HQ: Arlington, United States · Defense Manufacturing · Military Drones · Drones & UAVs · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 1971 · NASDAQ: AVAV · Trust B · Hiring 342, 35 new
AeroVironment builds small unmanned aircraft, loitering munitions and unmanned ground vehicles. Its Raven and Switchblade systems are widely used by the United States military and allies. The company was founded by the aviation pioneer Paul MacCready.
$147k – $250k per year · Lead · 12+ years exp · In office (Melbourne, Simi Valley, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Secret · Principal
Kotlin
C++
C++
CMake
DevOps
gRPC
Amazon Kinesis
GitLab
Windows
Docker
Linux
CI/CD
Robotics
Fast DDS
IoT
MQTT
+4
HQ: South San Francisco, United States · Air Transport · Autonomous Driving · 51-200 employees · Est. 2020 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 38, 7 new
AeroVect is an autonomous driving technology company founded in 2020 that develops the AeroVect Driver, a self-driving software and sensor kit that automates airport ground support equipment such as baggage tractors and cargo haulers. Its systems are deployed with airlines and ground handlers at passenger and cargo hubs, and it hires motion planning and localization engineers, operations safety leads and autonomous vehicle test drivers in Atlanta, Toronto and New York. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California, United States.
Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (Atlanta, United States) · Full-Time · Middle
C++
Python
AI/ML
CUDA
DevOps
Ubuntu
eBPF
Git
Docker
Linux
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS
Fast DDS
Cyclone DDS
GStreamer
+5
HQ: Aurora, Canada · Automotive Components · Automotive Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1957 · Trust B · Hiring 1120, 95 new
Headquartered in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, Magna International is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers and mobility technology companies. The company designs, develops, and manufactures complex automotive systems - including body exteriors, powertrains, seating, and driver-assistance electronics - while also providing complete vehicle assembly. By continuously advancing innovations in electrification and autonomous driving systems, it serves as a primary manufacturing and engineering partner to major global automakers.
Intern · In office (Jinzhong, China) · Bachelor's Degree · Internship · Intern
Python
DevOps
RTOS
Linux
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Robotics
Fast DDS
HQ: Metzingen, Germany · Collaborative Robots (Cobots) · Humanoid Robots · Robotics AI · 501-1000 employees · Est. 2019 · Trust B · Hiring 388, 28 new
NEURA Robotics is a German company founded in 2019 that develops cognitive robots combining perception, touch sensing and voice interaction. Its product range spans collaborative arms, mobile manipulators and the 4NE humanoid, all built around a shared artificial intelligence operating system. The company positions itself as Europe's leading effort in general-purpose service and industrial robots.
≈ $70k – $124k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Riederich, Germany) · Full-Time · Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Fast DDS
IoT
MQTT
OPC UA
≈ $70k – $123k per year (Estimated) · Senior · In office (Riederich, Germany) · Full-Time · Senior · German: C1
C++
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS2
Fast DDS
IoT
MQTT
OPC UA
≈ $69k – $132k per year (Estimated) · In office (Riederich, Germany) · Full-Time · German: C1
TypeScript
C++
Python
JavaScript
C++
Protobuf
AI/ML
Claude Code
Copilot
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
gRPC
WebRTC
WebSockets
TCP/IP
Docker
Linux
Kubernetes
Envoy
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS
Fast DDS
+11
HQ: Shenzhen, China · Agricultural Robotics · Drones & UAVs · 5000+ employees · Est. 2006 · Trust A · Hiring 296, 1 new
DJI is a Chinese technology company founded in Shenzhen in 2006 by Frank Wang while he was a university student, and it dominates the global civilian drone market with a share estimated above seventy per cent. Its consumer and professional aircraft, including the Mavic, Air, Mini and Inspire lines, combined vertically integrated flight controllers, gimbals and camera systems to make aerial photography accessible to non-specialists. The company also builds agricultural spraying drones, enterprise inspection and public safety platforms, handheld camera stabilisers under the Osmo and Ronin brands, and has expanded into robotics and electric bicycle drive systems.
≈ $35k – $83k per year (Estimated) · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Shenzhen, China) · Senior · Chinese: C1
HQ: Shanghai, China · Robotic Software & Control Systems · Robotics AI · Humanoid Robots · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2023 · Trust A · Hiring 346, 5 new
AgiBot, also known as Zhiyuan Robotics, is a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Shanghai that develops general-purpose humanoid and wheeled robots and embodied AI software. Founded in 2023, it builds robot hardware together with motion control, perception and AI models for manufacturing, commercial service and research customers, and reports cumulative production of more than 10,000 robots. It hires embodied AI algorithm engineers, whole-body motion control engineers, AI infrastructure developers and deployment and testing engineers, mostly in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing.
