Robotics Software Engineer

Edison Smart®; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Edison Smart® seeks a Robotics Software Engineer for a 3-month contract (Outside IR35) in London. Hybrid or remote work options are considered, with some in-person time preferred.

You will work on robotics embedded software, contribute to an existing production codebase, and help clear a significant backlog while interfacing with hardware and supporting CI pipelines.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on robotics software development experience.
• Experience with Linux and containerised environments.
• Strong Python programming skills with ability to contribute to production code.

Responsibilities

• Working within an existing production robotics codebase, contributing to features and fixes.
• Helping clear a significant backlog of engineering work.
• Testing, debugging and supporting CI processes.
• Working on software that interacts directly with physical hardware.

Skills

Solid robotics software engineering

Strong Python

C++ experience

Linux

Docker/containers

Tools

Docker

Job description

Robotics Software Engineer - Contract (Outside IR35)

London / Hybrid or Remote | 3 months initial, likely to extend

About the role

A robotics technology company is looking for an experienced Robotics Software Engineer to join their core robotics software team on an initial 3-month contract.

The company builds robotics embedded software. Their robotics software team currently consists of a few engineers, supported by additional staff focused on testing and validation. They have a substantial backlog of work and need someone who can get up to speed with the existing codebase quickly and start contributing without significant hand-holding.

This is not a junior role, but equally they're not looking for a 20-year veteran. The right person has a few years of relevant, hands-on robotics software experience and has worked on similar problems before.

What you'll be doing

• Working within an existing production robotics codebase, contributing to features and fixes
• Helping clear a significant backlog of engineering work
• Testing, debugging and supporting CI processes
• Working on software that interacts directly with physical hardware

What we're looking for

• Solid robotics software engineering experience
• Strong Python
• C++ experience is beneficial
• Comfortable working in Linux environments
• Experience with Docker/containers
• Initial 3-month contract, with the wider team expected to continue growing
• Location flexible: hybrid or fully remote considered, though some in-person time is preferred