Lead Engineer (m/f/d) Robotics & Systems Integration (C++)

We are committed to making autonomous driving a reality in Germany. Leveraging our proprietary AI, we are on track to deliver Europe’s first certifiable Level 4 autonomous driving system. Since 2017, our multidisciplinary team has worked in seamless synergy to push the boundaries of what’s possible. The future of mobility is inevitable - and we are here to define it.

• Define the strategy and architecture for integrating perception, planning, and control software into a cohesive, reliable robotics system, and decide how the system is built, tested, and compiled
• Build, lead, and develop our Software Integration and Robotics team, ensuring the right skills and capacity to deliver stable system-level releases. Own psychological safety, 1:1s, growth, performance management, and leave planning for your direct reports
• Own the integration backlog, release deadlines, and cross-team dependencies (Perception, Motion Planning, Simulation), ensuring committed system-level releases are delivered reliably and meet performance and safety requirements
• Set quality standards - code review, CI/CD, coding guidelines - across the C++ integration and robotics codebase, and own code-quality gatekeeping
• Partner closely with the perception, motion planning, and simulation teams, acting as an internal technical evangelist to ensure architectural decisions support company-wide technical goals

• A completed degree in computer science, robotics, electrical engineering, mechatronics, or a comparable field - or equivalent vocational training/apprenticeship in a relevant technical discipline. Hands-on experience counts at least as much as the formal qualification
• 10+ years of overall experience in software engineering for robotics, embedded, or autonomous systems, including at least 5 years in a leadership role
• Proven experience leading an engineering team that includes mid-level engineers, with a hands-on hardware integration background and the ability to coach and upskill your team on embedded real-time software
• Excellent modern C++ skills (C++17–C++23), experience with embedded systems and RTOS, and strong robotics domain knowledge
• Experience with CI/CD and setting technical direction, including build and toolchain decisions; ROS2 experience is a strong plus, and prior software architecture experience is a plus
• Comfortable acting as an internal technical evangelist/consultant across teams, owning code-quality gatekeeping (PR reviews, CI) and authoring coding guidelines
• Strong people-leadership skills - psychological safety, coaching/1:1s, performance feedback - with a leadership orientation valued at least as highly as deep technical execution
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical decisions for non-technical stakeholders and align cross-functional teams
• English C1 is required; German is a plus