Autonomy software and hardware for defense drones built on PX4
Auterion builds an autonomy operating system for drone and robotic fleets, with a stack anchored in PX4, ROS 2, C++ and embedded Linux on NVIDIA Jetson and NXP i.MX8 compute. Job posts center on guidance, navigation and control for strike and defense quadcopters, while recurring pain points around supply chain bottlenecks and BOM reconciliation show a software company scaling into hardware production. Hiring is engineering-heavy and senior-skewed across Germany, the US and the UK.
Auterion, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, develops an operating system for autonomous robots, with a focus on unmanned aerial systems. Its software runs on embedded compute modules and integrates with the open-source PX4 flight stack and ROS 2. The company also supplies hardware that is mechanically integrated into customer platforms, including quadcopters for defense applications. It is a privately held company with 51–200 employees and teams spanning the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. Business systems include NetSuite for ERP and Salesforce and HubSpot for customer management.
Auterion uses PX4, ROS 2, C++, Python, embedded Linux, Docker and Mender on NVIDIA Jetson and NXP i.MX8, with Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD, plus NetSuite, Salesforce, HubSpot, Looker and Tableau.
Auterion is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and hires in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Current work includes GNC capabilities in PX4 and AuterionSDK, a US guidance controller for strike applications, defense quadcopters, and ERP and financial controls build-outs.
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