EURECAT

Eurecat is one of Europe's leading technology centers for accelerating innovation in companies. It brings together the experience of more than 800 professionals who generate an annual turnover of 69 million euros and provides services to more than 2,000 companies. Eurecat integrates advanced digital capabilities and experience in biotechnology, industry and sustainability and collaborates with industry in R+D+I activities and projects, offering advanced scientific and technological services and specialized knowledge to respond effectively to the technological needs of very different business sectors, accelerating innovation, reducing both risks and spendings on scientific and technological infrastructures. The technology center participates in more than 200 large national and international consortium projects of high strategic R&I;, has 230 patents and 10 spin-offs. Eurecat has eleven centers in Catalonia and presence in Madrid, Malaga and Chile.

Job description

The Mobile Robotics research line of the Robotics and Automation Unit at Eurecat Technology Center (Barcelona)



is seeking an Aerial Robotics Navigation Software Researcher with a strong background in robotics software and autonomous navigation algorithms, together with hands-on experience deploying and validating them on real UAV platforms.

The selected candidate will focus on the design, development and implementation of software for autonomous UAV navigation, including localization and state estimation, integral and local path planning, trajectory generation, reactive navigation, obstacle avoidance, mission execution, and navigation in GNSS-denied or degraded environments.

We are particularly looking for a software-oriented robotics profile, with strong experience in ROS/ROS2, C++ and Python, capable of developing navigation algorithms, integrating them into complete autonomy stacks, and validating them through simulation and real flight experiments on multirotor and VTOL platforms.

The selected

📌 Aerial Robotics Navigation Software Researcher (Cerdanyola del Vallès)
🏢 Eurecat
📍 Cerdanyola del Vallès