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title: 'Open Application at Fiducial'
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# Open Application at Fiducial

- **Company:** Fiducial
- **Location:** Delft, Netherlands
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fiducial/796e1b45-4237-479d-b0e2-b3d25b1d5b3d

## Job description

## IMPORTANT: WE CANNOT PROVIDE VISA SPONSORSHIP

## DETAILS

Location: Aerospace Innovation Hub, Delft, the Netherlands Availability: Part-time or Full-time (depending on role) Start date: ASAP Reports to: Depends on role

## ABOUT FIDUCIAL

Fiducial is a young but fast-growing deep-tech start-up with big ambitions at the frontier of autonomy, perception, and defence. Currently, we are developing software for advanced on-board UAV situational awareness in military applications. Using low-cost and widely available sensors and compute, our solutions are built for scalability. From there, we plan to develop a line-up of interconnected solutions to safeguard European safety. Our team consists of engineers that are passionate about the technology and solutions they develop. The only time most of us are not thinking about the technology is when we are asleep, and sometimes even then. Our team members have a background in different fields such as Aerospace Engineering, Computational Science and Engineering, Robotics and Computer Graphics. Our office is located in the Aerospace Innovation Hub, a start-up hub located on the TU Delft campus in the faculty of Aerospace Engineering. We work closely with top-tier partners, ranging from government agencies and prime contractors to academic research institutes and other start-ups. Our projects span from large tender orders in collaboration with partners to low TRL research with government agencies. Whether through formal R&D programs or rapid prototyping tracks, we operate at the intersection of innovation and deployment.

WHY AN OPEN APPLICATION?

We are always looking for exceptional people, even when there is no perfectly matching vacancy listed.

If you believe you can significantly raise the bar at Fiducial, we want to hear from you.

We are particularly interested in people who:

- Build systems, not just features.
- Take ownership beyond their formal scope.
- Care about scalability, reliability, and real-world constraints.
- Are comfortable operating in ambiguity.
- Have experience in hardware–software environments.
- Thrive in early scale-up phases.
- Understand that speed and quality must coexist.

WHO MIGHT BE A FIT?

We welcome open applications from people with backgrounds in:

- Domain-specific Engineering (3D Vision, 3D Graphics, Computer Graphics, GPU, Controls)
- Software Engineering (C++, Python, embedded, perception, robotics)
- Hardware–Software Integration
- Embedded Systems
- DevOps / CI/CD / Infrastructure
- Systems Engineering
- Technical Project or Program Leadership
- Field Deployment & Operational Engineering
- Product roles in deep-tech environments

If you come from a defence, aerospace, robotics, autonomy, or other mission-critical engineering environment, that is highly relevant.

## WHAT WE VALUE

- Clear thinking under technical complexity.
- Strong ownership and accountability.
- Ability to work across disciplines.
- Comfort with regulatory or safety-constrained environments.
- Direct, transparent communication.
- Respect for field reality, not just clean architecture diagrams.

We care less about brand names on your CV and more about what you built, scaled, debugged, or were trusted with.

## WHAT WE OFFER

- Money of course.
- 25 vacation days per year.
- Reimbursed travel expenses and company laptop.
- (Really) flexible working hours and option to work from home 2 days per week.
- Working with an highly motivated, international, world-class team of engineers and entrepreneurs solving real-life problems with amazing technology.
- Significant ownership and influence over how engineering is done.
- The opportunity to build scalable systems and teams during a critical growth phase.

## THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Send us:

- Your CV, website, or portfolio.
- A short note explaining:
- Why Fiducial?
- Where you believe you could create disproportionate impact.
- What type of role you are envisioning.

If we see a strong alignment, we will reach out to explore possibilities.

## About Fiducial

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Fiducial builds deployable computer vision and autonomy software for defence, enabling drone platforms and ground-based detection systems to see, navigate, and act in denied or contested environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed Stage)
- **Headquarters**: Delft, Netherlands
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Andreas Verbruggen (CEO & Founder), Servaas Clerckx (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Defence & Space Manufacturing, Deep Tech, Computer Vision, Autonomous Systems
- **Target customers**: Defence and security organizations, drone platform integrators, military and government agencies
- **Mission or purpose statement**: Build precision computer vision and autonomy software that operates independently of the environment, prioritizing explainable, verifiable, and robust systems over black-box AI.

