Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics or a related discipline is advantageous
• Commercial experience developing software for robotic systems
• Strong Python and C++ development skills
• Experience with ROS2
• Knowledge of control methodologies including PID and Model Predictive Control (MPC)
• Strong software engineering and problem-solving capabilities
• Experience delivering production-quality robotics solutions
• Demonstrable experience delivering robotics projects
• Strong software engineering principles and coding standards
• Ability to take ownership of technical challenges
• Passion for robotics and autonomy, through commercial experience or personal projects
• Desirable: UAV or drone development experience
• Desirable: Fixed-wing or quadcopter systems experience
• Desirable: SLAM (Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping)
• Desirable: Navigation and autonomy systems experience
• Desirable: Sensor fusion and state estimation
• Desirable: Experience with Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MATLAB/Simulink or similar simulation platforms
• Desirable: Real-time systems development
• Desirable: Reinforcement learning
• Desirable: Pybind11

Responsibilities

• Develop and test robotics software using Python and C++
• Design and implement control systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous platforms
• Support prototyping, simulation, validation and optimisation of guidance and control systems
• Integrate sensors, actuators and communication interfaces
• Develop navigation, localisation and autonomy capabilities
• Provide technical leadership and establish engineering best practices across robotics projects
• Support knowledge sharing and technical development within the wider team

Technologies

• AI
• Computer Vision
• Support
• Machine Learning
• Matlab
• Python
• Robotics
• Sensor Fusion
• C++
• Hardware

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We are building advanced AI and autonomy technologies that solve some of the most technically challenging problems in computer vision, robotics and machine learning. We offer a remote-first role with occasional travel required for team collaboration and company meetings, so candidates should be based in the UK. You will work alongside a highly intelligent and curious team tackling complex real-world challenges, with a culture that values integrity, intelligence and curiosity. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

last updated 28 week of 2026