Verified live · 4 hours ago
3 months ago
Likely open · 63%
中间件框架工程师
In office (Beijing, China) · Full-Time · Chinese: C1
C++
C++
Conan
CMake
AI/ML
CUDA
DevOps
Linux
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS2
Fast DDS
SpaceTech
FMEA
+1
HQ: Seattle, United States · Military Robotics · Defense AI · Autonomous Driving · 201-500 employees · Est. 2022 · Trust A · Hiring 43
Overland AI is a defense technology company that develops off-road autonomy software and autonomous ground vehicles for military use, built to operate cross-country without roads or GPS. Founded in 2022 with roots in University of Washington robotics research, it supplies its autonomy stack and ULTRA vehicles to United States Army and Marine Corps programs and tests in Ellensburg, Washington. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.
$200k – $260k per year · Equity · Lead · 7+ years exp · In office (Seattle, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Nationals only · Staff
C++
Python
AI/ML
Quantization
TensorRT
CUDA
Machine Learning
DevOps
Linux
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS2
Fast DDS
+2
HQ: Los Angeles, United States · Space Defense · Space Services · 51-200 employees · Est. 2021 · Trust A · Hiring 83
Inversion is an aerospace and defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, that builds reentry spacecraft designed to deliver cargo from low Earth orbit to anywhere on Earth in under an hour, led by its autonomous, reusable Arc vehicle. Founded in 2021 by former SpaceX and ABL engineers Justin Fiaschetti and Austin Briggs, it flew its first in-house spacecraft Ray, runs a test site in Mojave and is backed by Y Combinator, Spark Capital and Lockheed Martin Ventures. It hires GNC, flight software, avionics, harness, RF, mechanical and aerothermal engineers, integration and test technicians, and business development staff.
$101k – $160k per year · Middle · 2+ years exp · In office (Vista, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Top Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Middle
C++
Python
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
gRPC
RTOS
TCP/IP
Git
Linux
Robotics
Fast DDS
Cyclone DDS
Chips/EDA
JTAG Debuggers
PetaLinux
IoT
MQTT
CoAP
FreeRTOS
+7
$139k – $201k per year · Senior · 5+ years exp · In office (Vista, United States) · Bachelor's Degree · Top Secret · Citizenship or vetting required · Senior
C++
Python
AI/ML
Spark
DevOps
gRPC
RTOS
TCP/IP
Git
Linux
Robotics
Fast DDS
Cyclone DDS
Chips/EDA
JTAG Debuggers
PetaLinux
IoT
MQTT
CoAP
FreeRTOS
+7
HQ: Beijing, China · Autonomous Driving · Automotive Software · Automotive Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 2015 · NASDAQ: LI · Trust B · Hiring 449, 11 new
Li Auto manufactures electric vehicles including extended range and battery electric models. Its cars emphasise family-oriented cabins with large screens and voice assistants. The company develops its own driver assistance software and computing platform.
In office (Beijing, China) · Full-Time · Chinese: C1
C++
DevOps
Git
Robotics
Fast DDS
HQ: Cologno Monzese, Italy · IT Consulting & Digital Transformation · Embedded Software & RTOS · Custom Software Development · 501-1000 employees · Est. 1989 · IT services · Trust B · Hiring 115, 13 new
TXT Group is an Italian software engineering and digital services group headquartered in Milan that builds engineering software, embedded systems and digital solutions for aerospace, aviation, defence, industrial, government and fintech customers. Active since 1989 and listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange since 2000, it has subsidiaries in Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and the US, including the Berlin aerospace software company PACE. It hires embedded, firmware and avionics software engineers, C++, Rust and Android developers, full stack developers for ground stations, AI and systems engineers and payroll and procurement staff.
Open 141 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago
5 months ago
Long shot · 4%
System Engineer
$35k – $39k per year · In office (Rome, Italy) · Italian: C1
RabbitMQ
DevOps
Red Hat
Proxmox VE
VirtualBox
VMWare
Ansible
Windows
Git
Linux
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Tcpdump
Robotics
Fast DDS
Cryptography
OpenSSL
+5
HQ: Shenzhen, China · Foundation Models · Robotics AI · Humanoid Robots · 201-500 employees · Est. 2023 · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 153, 2 new
X Square Robot is a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Shenzhen that develops embodied AI foundation models and general-purpose robots. Founded in December 2023, it builds the WALL series of end-to-end models trained largely on real-world data, together with QUANTA robots and dexterous hands for fine manipulation tasks. It hires algorithm evaluation, test development and quality engineers as well as finance staff, mainly in Shenzhen and Beijing.
