Norway
Regional office
Oslo, Norway
Kyiv
Ukraine
Regional office
Ukraine
Dachau
Germany
Regional office
Dachau, Germany
Jobs
≈ $75k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 1+ year exp • Manassas
Python
C++
Human-in-the-Loop
Robotics
MAVLink
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≈ $74k – $154k per year (Estimated) • In office • Munich
C++
Linux
Robotics
MAVLink
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Equity • In office • 4+ years exp • Zurich
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
PostgreSQL
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
Datadog
CI/CD
Docker
Grafana
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≈ $62k – $143k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Munich
Python
C++
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≈ $73k – $127k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Munich
C++
Human-in-the-Loop
Robotics
MAVLink
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≈ $103k – $236k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Zurich
Python
C++
Bash
CMake
DevOps
Rest API
Debian
Docker
Ubuntu
QEMU
Linux
Robotics
ROS2
GStreamer
Management
Agile
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Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Zurich
Python
JavaScript
Rust
C++
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Terraform
GitHub Actions
New Relic
Datadog
Prometheus
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
Amazon EC2
IAM
Amazon ECS
Cybersecurity
SOC 2
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≈ $145k – $285k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Secret • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Francisco
Python
C++
Rest API
gRPC
WebSockets
CI/CD
Docker
Linux
TCP/IP
Robotics
MAVLink
IoT
MQTT
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≈ $77k – $131k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • Munich
Agile
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≈ $109k – $279k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • Bachelor's Degree • Zurich
Python
C++
OpenCV
Quantization
Computer Vision
Robotics
ROS2
MAVLink
SLAM
Sensor Fusion
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≈ $80k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Equity • In office • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Munich
Python
C
C++
Bash
U-Boot
DevOps
GitHub Actions
Debian
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
Docker
Ubuntu
Linux
DNS
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Tcpdump
Management
Agile
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≈ $112k – $209k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Hybrid • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Zurich
C++
Google Test
DevOps
CI/CD
Linux
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