Technical Support & Test Engineer - Spatial AI Start-up

NavLive Limited; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee share options

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

On-the-job training

Job summary

NavLive Limited, a University of Oxford spin-out, is seeking a Technical Support and Test Engineer to bridge our development team and users, ensuring robust releases and top-tier support for multi-sensor fusion and real-time 3D environment modeling. The role is hybrid in Oxford (3 days in-office, 2 days WFH).

You’ll own the release cycle, perform testing, validation, and OTA deployments on NVIDIA Jetson hardware and cloud portals, while helping customers troubleshoot complex issues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 2+ years practical experience
• Experience in Linux/Ubuntu environments
• Scripting in Bash and Python
• Familiarity with ROS/ROS 2 and Docker environments

Responsibilities

• Technical Customer Support: act as the primary technical support contact; triage, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve issues; write documentation; translate feedback into tickets.
• QA, Testing & Validation: design and execute test plans; perform regression and end-to-end testing; validate cloud portal features and API security.
• Release Management & Deployment: own the release pipeline; manage version control and release notes; coordinate with teams for OTA updates to field devices.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Communication

Bash

Python

ROS / ROS2

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Customer Support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Docker Compose

Debian/apt repositories

Job description

Oxford (Hybrid - 3 days in the office, 2 days WFH)

£40,000-£50,000 + Share Options

Are you ready to revolutionize how the world measures, monitors, and understands physical spaces?

NavLive, a rapidly growing University of Oxford spin-out, is searching for a talented Technical Support and Test Engineer to join our innovative team! Powered by award-winning spatial AI and algorithms, we are pioneering real-time solutions for the construction and geospatial industries. In this vital role, you will be the crucial bridge between our development team and our users, ensuring seamless, robust software releases and providing top-tier technical support for systems that leverage multi-sensor fusion and high-precision positioning to instantly build 3D models of environments. If you thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment and want to ensure our cutting-edge technology flawlessly delivers actionable, real-time insights to site decision-makers, we would love to have you build the future with us!

As our Technical Support & Test Engineer, you will be the primary technical contact for troubleshooting our device platform and own the full release cycle-testing, validating, and deploying our system stack, from cloud portals to edge-based ROS and Docker environments on NVIDIA Jetson hardware. We are looking for someone passionate about diagnosing complex hardware-software interactions and maintaining seamless software delivery.

Tasks

• Technical Customer Support: Act as the primary technical support contact for customers deploying our systems; Triage, diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex issues; write and maintain clear documentation; and translate customer feedback into actionable tickets.
• QA, Testing & Validation: Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans across multiple domains; perform robust regression and E2E integration testing; and validate cloud portal features and secure API communication.
• Release Management & Deployment: Own the release pipeline; manage version control and release notes; liaise with the technical team for timely delivery; and ensure smooth OTA updates to field devices.

Requirements

Key requirements for this role:

Experience

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree, practical experience (2+ years).

Operating Systems

Deep comfort working in Linux/Ubuntu environments via the command line.

Scripting

Proficiency in Bash and Python to automate release builds, testing, and log analysis.

Robotics Frameworks

Familiarity with ROS / ROS 2 (debugging nodes, analyzing rosbag files, topics, and services).

Containerization

Strong proficiency with Docker (building images, managing multi-container deployments, docker-compose).

Package Management

Familiarity with building, hosting, and maintaining Debian/apt repositories.

CI/CD & Version Control

Hands-on experience with GitHub and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).

Communication

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical users.

Customer Interaction

At ease with liaising with customers and eliciting the information you need to support them in a friendly and professional manner.

The following are desirable skills and traits:

• Familiarity with SLAM algorithms, including hands-on experience testing and benchmarking them.
• Experience with cloud platforms (specifically AWS) and web portals (React/Node.js stacks).
• Hands-on experience with edge hardware like NVIDIA Jetson Developer Kits (Nano, Xavier, Orin) and a solid understanding of flashing and resource monitoring.
• Experience implementing or working with OTA deployment tools tailored for Jetson/edge devices.
• Flexible and at ease in a start-up environment with emerging processes and a fast-paced, agile and responsive approach

Benefits

• Competitive salary offering
• 25 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary pension exchange scheme
• A dynamic fast-moving work environment based in central Oxford
• On-the-job training in cutting-edge robotics and AI
• Annual performance and salary review
• Employee share options

Flexibility

This role involves on-site and in-person time, but we structure our working week to enable hybrid work arrangements (working from home 1-2 days per week). We more highly value excellent work than always on-site working.

Our working week is centred around a set of core working hours but we offer extra flexibility for candidates with specific personal constraints.

Diversity and Inclusion

Our company thrives on diverse inputs from people of different backgrounds, skillsets and points of view. We embrace individuality and aim to offer the flexibility demanded by the modern digital workforce.