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 a Robotics Software Engineer you will be responsible for;
- Design, develop, test, and maintain software components across the robotics platform, including navigation, manipulation, perception, controls, and system integration.
- Develop and deploy robotics applications using ROS 2 in both C++ and Python.
- Integrate software across multiple subsystems, including sensors, actuators, compute platforms, and control frameworks.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to system performance, reliability, and robot behavior through testing, debugging, and root cause analysis.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new features, improve system capabilities, and support deployment activities.
- Participate in software architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices to maintain a high-quality codebase.
- Support validation efforts through simulation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and operation of physical robotic systems.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of development tools, testing frameworks, and deployment processes.
Qualifications;
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Professional experience developing software for robotics or autonomous systems.
Strong hands-on experience with:
- ROS 2
- Modern C++ and/or Python
- Linux-based development environments
Experience integrating and debugging complex software systems.
Understanding of robotics software fundamentals, including communication frameworks, system architecture, and hardware/software integration.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment.
Preferred Qualifications;
Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Robotic perception
- Motion planning
- Controls systems
- Machine learning for robotics
- Autonomous navigation
Experience with hardware bring-up, sensor integration, and low-level system debugging.
Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting software on physical robotic systems, not just simulation environments.
Familiarity with robotic manipulators, mobile robots, autonomous vehicles, or industrial robotics platforms.
Experience working with real-time or embedded systems.
Salary Range: $120K-$145K
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
Note: This is an ON-SITE position. The individual can sit either in North Reading, MA or Woburn, MA.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, EE, ME, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional experience developing software for robotics or autonomous systems.
- Hands-on experience with ROS 2.
- Proficiency in modern C++ and/or Python.
- Experience with Linux-based development environments.
- Experience integrating and debugging complex software systems.
- Understanding of robotics software fundamentals, communication frameworks, system architecture, and hardware/software integration.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in collaborative engineering teams.
- Experience with robotic perception (preferred).
- Experience with motion planning (preferred).
- Experience with control systems (preferred).
- Experience with machine learning for robotics (preferred).
- Experience with hardware bring-up, sensor integration, and low-level system debugging (preferred).
- Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting software on physical robotic systems (preferred).
- Familiarity with robotic manipulators, mobile robots, autonomous vehicles, or industrial robotics platforms (preferred).
- Experience working with real-time or embedded systems (preferred).
What We Do
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.
Why Work With Us
Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
