C++ Software Engineer - Fleet Control & Real-Time Data

Fieldwork Robotics; Funchal; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Competitive salary and benefits

Career progression

Company events & social activities

Job summary

Fieldwork Robotics is seeking a C++ Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering team. You will focus on Fleet Control and data acquisition, designing software that runs on constrained robotic hardware and communicates with cloud-based digital twins.

You will own data pipelines, from sensor capture to cloud transfer, and influence performance improvements across the system. Hybrid work is offered as the team scales our autonomous robotics platform.

Qualifications

• Degree or Master’s in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years’ industry experience developing and deploying modern C++ software
• Experience with performance testing and analysis
• Database experience (ideally PostgreSQL)
• Strong Linux experience

Responsibilities

• Identify the appropriate scheduling and fleet management tools to integrate such as Open RMF
• Develop the fleet controller capable of scheduling small (10) and then larger fleets (100) of robots across farms and lanes
• Develop and optimise modern C++ (C++11-20) software to acquire, aggregate and report data in real time on embedded robotics platforms
• Own the end-to-end data pipeline, from on-robot data capture through to cloudstorage
• Define and implement strategies for data ingestion, storage, transfer, and analysis, including cloud interfaces
• Build automated data reporting and performance monitoring for robots operating in the field
• Provide data-backed insights and recommendations to guide engineering and product decisions
• Work closely with vision and ML, mechanical and electronics teams to meet data acquisition and performance reporting needs
• Collaborate with the wider robotics software team to ensure quality across the full software lifecycle
• Test, debug, and verify software prior to production deployment
• Produce clear documentation for requirements, software design, and testing
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from concept and requirements through to production and field deployment

Skills

C++

Linux

PostgreSQL

Performance testing

Data acquisition

ROS 2

Education

Degree or Master's in Software Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Git

Jira

CI/CD

ROS 2

Job description

Fieldwork Robotics is seeking a C++ Software Engineer to join the Software Engineering team. You will focus on Fleet Control and data acquisition, designing software that runs on constrained robotic hardware and communicates with cloud-based digital twins.

You will own data pipelines, from sensor capture to cloud transfer, and influence performance improvements across the system. Hybrid work is offered as the team scales our autonomous robotics platform.