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;
- Design, develop, and maintain robotics software using ROS 2 as the primary framework.
- Build and support full‑stack robotic systems, spanning perception, planning, and integration layers.
- Develop high‑performance robotic applications primarily in Python, with C++ used where performance and system‑level control are required.
- Integrate machine‑learning inference pipelines into robotic systems using technologies such as PyTorch, TensorRT, and JIT compilation.
- Implement and optimize robotics software in a high‑velocity development environment, balancing rapid iteration with system reliability.
- Integrate and support vision sensors within ROS 2 environments, including stereo and RGB‑D camera systems.
- Develop and maintain middleware communication layers as needed, including experience with systems such as LCM.
- Integrate and validate sensor inputs such as IMUs, ensuring accurate state estimation and system performance.
- Support navigation and autonomy features using ROS 2 Nav2 and related tooling.
- Contribute to localization and mapping solutions, including familiarity with or application of visual SLAM (vSLAM) techniques.
- Leverage GPU‑accelerated technologies where appropriate, including CUDA and cuDNN, to optimize perception and inference workloads
Qualifications;
- B.S./B.A. degree in Engineering or another technical field.
- Strong hands‑on experience developing robotics software using ROS 2.
- Proficiency in Python; solid working knowledge of C++ strongly preferred.
- Experience delivering end‑to‑end robotic systems, from perception through execution.
- Practical experience integrating machine‑learning models into real‑time or near‑real‑time robotic systems.
- Comfortable working in fast‑paced, experimental, and iterative engineering environments
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.
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