via reed · 5 June 2026 ·8 days ago

Robotics Engineer

OpenSourced Ltd
Bristol Full-time GBP 60,000 – 100,000
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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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