Autonomous Systems Engineer

VIO/SLAM Engineer - the algorithm, not the wrapperThe Hague (Zuid-Holland) · €80k-100k per annum + stock options C++ / Rust · VIO · SLAM · sensor fusion · map matching · embedded (ARM / FPGA)GPS is the first thing to go in a contested environment. Jam it, spoof it, deny it, and most autonomous systems go blind.This team is building the navigation stack that keeps flying anyway - fully European, built from the silicon up, with zero foreign dependencies. It's a capability the continent doesn't have yet, and they're building it from scratch.🛰️ Own the localisation stack that lets autonomous systems navigate with no GPS and nothing but onboard sensing🇪🇺 Genuinely sovereign tech - proprietary hardware and software, 100% European, no reliance on foreign parts⚡ Brutal constraints where the real engineering lives - full navigation running on roughly 6W and 50 grams🧠 10-15 serious engineers across aerospace, microelectronics, embedded and machine vision, with a direct line to the founders📈 Early enough to shape the architecture, with a stock program and a mission that actually mattersWhat you'll be doing🔧 Build and optimise the VIO and SLAM algorithms themselves - the estimator, not a wrapper around someone else's🗺️ Match live sensor streams to prior maps under real-world, messy conditions🎯 Fuse visual, inertial and additional sensors into a backend that holds up in the field (EKF/UKF, factor graphs)📉 Squeeze all of it onto constrained embedded hardware without losing accuracy🛠️ Shape hardware-software co-design and run the field-test campaigns that prove it worksYou'll love this if...✅ You've written state-estimation and sensor-fusion code from the ground up, not just integrated existing SLAM libraries✅ You've deployed on constrained hardware (ARM Cortex, FPGA) and know exactly where the milliseconds and milliwatts go✅ You've got real industry experience shipping localisation, with research depth behind it (PhD-level very welcome)✅ Map matching or satellite-aligned localisation on tight hardware sounds like a good weekend, not a chore✅ You want your work in the field, not filed away in a paperOne thing to flag up front: this needs EU work rights or NATO-friendly citizenship, given the sector.Because great teams are Built Different.