Forward Deployed Engineer

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Auterion, you will develop, integrate, and deploy Auterion-powered drone systems, working across embedded software, cloud infrastructure, avionics, and flight operations.

You’ll act as a technical interface for customers and partners, translating mission requirements into practical solutions using AuterionOS, Skynode, and PX4. This is a hands-on role involving software development, system integration, troubleshooting, and field testing.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop and maintain edge software in C/C++ and Python on Linux-based platforms such as Jetson and Skynode.
• Build containerized services using Docker and integrate edge systems with cloud infrastructure.
• Implement reliable communication and data pipelines using REST, gRPC, MQTT, WebSockets, and MAVLink.
• Manage firmware flashing, vehicle configuration, sensor calibration, system bring-up, and software releases.
• Integrate and troubleshoot avionics, sensors, payloads, communications, and other vehicle systems.
• Participate in flight testing, customer demonstrations, system validation, and field deployments.
• Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, networking, and Linux integration issues.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, cloud, produ