Staff Localization Software Engineer - Autonomous Ops

AeroVect Technologies Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect Technologies Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Localization team and own key parts of the localization, mapping and calibration stack for autonomous ground operations at major airports.

You will drive production reliability on real hardware, design online validation, and collaborate with perception, planning and platform teams toward driverless operation. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in robotics or autonomous vehicles, strong C++/Linux/ROS skills, and a track

Qualifications

• 8+ years in robotics or autonomous vehicles with production deployment experience.
• Deep grounding in multi-sensor fusion and state estimation across LiDAR, IMU, GNSS, and cameras.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across teams, setting direction on hard estimation problems.
• Strong command of non-linear optimization (Ceres, GTSAM, g2o) and/or filtering (EKF, UKF).
• Strong modern C++ (C++17+) and deep working experience with Linux and ROS/ROS2.
• Understanding calibration quality propagation through localization and safety cases.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own core areas of the localization stack and drive it to production reliability on real hardware at active airports.
• Contribute across the broader localization and mapping pipeline from sensor integration, performance tuning, regression testing, and deployment.
• Help design and build online validation that monitors localization integrity and cross-sensor consistency during live missions, detects drift, and integrates with the vehicle's safety architecture.
• Develop tooling for diagnostics, health logging, and post-mission analysis across the stack.
• Contribute to the regression, validation, and release-gating approach for localization changes deployed to active airports.
• Deploy, test, and iterate using data from real autonomous operations.

Skills

Localization

State estimation

Leadership

Multi-sensor fusion

C++17+

Linux

ROS/ROS2

Production deployment

Education

BS in Computer Science / Robotics / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Ceres

GTSAM

g2o

Kalibr

GLIM

LIO-SAM

Cartographer

Job description

AeroVect Technologies Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Localization team and own key parts of the localization, mapping and calibration stack for autonomous ground operations at major airports.

You will drive production reliability on real hardware, design online validation, and collaborate with perception, planning and platform teams toward driverless operation. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in robotics or autonomous vehicles, strong C++/Linux/ROS skills, and a track