## Products & Services
- **Intercept (Autonomous Interception Software)**: Software for long-range attack drone interception, proven in field tests to reach interception points faster than a human pilot. Designed for contested environments.
- **Fiducial Pose**: 3D positioning software for real-time situational awareness, enabling GNSS-independent navigation in denied environments.
- **Fiducial Atlas**: Reconstruction and visualization software that translates multi-sensor data into accurate, photorealistic digital environments.
- **Fuse Platform**: A platform for integrating multi-sensor data into actionable insights for inspection, quality assurance, and autonomous systems.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $2.4M across 5 rounds (Seed, Grants, Non-Equity Assistance)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: YES!Delft, UNIIQ (TU Delft startup accelerator), EUDIS Business Accelerator, Graduate Ventures, EmProof, Emergent
- **Growth Signals**: 266.7% headcount growth YoY (23 employees as of mid-2026); completed field tests of autonomous interception capability outperforming human pilots; conducted five operational trips to Ukraine working with frontline units; expanded to 5 countries (Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Ukraine, Belgium)

## Competitive Advantages
- **GNSS-independent navigation**: Core computer vision software operates in denied or contested environments without relying on GPS, a critical differentiator for defence applications.
- **Explainable AI philosophy**: Uses machine learning only where it measurably improves outcomes; all other systems remain explainable, verifiable, and robust — a key trust advantage in defence.
- **Operational validation**: Every capability is validated in active operational environments (including frontline deployments in Ukraine) before being called ready.
- **TU Delft pedigree**: Spun out from one of Europe’s top technical universities, with deep ties to the Dutch deep-tech ecosystem.

## Strategic Focus
- **Defence pivot**: Originally focused on 3D positioning and inspection software, the company pivoted to defence in 2025, developing autonomous interception software for long-range attack drones.
- **Edge computing & GNSS-denied operations**: Core focus on software that runs at the edge, integrated with hardware partners, and proven in contested environments.
- **Operational deployment in Ukraine**: Five operational trips to Ukraine working with frontline units, demonstrating real-world validation and a commitment to field-ready solutions.
- **Scaling the team**: With 23 employees and 7 open positions, the company is actively scaling its engineering and field deployment teams.

## Why Work Here
- **High-impact mission**: Work on defence technology that is actively deployed in operational environments, with direct impact on national security and frontline operations.
- **Cutting-edge deep tech**: Tackle hard problems in 3D computer vision, edge computing, aerospace engineering, and autonomous systems — all at a small, agile startup.
- **Hybrid & remote flexibility**: Multiple roles offer hybrid work from Delft HQ, and some positions (e.g., Senior 3D Vision Engineer) are open to remote candidates within the EU.
- **Rapid growth environment**: 266.7% headcount growth YoY with 7 open positions — significant opportunity for early employees to shape the company.
- **Strong engineering culture**: 42% of staff in technical roles; emphasis on explainable, verifiable systems over black-box AI; bright talent across computer vision, controls, robotics, aerospace engineering, applied mathematics, and 3D graphics.
- **TU Delft spin-off pedigree**: Deep-tech roots with backing from top accelerators (YES!Delft, UNIIQ) and EU defence programs (EUDIS).

## Sources
1. [fdcl.nl](https://www.fdcl.nl/)
2. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/Fiducial](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Fiducial)
3. [builtin.com/company/fiducial](https://builtin.com/company/fiducial)
4. [linkedin.com/company/fiducialtech](https://nl.linkedin.com/company/fiducialtech)
5. [defencejobs.org/companies/fiducial](https://www.defencejobs.org/companies/fiducial)
6. [uniiq.nl/portfolio-item/fiducial](https://uniiq.nl/portfolio-item/fiducial/)

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