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# Staff Embedded Software Engineer (m/f/d), Safety & Security Platform at ARX Robotics GmbH

- **Company:** ARX Robotics GmbH
- **Location:** Munich, Germany
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/arxroboticsgmbh/jobs/4975246101

## Job description

## About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Platform R&D (Safety & Security), to provide technical leadership in developing safety- and security-critical platform software for defence products.

You will build the dependable software foundation beneath the application and middleware layers, working closely with hardware and the operating system. Your responsibilities will include vendor BSP integration, boot, kernel configuration and extension, device drivers, board bring-up, hardware interfaces, and platform security across embedded Linux, QNX, or equivalent systems.You will adapt BSPs to bespoke hardware, validate platform behaviour, resolve complex integration issues, and support high-bandwidth camera interfaces such as GMSL, including frame transport, timing, and diagnostics.

This hands-on leadership role requires setting technical direction, solving complex platform-level challenges, and acting as a trusted authority across software, hardware, systems, test, and security.

## What You’ll Build

- Own and evolve the foundational architecture of safety- and security-critical embedded platform software, spanning the BSP, boot chain, kernel, and operating-system configuration.
- Integrate and adapt vendor BSPs for bespoke hardware, driving initial board bring-up, peripheral initialization, and complex hardware-software integration.
- Design and implement kernel-level components, device drivers, secure-boot chains, hardware roots of trust, and reliable software update and recovery mechanisms.
- Validate and integrate high-bandwidth sensor interfaces (e.g., GMSL, MIPI CSI-2), embedded networking, and CAN protocols to ensure reliable data transport, synchronization, and fault handling.
- Optimize platform software for real-time determinism, reliability, and mission availability under strict system and resource constraints.
- Translate system, safety, and security standards into verifiable, fully traceable platform-software designs and objective evidence across the development lifecycle.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, set engineering direction, and mentor cross-functional teams across software, hardware, test, and security disciplines.

## What You Bring

- 10+ years of professional experience developing low-level platform software (BSPs, bootloaders, kernels, device drivers) for safety- or security-critical systems in regulated sectors (e.g., defence, aerospace, or marine).
- Strong C and Modern C++ programming skills, supported by production experience with real-time or safety-oriented operating systems like embedded Linux or QNX (including build toolchains like Yocto/Open Embedded or Buildroot).
- Deep understanding of real-time systems concepts (scheduling, IPC, memory management, determinism) and hands-on experience with hardware integration, high-bandwidth sensor interfaces, embedded networking, and CAN.
- Experience with secure boot, trusted execution, hardware roots of trust, TPMs or HSMs, signed updates, rollback and recovery mechanisms.
- Proven ability to debug complex hardware-software integration issues at the platform level, act proactively, and communicate technical trade-offs clearly as a trusted Staff-level engineering authority.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Professional fluency in English (must-have); German language proficiency is a strong plus.

Please note: You do not need to meet every single requirement to apply. We welcome motivated candidates who are eager to grow into the role and develop their expertise further.

## What We Offer

Join a mission-driven European defense tech company at a pivotal stage of growth, where you can help shape meaningful technology, take ownership early, and grow with the business!

- Competitive compensation package including a bonus opportunity
- 27 vacation days to start, increasing with tenure up to 30 days
- Employer-supported pension contribution
- Learning & development support and team events budget
- Employee discounts and flexible benefits budget via Probonio
- Hybrid working setup depending on role and team needs
- Structured salary bands, levelling framework, and bi-annual development conversations
- Referral bonus program, dog-friendly office, and relocation support where applicable

## About Us

ARX is a dual-use technology company that specializes in developing autonomous unmanned systems and sensors for the European defence sector. Our dual-use unmanned ground systems and sensors assist NATO Armies and civilian first responders in tackling their most challenging problems by providing them with training and information to make better decisions and take effective actions in life-or-death situations.

As our team continues to expand rapidly, we are seeking motivated candidates who are excited to work in a highly energetic, creative, and innovative team dedicated to developing autonomous systems for challenging environments. We operate in a dynamic sector where collaboration, sharing innovative ideas, and developing novel problem-solving strategies are ingrained in our work culture.

If you are passionate about overcoming challenges that have a real impact on the security of our democracies, apply here to join ARX and help shape the future of dual-use technology!

ARX is an equal-opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

You can find ARX Robotics Applicant Privacy Policy [here](https://www.arx-robotics.com/legal/privacy#4-applicant-management).

## About ARX Robotics GmbH

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: ARX Robotics develops mission-ready, software-defined autonomous mobile robotics and a digitalization platform (MITHRA OS) to modernize legacy military fleets and strengthen European defense sovereignty.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage: Series A extension; total funding €42M)
- **Headquarters**: Munich, Germany
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Marc Wietfeld (CEO), Maximilian Wied (CTO), Stefan Roebel (COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Defense and Space Manufacturing; Autonomous Mobile Robotics; Defense Technology
- **Target customers**: Western armed forces, defense ministries, and allied governments (B2G)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Strengthen Europe’s technological resilience and sovereignty with software-defined systems built by soldiers and ready for deployment."

## Products & Services
- **HECTOR**: Scalable land capability – an autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designed for frontline battlefields and complex multimodal logistics. (Hardware + software)
- **MITHRA OS**: A comprehensive digitalization platform that transforms both new and legacy platforms into networked, AI-enabled, and tactically deployable systems. Modular, open-architecture, mission-ready. (SaaS/platform)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed; total funding of €42M as of the Series A extension in early 2025
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue not publicly available; total funding €42M (2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: NATO Innovation Fund, HV Capital (lead Series A), Speedinvest (lead extension), Project A Ventures, Omnes Capital, Discovery Ventures
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Team grew to ~140 employees by winter 2025
  - Opened offices in London, Berlin, and Kyiv
  - Systems actively deployed in Ukraine and used by multiple European armed forces
  - Expansion into UK with a production facility and predominantly UK supply chain

## Competitive Advantages
- **Software-defined, open-architecture systems** that enable rapid integration with existing command systems and legacy fleets
- **Built by soldiers** – strong domain expertise and real-world testing
- **Backed by NATO Innovation Fund**, signaling strategic government alignment
- **European production focus** reduces supply chain dependency and supports reindustrialization of defense capabilities

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling production capacity across Europe (UK facility announced)
- Forming strategic industrial partnerships to accelerate manufacturing
- Deepening AI and autonomous capabilities for frontline deployment
- Expanding from UGVs to a broader platform ecosystem for multi-domain operations

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven environment emphasizing purpose, innovation, collaboration, and bravery. Values directly tied to strengthening European security.
- **Work model**: Hybrid/in-office presence expected given hardware-software integration; offices in Munich, Berlin, London, and Kyiv.
- **Growth**: Rapidly scaling startup (from ~40 to 140+ in a year) offers significant career progression opportunities.
- **Engineering focus**: Heavy investment in autonomy, sensor fusion, perception, DevOps, and safety engineering. Hands-on robotics development with real-world impact.
- **Perks**: Mentioned "For secure Europe and further benefits" – specifics not detailed; typical startup perks likely include equity, flexible working, and equipment.

## Sources
1. [arx-robotics.com](https://www.arx-robotics.com/)
2. [arx-robotics.com/about-us](https://www.arx-robotics.com/about-us)
3. [arx-robotics.com/careers](https://www.arx-robotics.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/arx-robotics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/arx-robotics)
5. [job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/arxroboticsgmbh](http://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/arxroboticsgmbh)

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