About Six Robotics

At Six Robotics, we build intelligent software that gives Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) the ability to collaborate, adapt on the fly, and execute missions that were previously impossible. From our base in Oslo, our 90+ experts in defence, software, and AI develop our flagship autonomy and swarm platform used by both government and industry. In close partnership with the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), we move fast from concept to live deployment, often in the field alongside end users.

We work with advanced hardware and software, a modern tech stack, and missions that demand both technical mastery and operational discipline. Everyone is close to the action, from deep technical problem-solving to field operations. We move fast and value clarity, integrity, and teamwork in everything we do.

At Six Robotics, every person executes with precision, adapts to changing conditions, and strengthens the team. Getting in is hard, and you’ll be challenged every day. But if you have the skill, the discipline, and the drive to push your limits and always be sharpening your blade, you’ll find no better place to deliver real-world impact while collaborating and learning from the best in the field.

About The Role

At Six Robotics, we know that achieving our mission requires more than great engineers; it requires an exceptional engineering environment. You will be part of our Software Factory team, which builds and evolves the systems that shape how engineering develops, validates, and ships our autonomous systems. Software Factory is built just as much for where we are going as for where we are. Most engineers have seen early technical decisions that looked reasonable at the time later become slow, fragile, or difficult to change.

We are building our engineering system deliberately so that this does not happen to us. Your customer is engineering. You will work on the opinionated layer that ties our engineering environment together: how the monorepo is structured, the interfaces teams use to define how their software is built and validated, how CI behaves, and how the underlying infrastructure supports all of it. Rather than simply operating common DevOps tooling, we build abstractions, services, and workflows on top of proven technologies so that they fit the way Six Robotics develops software.

Python serves as a common layer across much of this system, alongside technologies such as GitHub Actions, Docker, build systems, package management, Kubernetes, and on-premise infrastructure. We care about robust engineering defaults: tools that make good practice the easy path, surface problems early, and hold up as the organization grows.

What You Will Do

• You will spend most of your time building and improving the systems, interfaces, and tools that engineers rely on every day.

• Build and evolve the internal platform, tooling, and automation used across engineering

• Design clear interfaces and abstractions around build, validation, CI, and development workflows

• Shape how the monorepo fits together, including shared conventions, project structure, and common workflows

• Develop services, workflows, and automation in Python

• Improve developer experience through faster feedback, smoother workflows, and better defaults

• Work directly with engineers to understand where they lose time or hit friction

• Keep the engineering platform reliable, scalable, and maintainable as the organization grows

What we are looking for

You might come from backend engineering, data engineering, platform engineering, DevEx, DevOps, or something else entirely. What matters is that you enjoy writing robust software, thinking about systems as a whole, and building tools that other engineers rely on.

Software Factory has broad leverage across engineering. A small improvement in a shared interface, workflow, or tool can remove friction for many teams. That is much of the appeal of this team: the things you build shape how engineering works across the company.

We believe the right candidate brings

• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with proficiency in Python or another language. Most importantly, you should be motivated to work extensively in Python

• Experience building tooling, platforms, frameworks, or infrastructure that other engineers use

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions or GitLab, together with solid knowledge of Docker

• An interest in developer experience, interfaces, and reducing unnecessary complexity for other teams

• A pragmatic mindset and a strong sense of responsibility for quality and reliability

• Clear technical communication and the ability to treat engineers as your users
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with monorepos, build systems, or internal developer platforms

• Experience working in on-premise environments

• Experience from a software-to-hardware product environment

• A track record of helping shape how a team or engineering system works in its early stages
  

Why You Should Join

At Six Robotics, we're not just building software - we're redefining how unmanned systems operate in the real world. If you're driven by meaningful problems, technical depth, and the chance to shape something from the ground up, you'll find your place here.

• Work on problems that matter

  Our technology helps unlock smarter, safer, and more adaptable UAV operations in defense and industry, solving real challenges with direct, tangible impact.
  

• Lead the shift in a hardware-dominated space

  We're bringing modern AI, autonomy, and scalable software into a field that's long relied on rigid, pre-programmed systems, to change how UAVs are designed, deployed, and managed.
  

• Build from zero, shape the future

  Join early and help define the core systems, tools, and culture of a company that’s still being built - where your ideas, code, and decisions will have a lasting influence.
  

• Work with purpose, supported by great benefits
  You'll be part of a mission-driven team that values clarity, integrity, and collaboration, offering competitive pay, equity potential, strong insurance and pension plans, and ongoing learning opportunities.

Our Recruitment Process

We aim to keep our process short and sweet, but also thorough. As a small team, every hire matters, and we can’t afford to get this one wrong.
Here is what to expect:

1. Screening interview with one of our recruiters to get to know you better (30 min)

2. Meet & Greet with someone from the team to learn more about us (60 min)

3. Take-home case assignment, to be solved in your own time, followed by a live coding session and an in-depth interview on the case and the specifics of the role (90 min)

4. Final interview with our CTO and Head of People (45 min)

5. Reference check followed by an offer if everything goes well
   
   

Our Commitment to Inclusion
At Six Robotics, we are committed to creating a workplace built on respect, integrity, and collaboration. We value different perspectives and experiences, and we believe that diversity within our team strengthens both our work and our culture. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and help us build technology that makes a real impact.

Security Clearance Requirement

All employees at Six Robotics are required to undergo a security clearance due to our close collaboration with the Norwegian Armed Forces. While prior clearance is not necessary, the clearance process will be initiated as part of onboarding.