Robotics Engineer

OpenSourced
Bristol, United Kingdom
Today
£60,000 – £100,000 pa

Salary

£60,000 – £100,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Posted
5 Jun 2026 (Today)

Benefits

Equity Opportunities Private Healthcare Conference and Training Budget

Senior Robotics Engineer

Location: Bristol (On-Site)

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Salary: Dependent on Experience (DOE)

The Opportunity

We're working with an innovative robotics company developing advanced autonomous systems for real-world industrial applications. As the business continues to scale, they are looking to appoint a Senior Robotics Engineer to help build and deploy the next generation of robotic capabilities.

This is a hands-on role focused on real robots operating in real environments. You'll work alongside a highly experienced multidisciplinary team, helping develop robust, production-ready systems that combine perception, planning, control, manipulation and autonomous behaviours.

The Role

As a Senior Robotics Engineer, you'll take ownership of challenging robotics problems and help transform prototypes into reliable capabilities deployed on physical robotic platforms.

You'll contribute across a sophisticated robotics stack and collaborate closely with AI, software, hardware and systems engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and deploy robotics software for advanced robotic systems
  • Integrate software across perception, planning, control and behaviour layers
  • Debug complex issues spanning hardware, software and networking
  • Improve system reliability, maintainability and observability
  • Develop new robotic capabilities and autonomous behaviours
  • Support deployment and testing on physical robotic platforms
  • Contribute to architecture decisions and technical leadership
  • Mentor engineers and uphold high software engineering standards

Requirements

  • Strong C++ and Python development experience
  • Extensive ROS 2 experience
  • Experience developing and debugging real-world robotic systems
  • Strong Linux development and troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent systems integration and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to take ownership of projects from concept through to deployment

Desirable Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be highly beneficial:

  • ros2_control
  • EtherCAT and hardware integration
  • Manipulation and motion planning
  • Whole-body control
  • Calibration and robot bring-up
  • State estimation and sensor fusion
  • Behaviour trees and task execution
  • Robotics networking and distributed systems
  • Reliability engineering and diagnostics
  • Safety systems and fault recovery

What's on Offer

  • Salary dependent on experience
  • Equity opportunities
  • Private healthcare
  • Conference and training budget
  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge robotics technology
  • Highly collaborative engineering culture
  • Direct impact on products deployed in real-world environments

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