Senior Software Engineer - Autonomy (full-time)
20 hours ago
Fareham
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Autonomy to help develop and deliver high level autonomy capabilities across the Kraken fleet of autonomous vehicles. This is a hands on, R&D focused role working across vessel guidance, mission frameworks and behaviours, obstacle avoidance, and other advanced autonomy features, including modern AI techniques where appropriate. You’ll be involved from early experimentation through to deploying reliable, mission-critical software on real vehicles. You’ll be comfortable working across R&D, prototyping and production, taking ownership of your work while collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary engineering team. What you’ll be doing Your work will be varied, challenging and impactful, and will include: • Developing and implementing high level autonomous behaviours for unmanned vehicles, • Designing and optimising algorithms for obstacle avoidance, path planning and mission level autonomy, • Working extensively with ROS2, DDS and Linux-based systems to build robust autonomy software, • Collaborating with perception, navigation and hardware engineers to integrate autonomy solutions, • Writing clean, maintainable and well-documented code in C++ and Python, • Testing and validating autonomy software in both simulation and real world environments, • Taking ownership of assigned work packages, tracking progress and raising risks or blockers, • Strong, hands on experience with C++ and Python, • A good understanding of autonomous systems (motion planning, state estimation, behaviour-based control, etc.), • Experience working in Linux environments, including debugging and performance tuning, • Knowledge of real time systems, distributed computing and middleware communication, • Experience developing and deploying software in both R&D and production environments, • A practical, problem solving mindset with the ability to iterate and improve autonomy algorithms, • Experience with ROS / ROS2 and/or DDS, • Exposure to sensor fusion (LiDAR, RADAR, cameras, IMUs), • Awareness of deep learning based perception approaches, • Experience with simulation tools such as Gazebo, CARLA or Unreal Engine, • Familiarity with real-time or embedded systems, • Experience with cloud robotics, Docker and/or Kubernetes, • Knowledge of PX4 and MAVLink, • Bereavement leave, • Company events, • Company pension, • Cycle to work scheme, • Enhanced maternity leave, • Enhanced paternity leave, • Flexitime, • Free flu jabs, • Free parking, • Health & wellbeing programme, • Life insurance, • On-site parking, • Private dental insurance, • Private medical insurance, • Can you evidence five years continuous residency in the UK?, • What are your salary expectations and notice period?, • Can you evidence strong, hands on experience with C++ and Python, including software architecture and algorithms?