Autonomous Systems Engineer

Overview

In this role you will design, develop and integrate autonomy and control capabilities for advanced autonomous systems within a multidisciplinary defence engineering team. You’ll move concepts through simulations to real-world trials, shaping next‑generation autonomy for crewed and uncrewed platforms. You’ll work on challenging problems at the intersection of software, robotics and systems engineering in a globally recognised tech organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• generous holiday allowance
• matched pension contribution
• private healthcare options
• life assurance
• employee discounts and wellbeing benefits

Responsibilities

• Develop autonomy and control software for advanced autonomous systems
• Design and implement algorithms for decision support, navigation and autonomous behaviours
• Develop high-quality software using C, ideally C++
• Build and evaluate models and simulations within synthetic environments
• Support system integration, verification and testing activities
• Participate in experimental trials across the UK and internationally
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers and customers to deliver operational capability
• Contribute to research and development activities across autonomy and uncrewed systems programmes

Key requirements

• Strong software development experience using C, ideally C++
• Experience working on complex or safety-critical systems
• Understanding of systems engineering principles
• Background within autonomy, robotics, control systems or related engineering disciplines
• Experience developing algorithms and software-led solutions
• Experience with modelling and simulation tools

• collaboration with cross-functional teams
• effective communication with engineers, researchers and customers
• problem-solving in complex technical environments
• C, C++
• Autonomy, robotics, control systems
• Modelling & simulation tools

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