Software Development Engineer - Robotics

Job Description

Job Description

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As Software Development Engineer you will be responsible for;

• Designing, developing, and maintaining high‑performance software in C++ and Python.
• Building scalable cloud‑based systems leveraging AWS, Azure, and modern CDK tooling.
• Developing and optimizing data‑management pipelines to support robotics and autonomy workloads.
• Implementing and integrating computer vision algorithms, including CUDA‑accelerated processing, sensor drivers, and hand‑eye calibration workflows.
• Designing and deploying MPC‑based controllers, simulation‑driven testing, and real‑time control logic.
• Integrating ML models into production systems, including optimization, JIT execution, and infrastructure support.
• Developing autonomy behaviors using state machines, behavior trees, and task‑planning frameworks.
• Building and supporting VR and haptic‑device interfaces, communication stacks, and motion‑capture (mocap) integrations.
• Developing middleware and system‑level frameworks for robotics and autonomous‑vehicle platforms.
• Supporting internal developer tooling, CI / CD pipelines, and automation using Jenkins, Python, Bash, and Linux.

Qualifications;

Location : Boston, MA

Salary Range : $100,000 - $170,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression or veteran status.

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Compliance Notice : Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement : As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.