Robotics Engineer

Robotics Engineer
Bristol
£35,000 – 45,000 (DOE)

We are a fast-growing subsea robotics company focused in the renewables and offshore decommissioning sectors. We are advancing the state of the art in subsea robotics by developing the technology for live 3D vision and machine learning based data analysis.
Due to a new research project within unmanned underwater vehicles, we are expanding our current R&D team with an experienced Robotics Engineer.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the development of algorithms and system architecture for autonomous systems. The role will require the candidate to design, develop and test software on embedded systems for the control of a robotic vehicle in the subsea domain.

Essential requirements:
• PhD/Masters/Degree qualification in robotics or a computer science related subject
• At least 2 years industrial working experience developing and demonstrating autonomous and robotics systems
• Applying autonomous systems algorithms in the areas of mapping, path planning, localisation and control
• Experience with ROS
• Working with sensors and sensor data such as 3D point clouds
• Developing using C++ & Python
• Multithreaded programming and interprocess communications
• Working with simulators
• Experience using Linux systems via CLI
• Git version control

Desirable skills:
• Practical experience of a robotic system in the field
• Developing and integrating distributed embedded systems
• Visualisation and data analysis in jupyter notebook or similar
• Developing within a continuous integration and testing environment
• Writing and testing production code and working in teams
• Strong communications skills
• Permanent and unrestricted right to work and remain in the UK

Benefits
• Be a part of a rapidly growing and diverse company
• Opportunity to work on innovative ideas in the renewables and decommissioning industry using cutting edge technology
• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• In-house Gym
• Great working environment in central Bristol
• Relocation costs covered
• Regular team activities and lunch

If you believe you have the above-mentioned skills, we want to hear from you. Please apply with your most up-to-date CV and a short description of what attracts you to the role via this link: https://rovco.workable.com/jobs/957519