About the Company

Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction primarily software-defined and work towards a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings are built within a single day with minimal labor.

• We are a growing team of about 60 members, primarily engineers and technicians, with backgrounds from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, and Meta.
• This is a unique opportunity to be an early employee in a high-growth, high-ambition startup environment.
• From Day 1, you’ll work with an experienced founding team backed by top-tier investors.

About the Role

Job Title: Software Engineer, Controls
Location: Amsterdam
Employment Type: Full-time
Location Type: On-site
Department: Software Engineering

Overview

We’re looking for software engineers with deep knowledge of software engineering and controls engineering to join our team. Help us bring our robots to life and join our mission to bring automation to the construction industry to create affordable, beautiful, high-quality housing for everyone.

At Monumental, we’re building an operating system to make on-site construction possible with robotics. Our software stack allows us to do everything from 3D reconstruction (through photogrammetry) of a construction site, design of 3D structures, supply chain, path planning, and inverse/forward kinematics of our robots.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement controls algorithms, both prototype quality for early experiments and production quality for real-world use.
• Write code in C, C++, Rust, or Python, rather than doing simulations in Matlab.
• Design and implement localization algorithms (e.g., visual-inertial SLAM) and ensure the use of the right sensors and logic for world-space positioning, utilizing sensor fusion when required.
• Design and build tools for debugging, analysis, and performance evaluation of algorithms.
• Apply software engineering best practices to write production-level code.
• Conduct root cause analysis and general debugging when issues arise.
• Take full ownership of projects, progressing from idea to prototype to finished product.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing algorithms for calibration, motion control, and path planning of complex robotic systems.
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of modeling, signal processing, motion planning, sensor fusion, collision avoidance, and SLAM.
• Industry experience in building and deploying production systems in C, C++, Python, Rust, or comparable languages.
• Proficient in software engineering skills and best practices, including version control with git, unit testing, and automated deployment.
• Basic familiarity with Linux systems and conventions, including SSH for troubleshooting.
• Experience in troubleshooting issues and conducting root cause analysis.