Autonomous Solutions Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a member of a Solutions Squad, where you will be at the forefront of delivering cutting-edge autonomy solutions. This dynamic role will allow you to engage with all aspects of our architecture, utilizing your broad robotics experience to design and implement innovative solutions. You will work closely with customers to understand their needs, ensuring timely delivery while collaborating with a talented team. With a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, this position offers a unique opportunity to thrive in a supportive and flexible work environment.

Benefits

Company Share Programme

Market-Leading Private Healthcare

Flexible Work Arrangements

£2,000 Benefits Fund

Salary Exchange Pension Plan

25 Days Annual Leave

Pet-Friendly Office

Diverse Needs Spaces

Gym Discounts

Critical Illness Cover

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or MASc degree in computer science or robotics required.
• Experience in commercial robotics systems development is essential.
• Strong skills in C++, Python, and Linux are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Define customer requirements and conduct technical gap analysis.
• Develop safety cases and perform vehicle acceptance testing.
• Collaborate with the launch team for customer support plans.

Skills

Robotics Systems Development

C++ Programming

Python Programming

Linux

Communication Skills

Project Management

Systems Integration

Machine Learning

Debugging

Technical Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

MASc Degree in Robotics

Tools

Version Control

Project Management Tools

Job description

As a member of a Solutions Squad, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of autonomy solutions to customers. This fast-paced role offers exposure to all components of our architecture and requires broad robotics experience to design, implement, and deliver autonomous solutions.

The Solutions squad responsibilities include:

1. Working with customers to define requirements
2. Conducting technical gap analysis and generating new feature requests
3. Developing safety cases, including route analysis, risk assessments, and operational procedures
4. Vehicle acceptance testing and shakedown
5. Commissioning, calibrating, deploying, and verifying compute, software, sensing, and networking systems
6. Building, upgrading, and maintaining AV maps
7. In-field AV monitoring, debugging, tuning, and post-mortem analysis
8. Collaborating with the launch team to develop ongoing customer support plans

You will be accountable for:

1. Generating technical roadmaps and ensuring end-to-end delivery of autonomy solutions
2. Creating and maintaining documentation on software architecture, APIs, and decision flows
3. Understanding customer use-cases and designing solutions accordingly
4. Ensuring timely delivery through participation in sprint meetings and risk management
5. Sharing knowledge within the team and deploying solutions in the field

Requirements

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s or MASc degree in computer science or robotics, or equivalent experience
• Experience in developing and delivering robotics systems in a commercial or industrial setting
• Experience interfacing with hardware, including deploying, configuring, debugging, and evaluating
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to translate customer requirements into technical solutions
• Experience launching robotics/autonomous products
• Experience with project management tools for timely delivery
• Knowledge or experience with robotics components such as localization, mapping, planning, perception, ML/semantic understanding, control, sensing modalities, commissioning, and calibration
• Development skills in C++, Python, Linux, shell scripting, networking, and version control
• Engineering skills in systems integration, prototyping, V&V, and hardware configuration

The Candidate Journey: Multi-Step and Two-Way

This process is designed to allow mutual assessment, giving you opportunities to showcase your strengths and us to understand if we’re a good fit for each other. If selected, you will be positioned to do impactful work and thrive.

We provide:

• Competitive salary, benchmarked against the market and reviewed annually
• Company share programme
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
• Market-leading private healthcare, life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, and a health cash plan (including gym discounts)
• A flexible £2,000 benefits fund for additional benefits like tech schemes and cycle-to-work
• Salary exchange pension plan
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pet-friendly office environment
• Spaces for team members with diverse needs