Horizon Robotics tech stack

Horizon Robotics builds mostly with Python, C++, Perl, Go. Its stack also includes PyTorch, Linux, PyTorch C++, Kubernetes. Python is named in 73 of the 135 job postings Horizon Robotics published in the last 12 months (54%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Horizon Robotics, updated Oct 17, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 17, 2026
Technologies in use
171
Postings analysed
135
Open now
131
Modernity
83 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Horizon Robotics use?

Python is named in 54% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by C++ (50%), Perl (3%), Go (1%).

Python 73 54% required in 100% · 71 open now · since Mar 2024
C++ 67 50% required in 99% · 65 open now · since Apr 2023
Perl 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Oct 2025
Go 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Feb 2025
Java 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
MATLAB 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since May 2026
SystemVerilog 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
TypeScript 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026
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JavaScript2
Bash1
Chisel1
Node JS1
Rust1
SQL1
VHDL1
Verilog1
C1

What frameworks and libraries does Horizon Robotics use?

PyTorch is named in 32% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by PyTorch C++ (13%), Transformers (9%), DeepSpeed (8%).

PyTorch 43 32% required in 100% · 41 open now · since Oct 2024
PyTorch C++ 18 13% required in 100% · 18 open now · since Oct 2024
Transformers 12 9% required in 92% · 12 open now · since Sep 2025
DeepSpeed 11 8% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Mar 2026
TensorFlow 11 8% required in 100% · 11 open now · since Feb 2025
ROS2 11 8% required in 82% · 10 open now · since Aug 2025
Megatron-LM 7 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Mar 2026
TensorFlow C++ 7 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Feb 2025
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Apache TVM5
CUDA5
MuJoCo5
FSDP4
OpenCV4
Autoware3
TensorRT-LLM3
Triton3
AutoGen2
Diffusion Policy2
Flink2
NCCL2
ONNX Runtime2
ROS2
Ray2
Unreal Engine2
Bitsandbytes1
CrewAI1
Detectron21
Django1
FAST-LIO1
FastAPI1
Flask1
GTSAM1
Isaac Lab1
LangChain1
LlamaIndex1
MLIR1
ORB-SLAM31
SGLang1
STL1
TRL1

And 2 more, each named in fewer postings.

What databases does Horizon Robotics use?

Redis is named in 3% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by PostgreSQL (1%), Trino (1%), ElasticSearch (1%).

Redis 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2025
PostgreSQL 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since May 2026
Trino 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
ElasticSearch 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
MySQL 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026

What cloud and platforms does Horizon Robotics use?

Linux is named in 25% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by Kubernetes (9%), GitHub (4%), CUDA Toolkit (4%).

Linux 34 25% required in 100% · 33 open now · since Jul 2024
Kubernetes 12 9% required in 92% · 12 open now · since Mar 2025
GitHub 6 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Apr 2026
CUDA Toolkit 5 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Sep 2025
vLLM 5 4% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2025
Apache Kafka 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
Grafana 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2025
RTOS 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
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Amazon S32
GitLab2
GitLab CI2
Kubeflow2
Spark2
DLP1
Hugging Face1
NVIDIA Drive1
OpenAI1
U-Boot1
Unix1
VMWare1
Windows1

What developer tools does Horizon Robotics use?

TensorRT is named in 14% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by Git (11%), Docker (5%), ONNX (5%).

TensorRT 19 14% required in 84% · 19 open now · since Aug 2025
Git 15 11% required in 100% · 14 open now · since May 2026
Docker 7 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Apr 2026
ONNX 7 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Sep 2025
Jenkins 6 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Dec 2024
Claude Code 4 3% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Isaac Sim 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Oct 2024
Prometheus 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2025
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CMake3
MinIO3
Model Context Protocol3
NVLink3
OpenAI Codex3
SLURM3
Synopsys PrimeTime3
Cursor2
EtherCAT2
Gazebo2
InfiniBand2
Simulink2
Triton Inference Server2
gRPC2
Altium Designer1
Argo Workflows1
ArgoCD1
Bazel1
Helm1
KiCad1
LLVM1
OpenHands1
OpenVINO1
Tcpdump1
Webots1
Wireshark1
Zabbix1
llama.cpp1
pySpark1

What AI and ML technologies does Horizon Robotics use?

LLM is named in 9% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by VLM (5%), Gaussian Splatting (4%), LoRA (3%).

