# Robotics Engineer, Autonomous Systems

About the Role Join an engineering and R&D team building drone-based robotic systems for autonomous delivery. You will take systems from prototype through integration and field validation, helping support safe and reliable operations. What You'll Do Design and integrate robotic mechanisms, sensors, actuators, controllers, and drone payload systems. Develop control, navigation, path-planning, and obstacle-avoidance solutions. Build and test robotics software with ROS or ROS 2, C++ or Python, and simulation tools. Integrate flight controllers, companion computers, communication links, and telemetry with drone systems. Troubleshoot, validate, and field-test robotic systems, including reviewing flight logs. Collaborate with mechanical, electronics, and software teams on prototypes and deployment. What We're Looking For At least 2 years of hands-on experience building or delivering robotics, UAV, or autonomous systems. Proficiency in C++ or Python, ROS or ROS 2, and Linux. Experience with PX4 or ArduPilot, MAVLink, flight controllers, motors, ESCs, and batteries. Experience integrating sensors such as IMUs, GPS/RTK, and LiDAR, with knowledge of sensor fusion and GPS-denied navi

- **Id**: 3980912
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/clera-robotics-engineer-autonomous-systems-6>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Indianapolis, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:15:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T19:42:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1787
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 2706
- **Name**: Clera
- **Domain**: getclera.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/clera>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 6
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **ArduPilot** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **MAVLink** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: no
- **Sensor Fusion** — Optional: no
- **SLAM** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T19:42:01Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 51; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 51 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 6
- **Reasons**: conf:0, agency, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T20:37:27Z

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