Real-Time Robotics Software Engineer (C++/ROS)

Emesent-1; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day fortnight

Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP)

Collaborative team

LinkedIn Learning

Employee Assistance Program

Extra leave on work anniversary

Novated lease options

Job summary

Emesent is seeking a Software Engineer for the Cortex stack, delivering real-time robotics software across hardware interfaces, navigation, and perception. You will work on localisation, sensor fusion, and autonomy pipelines on real hardware.

You will contribute to simulation, testing, and CI pipelines, while collaborating with hardware and product teams to ship robust software with a hands-on role in ROS-based architectures.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally with robotics or embedded systems.
• Strong proficiency in C++ (C++14/17 or later) and Python 3.
• Hands-on experience with ROS or ROS2 in development or production roles.
• Comfort working with Linux-based development environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain core Cortex modules: hardware interface, navigation, mapping, and perception.
• Contribute to localisation and sensor fusion pipelines on real robotic hardware.
• Improve perception, path planning, and navigation in GPS-denied environments.
• Maintain and expand simulation pipeline for autonomy development and testing.
• Write production-quality C++ for real-time robotics components and build tooling in Python.

Skills

C++ (C++14/17)

Python 3

ROS/ROS2

Linux

Robotics/embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Robotics

Tools

Docker

Gazebo/Isaac Sim

Job description

Emesent is seeking a Software Engineer for the Cortex stack, delivering real-time robotics software across hardware interfaces, navigation, and perception. You will work on localisation, sensor fusion, and autonomy pipelines on real hardware.

You will contribute to simulation, testing, and CI pipelines, while collaborating with hardware and product teams to ship robust software with a hands-on role in ROS-based architectures.