LLM 12 9% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Feb 2025
VLM 7 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Jan 2025
Gaussian Splatting 5 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Dec 2024
LoRA 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
PEFT 4 3% optional · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
DeepSeek 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Apr 2026
QLoRA 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
ChatGPT 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
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Claude1
GPTQ1
LLaVA1
Llama1
Qwen1

Which engineering practices does Horizon Robotics ask for?

Vision-Language-Action is named in 9% of job postings at Horizon Robotics, followed by CI/CD (7%), AI Agents (6%), World Models (5%).

Vision-Language-Action 12 9% required in 100% · 12 open now · since Jun 2026
CI/CD 10 7% required in 100% · 10 open now · since Apr 2026
AI Agents 8 6% required in 100% · 8 open now · since Apr 2026
World Models 7 5% required in 100% · 7 open now · since Mar 2026
KV Cache 6 4% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Sep 2025
NeRF 4 3% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2026
Function Calling 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Feb 2025
NLP 3 2% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
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RAG3
SFT3
SLAM3
Sim-to-Real3
CNN2
DNS2
Diffusion Models2
Prompt Engineering2
RLHF2
TCP/IP2
Visual-Inertial Odometry2
AIOps1
BGP1
DHCP1
DPO1
Edge AI1
GAN1
GRPO1
HPC1
Human-in-the-Loop1
Imitation Learning1
In-Context Learning1
Machine Learning1
Mixture of Experts1
Multimodal AI1
PPO1
VPN1
Wi-Fi1

What does each Horizon Robotics team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

AI/ML

28 postings
C++20
PyTorch13
Python13
PyTorch C++9
TensorRT8
CUDA4

Early Careers

21 postings
Python17
PyTorch16
Transformers6
TensorFlow5
C++4
Linux4

DevOps

20 postings
Python12
C++10
Linux6
Git3
Kubernetes3
Apache Kafka2

Robotics

18 postings
Python13
C++10
Linux9
PyTorch7
MuJoCo4
PyTorch C++4

Industrial Engineering

15 postings
Python7
C++6
PyTorch3
Autoware2
TensorFlow2
TensorRT2

Backend

13 postings
C++10
Linux6
Git3
Docker2
Model Context Protocol2
ROS22

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How is the Horizon Robotics stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
TypeScriptSep 2026
JavaScriptSep 2026
Unreal EngineSep 2026
GitLab CIAug 2026
Prompt EngineeringAug 2026
CMakeJul 2026
CNNJul 2026
OpenCVJul 2026
Rising
C++33% → 54%
LLM6% → 13%
Git11% → 17%
Jenkins0% → 6%
CI/CD6% → 11%
CMake0% → 5%
Falling
GitHub11% → 2%
NVLink8% → 0%
OpenAI Codex8% → 0%
TensorRT17% → 10%
Vision-Language-Action17% → 10%
Megatron-LM8% → 2%
NeRF8% → 2%
DeepSpeed11% → 6%
Not named for 6 months
AutoGenApr 2026
ROSMar 2026

How modern is the Horizon Robotics stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 83/100

Horizon Robotics scores 83 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 13; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Horizon Robotics stack in its industry?

Share of the 285 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python81%
C++72%
PyTorch44%
Linux65%
PyTorch C++35%
Kubernetes40%
LLM41%
Transformers19%
DeepSpeed10%
ROS216%

What sets Horizon Robotics apart

Autoware3%

Questions about the Horizon Robotics tech stack

What programming languages does Horizon Robotics use?

The languages named in Horizon Robotics job postings are Python (54%), C++ (50%), Perl (3%), Go (1%), Java (1%), as a share of the 135 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Horizon Robotics use PyTorch?

Yes. PyTorch is named in 43 of 135 job postings (32%) and required in 43 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Horizon Robotics use?

The cloud and platforms named in Horizon Robotics job postings are Linux (34), Kubernetes (12), GitHub (6) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a AI/ML job at Horizon Robotics?

AI/ML postings at Horizon Robotics most often require C++ (20), PyTorch (13), Python (13), PyTorch C++ (9), out of 28 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Horizon Robotics tech stack changing?

Yes. TypeScript, JavaScript, Unreal Engine, GitLab CI first appeared in Horizon Robotics job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Horizon Robotics tech stack?

Horizon Robotics scores 83 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 13; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Horizon Robotics tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Horizon Robotics publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 135 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 17, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Horizon Robotics tech stack: 171 technologies from 135 job postings", as of Oct 17, 2026. https://alion.io/company/horizon-robotics/technologies

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