Latest Autonomous Systems Jobs

Global Head of AV Driver Training

The Global Head of Training will develop and implement a comprehensive training strategy for Wayve's on-road operational workforce, including Vehicle Safety Operators and support teams. Responsibilities include defining scalable curricula, ensuring operational readiness, and leading a global team to align training with business needs.

Wayve United Kingdom

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Model Development Platform

Design and build full-stack applications supporting autonomous driving model development, including experiment scheduling, evaluation, and on-road testing workflows. Develop scalable backend services and intuitive web interfaces while mentoring engineers and shaping platform architecture. Collaborate with research, product, and operations teams to deliver secure, observable, and reliable systems for managing complex ML workflows.

Wayve United Kingdom

Deployed Software Engineer

This role involves deploying and customizing Arondite's software at customer sites, often in challenging or austere environments. The engineer will write code to integrate data sources, interface with autonomous systems, and refine implementations based on direct user feedback. Collaboration with both customers and internal engineering teams is key to evolving the core product.

Arondite London, United Kingdom

Hybrid Permanent

Senior Robotics Software Engineer

This role involves leading the design, development, and deployment of advanced robotic systems, focusing on software architecture, perception, planning, and control. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor junior engineers, and evaluate emerging technologies to enhance system performance.

Autodiscovery Wantage, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Controls / Automation Engineer (Rockwell / Siemens)

This role involves designing PLC/DCS and SCADA software, configuring communication networks, and coding independently on Siemens and Rockwell platforms. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of control applications, from design to commissioning, and will work in a highly autonomous environment with opportunities for training and progression.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment Glasgow, City Of Glasgow, G2 1AL, United Kingdom £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Contract Robotics Controls Engineer

The role involves working on-site in Cambridgeshire to develop and optimize an autonomous robotic platform. Responsibilities include tuning motor performance, troubleshooting motion-control issues, and improving the reliability and performance of the robotic system. The position requires strong hands-on experience with C++, ROS, stepper motors, and motor controllers.

Redline Group Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £45 – £50 ph

Maintenance Engineer (Electrical / AGV Training Programme)

This role involves maintaining and fault-finding AGVs and automated systems in a modern manufacturing environment. You will receive extensive training on vehicle diagnostics, controls, and autonomous technologies, developing into an AGV Subject Matter Expert.

Shorterm Group Wolverhampton, West Midlands (county), United Kingdom £62,000 – £65,000 pa

Robotics Software Engineer - C

This role involves developing and enhancing software for autonomous harvesting robots, focusing on usability, performance, and accuracy. Responsibilities include analysing user feedback, resolving complex bugs, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver new features.

Redline Group Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom £50,000 – £60,000 pa

AI (Machine Learning)Engineer

This role involves designing, developing, and deploying secure AI solutions for autonomous and mission-critical systems. Responsibilities include building machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision models, supporting autonomous capabilities with ROS 2, and ensuring adherence to Responsible AI and safety standards.

Akkodis Bristol, United Kingdom £80,000 – £85,000 pa

Deep Learning Engineer - World Models

This role involves developing and training deep learning models for vision-language-action (VLA) systems used in humanoid robotics. The engineer will work on the full lifecycle from data curation and synthetic data generation to distributed training, model optimization, and deployment. Close collaboration with data and MLOps teams ensures scalable, real-time inference on robotic platforms, with a strong focus on improving policy performance through behaviour cloning and reinforcement learning.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

VLA Pre-training Engineer - Deep Learning

This role involves training and refining vision-language-action (VLA) models for humanoid robot autonomy, focusing on deep learning pipelines from data curation to deployment. The engineer will work across synthetic data generation, behaviour cloning, reinforcement learning, and distributed training, with close collaboration across data, MLOps, and external partners. The position emphasizes ownership in a cutting-edge AI and robotics environment with real-world industrial applications.

Humanoid London, United Kingdom

On-site Permanent

Production Planner (Precision Engineering)

This role involves generating and updating production schedules, liaising with team leaders and suppliers, and working with ERP/MRP systems. The position offers opportunities for continuous improvement and career progression within a rapidly growing start-up in the precision engineering sector.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment South East London, United Kingdom £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Relational Foundation Model Engineer, Modern Data Stack

Design and experiment with novel Transformer and GNN architectures to build a unified foundation model that understands relational databases and heterogeneous graphs. Work across the full ML lifecycle—from architecture design to inference acceleration—tackling real-world applications like fraud detection, forecasting, and recommendation systems. Collaborate with researchers and engineers to push the boundaries of relational reasoning in AI.

NVIDIA Germany

Relational Foundation Model Engineer, Modern Data Stack

Design and experiment with novel Transformer and GNN architectures to build a unified foundation model that understands relational databases and heterogeneous graphs. Work across the full ML lifecycle—from architecture design to inference acceleration—enabling applications in forecasting, fraud detection, and recommendation systems. Collaborate with researchers to ship foundational AI models into production.

NVIDIA

Senior Controls Design Engineer

This role involves leading controls engineering activities across multiple automation projects, designing and developing PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems, and supporting the delivery of innovative automated systems from design to commissioning. The position offers a hybrid working model with significant international travel and opportunities for career development.

Proactive Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £55,000 – £60,000 pa