Senior Engineer – Robotics Middleware & Applications

<div class="content-intro"><h4><strong>Join Axon and be a Force for Good.</strong></h4> <p>At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.<br><br>Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.</p></div><h4><strong>Your Impact </strong></h4> <p>The Axon Robotics Middleware & Applications team is part of the Robotics New Ventures Pillar and supports critical Drone offerings for Special Forces and Law Enforcement. These Drones work together harmoniously to provide Tactical Reconnaissance and Advantage during critical and stressful missions. Both aerial and ground robots are developed — see the full product portfolio at: <a href="https://www.axon.com/products/axon-sky-hero">https://www.axon.com/products/axon-sky-hero</a>. We are actively working on truly disruptive, innovative next-generation Drone technology that we strongly believe will advance our mission to Protect Life.</p> <p>The Robotics Middleware & Applications team owns the <strong>Upper Middleware</strong> layers on a powerful Embedded Linux System-on-Chip. This means building and maintaining high-performance, reliable Linux daemons and services that orchestrate all business-critical use cases for Robots, including:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Device cloud registration</strong></li> <li><strong>Firmware Updates</strong></li> <li><strong>Video Streaming Pipeline</strong></li> <li><strong>Video Recording Pipeline</strong></li> <li><strong>Logging & Diagnostics</strong></li> <li>Robotics use cases and more</li> <li><strong>Test Automation</strong> for all of the above use cases</li> </ul> <p>Beyond these core responsibilities, this team collaborates very closely with Controls and Vision Engineers to help <strong>tune the Drone</strong> and contributes to advanced flying and maneuvering capabilities. The team also works closely with Platform BSP, Camera Imaging, Lower Middleware, and Hardware Engineering teams. Rust is the preferred language, but C/C++ is also heavily used. Python is used for scripting and test automation.</p> <p>As a strong, senior engineer — either level 1 or level 2 — on the Robotics Middleware & Applications team, you'll be responsible for architecting and developing the daemon infrastructure that powers Robot business logic, while also contributing to a culture of engineering excellence through mentorship, design documentation, and best-in-class testing practices.</p> <p>Working on these next-generation robotics products is not only a career-defining accomplishment, but a real opportunity to help advance the mission to Protect Life.</p> <h4> </h4> <h4><strong>What You’ll Do </strong></h4> <p><strong>Location: Scottsdale, AZ, Boston, MA or Seattle WA</strong></p> <p>This role is based out of our Scottsdale or Boston office or Seattle Office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesday through Friday, with some flexibility, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.</p> <p>&l