Applied
Software Engineer - Robotics
London. Posted 2 months ago
The role
You will develop and deploy autonomy solutions for defense platforms. This includes working with mission behavior, navigation, and hardware integration in SIL, HIL, and live testing environments.
What you will do
- Develop and adapt mission behavior, navigation, and decision-making logic
- Design and implement modular and reusable autonomy capabilities
- Integrate and deploy autonomy solutions onto embedded Linux and other hardware platforms
- Conduct system-level setup, testing, and validation using SIL and HIL
- Support live flight test of autonomy software on Group 1-5 UAVs
- Troubleshoot complex software and integration issues
- Collaborate with 3rd party UAS vendors and cross-functional teams
Required qualifications
- BS or MS in Robotics, Computer Science, or related engineering field
- 3+ years of hands-on experience working with robotic systems (hardware, software, and integration)
- Experience with modern C++
- Experience developing autonomy behavior and decision-making logic (e.g., behavior trees, state machines) and/or navigation algorithms
- Experience integrating autonomy/robotics products with Pixhawk autopilots (ArduPilot and/or PX4)
- Experience integrating with communication busses & protocols: UART/RS232/RS422/RS485, SPI/QSPI, I2C, Ethernet
- Experience developing in Docker, containerized deployment environments, and using Linux-based operating systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu)
- Familiarity with real-time, edge computing, and safety-critical systems operating in SIL, HIL, test & operational environments
- Excellent communication skills
- Customer-oriented project delivery mindset
- Ability to hold UK Security Clearance
Nice to have
- Current or previous UK Security Clearance
Before you apply
- Must have ability to hold UK Security Clearance
About the company
Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. Applied Intuition UK is a subsidiary that delivers dual-use solutions to national security customers.