Verified live · 3 hours ago
6 months ago
Fading · 31%
机器人基础软件开发工程师
In office (Shenzhen, China) · Full-Time · Chinese: C1
Rust
C++
Rust
Tracing
DevOps
Jaeger
OpenTelemetry
Podman
K3s
Prometheus
Grafana
Docker
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
Wireshark
Robotics
ROS2
Fast DDS
Cyclone DDS
Zenoh
+10
HQ: Haifa, Israel · C4ISR · Military Drones · Defense Manufacturing · 5000+ employees · Est. 1966 · NASDAQ: ESLT · Trust A · Hiring 320, 4 new
Elbit Systems is an Israeli defence electronics company founded in 1966 and headquartered in Haifa, and the largest privately owned defence contractor in the country. It supplies unmanned aircraft including the widely exported Hermes family, artillery systems such as the PULS rocket launcher, active protection for armoured vehicles, and the helmet-mounted display systems worn by pilots of the F-35 and other combat aircraft. The company has grown substantially through acquisition, including IMI Systems and the night vision business of Harris, and it derives most of its revenue from exports across Europe, Asia and the Americas rather than from its home market.
≈ $86k – $197k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · In office (Rosh HaAyin, Israel) · Middle
C++
Python
DevOps
Linux
Docker
CI/CD
Robotics
ROS
Fast DDS
Sensor Fusion
MAVLink
+1
HQ: Shanghai, China · Autonomous Driving · Ride Hailing · Shared Mobility · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2016 · Trust C · Hiring 262, 5 new
Hello Inc, known for its Hellobike app, is a Chinese mobility and local services company headquartered in Shanghai. Founded in 2016 as a bike-sharing service, it now runs shared bicycles and e-bikes, ride hailing and carpooling, battery swapping for electric two-wheelers and other local travel services in hundreds of Chinese cities. It also develops autonomous driving and Robotaxi technology, and its openings are mostly for software, algorithm, risk control and autonomous driving engineers and interns in Shanghai.
≈ $18k – $48k per year (Estimated) · In office (Shanghai, China) · Senior · Chinese: C1
C++
C
C
GCC
Valgrind
C++
CMake
DevOps
gRPC
Robotics
ROS2
Fast DDS
Cyclone DDS
+1
HQ: San Francisco, United States · Robotics AI · Humanoid Robots · 51-200 employees · Startup · Trust A · Hiring 26, 4 new
Maven Robotics is a robotics company building general-purpose AI robots and currently operating in stealth. It hires engineers in motion planning and controls, robot perception and manipulation, embedded real-time software and MLOps. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
≈ $117k – $265k per year (Estimated) · In office (Santa Clara, United States) · Master's Degree
Rust
Go
C++
Python
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
containerd
Xen
Docker
Linux
Kubernetes
Robotics
ROS
Fast DDS
Zenoh
EtherCAT
CANopen
+7
≈ $112k – $254k per year (Estimated) · In office (Santa Clara, United States) · Master's Degree
Rust
Go
C++
Python
DevOps
RTOS
Docker
Robotics
EtherCAT
ROS
Fast DDS
Zenoh
+2
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| All levels |
17 |
$97K |
$100K |
$135K |
Few employers in this selection publish pay, so these figures are Alion estimates built from comparable listings by role, level and country. Gross annual, converted to USD.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 29 open Fast DDS jobs from 14 companies. 2 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 13 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
Most employers in this selection do not publish a figure, so the range below is Alion's own estimate, derived from 17 comparable listings priced by role, level and country. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $97K and $135K a year, with a median of $100K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are Germany (8), China (3), Switzerland (2), Israel (1), and Italy (1). Most of these positions are on-site roles tied to a specific office.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Fast DDS jobs right now are NEURA Robotics (14), Maven Robotics (2), Inversion (2), AeroVironment (1), AeroVect (1), and Elbit Systems (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Fast DDS (29), C++ (24), Linux (19), ROS (14), CI/CD (14), Python (12), ROS2 (12), and gRPC (10). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Fast DDS jobs, 1 includes equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
