SE3 Labs
Drone AI · Computer Vision
13open roles
Venture roundlatest round · Nov 2025 · 11 mo ago
3backers · Plug and Play, EWOR
Growinghiring pace, 61 of 100
Overview
SE3 Labs builds spatial intelligence and autonomy software for unmanned systems, combining 3D computer vision, state estimation and AI. Its software helps autonomous platforms perceive their surroundings, know where they are and keep operating when GPS and other sensors become unreliable. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
How SE3 Labs hires
Truth index
A 85/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
60%
Reposted roles
0%
SE3 Labs scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 15 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 60% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. 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
Funding and backers
Latest round
Venture round
Nov 2025 · 11 mo ago
Team
501-1000
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
27
+12 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Plug and Play, EWOR
The money's age
Fresh money
11 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
48/100
hiring for its size, a new city, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Oct 18
First role in United Kingdom UK Managing Director
Oct 18
First sales or marketing role Head of Marketing & Communications
Oct 18
First executive search VP Programmes
Nov 21, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
Jan 20, 2025
Raised a round Venture round
2023
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Nov 2025 | — | — | handelsregister.de |
| Venture round | Jan 2025 | — | — | handelsregister.de |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Who We Are SE3 Labs GmbH | its site |
| Registered | 29 Nov 2023 |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Simon KlenkGeschäftsführercompany's site
Lukas KöstlerGeschäftsführercompany's site
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
EWOR Investors in similar startupsfunds that back the companies most like this one
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Jobs
In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Munich
Python
Bash
Computer Vision
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
GitHub Actions
Prometheus
SLURM
Docker
Kubernetes
Grafana
Linux
DNS
Robotics
ROS
MAVLink
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≈ $70k – $134k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Munich
Computer Vision
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
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≈ $75k – $158k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Munich
Python
Computer Vision
LLM
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≈ $50k – $130k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Munich
Python
C++
Bash
Computer Vision
DevOps
Git
Docker
Linux
Wi-Fi
Robotics
ROS2
ArduPilot
MAVLink
QGroundControl
Mission Planner
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≈ $72k – $163k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Munich
Computer Vision
Robotics
ArduPilot
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≈ $59k – $136k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Munich
Computer Vision
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≈ $83k – $158k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Master's Degree · Munich
C++
Computer Vision
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
ROS
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
SpaceTech
DO-254
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≈ $79k – $164k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Master's Degree · Munich
Computer Vision
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≈ $103k – $226k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Master's Degree · Munich
Computer Vision
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≈ $104k – $227k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · Master's Degree · Munich
Python
Rust
C++
Computer Vision
CUDA
DevOps
Linux
Robotics
SLAM
Sensor Fusion
Visual-Inertial Odometry
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≈ $83k – $198k per year (Estimated) · Equity · In office · Full-Time · Bachelor's Degree · Munich
Python
C++
Bash
Computer Vision
TensorRT
LLM
CUDA
DevOps
Git
Docker
Linux
Wi-Fi
Robotics
ROS2
ArduPilot
MAVLink
QGroundControl
Mission Planner
GStreamer
SLAM
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$54k
Typical range
$54k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Intern
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $54k | $54k |
Highest paying role
Drone Assembly Working Student/ Freelancer
$54k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
61/100
Growing
Open positions
28
6 opened / 4 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
12 days
faster than 71% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
AI/ML
18% ▼
Management
14% ▼
Robotics
9% ▲
Marketing
9% ▲
Backend
5% ▲
DevOps
5% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Terraform to stack
Nov 2026
Added SLURM to stack
Nov 2026
Added Prometheus to stack
Nov 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack
Nov 2026
Added Grafana to stack
Nov 2026
Added GitHub Actions to stack
Nov 2026
Added DNS to stack
Nov 2026
Added Ansible to stack
Nov 2026
Added TensorRT to stack
Oct 2026
Added LLM to stack
Oct 2026
Added Unreal Engine to stack
Oct 2026
Added Synthetic Data to stack
Oct 2026
People
Simon Klenk
Geschäftsführer
Lukas Köstler
Geschäftsführer
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at SE3 Labs over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
41
Postings analysed
31
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
Python29%
C++23%
Rust10%
Bash10%
Frameworks & libraries
ArduPilot13%
CUDA13%
ROS10%
ROS26%
Cloud & platforms
Linux26%
GitHub Actions3%
Grafana3%
Kubernetes3%
AI & ML
LLM6%
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41 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Connections
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Shared investors
SeedcampVia a fund
Plug and PlayVia a fund
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News
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
2
Busiest office
Munich
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Munich
Germany
HQ
28 open roles 20 posted in 90 days 36% engineering 500-1000 est. staff $54k Avg Salary
hires for Management, AI/ML, Robotics
Berlin
Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Public Policy
London
United Kingdom
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales