C++ Software Engineer

Robotics Software Engineer – C++ / Robotics

📍 London or Leonberg | Hybrid

💼 Full-time Contract

My client is looking for a strong C++ Software Engineer to help productionise the robotics software powering its autonomous driving technology.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on taking complex robotics and research code and turning it into robust, maintainable, production-grade libraries suitable for automotive deployment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Productionising and refactoring C++ robotics libraries
• Working across localisation, odometry, calibration, state estimation and sensor fusion
• Improving APIs, architecture, testing, dependency management and maintainability
• Supporting localisation and odometry work for automotive programmes
• Assessing existing research/prototype code and determining how it should be adapted or redesigned
• Working towards automotive-grade production and compliance requirements
• Collaborating with robotics, vehicle software and engineering teams
• Making practical decisions around third-party and internal libraries
• Documenting solutions and transferring knowledge to the permanent team

What They’re Looking For

• Strong commercial C++ software engineering experience
• Experience building or productionising software libraries
• Background in robotics, automotive, autonomy, drones, aerospace, mapping or another complex technical environment
• Experience with at least one of:
• Localisation
• Odometry
• Calibration
• State estimation
• Sensor fusion
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs and modular design
• Experience writing robust tests for complex C++ systems
• Comfortable taking research/prototype code and turning it into production-quality software
• Able to work independently and quickly get up to speed in complex codebases

Nice to Have

• Automotive-grade software experience
• MISRA / ISO 26262 / ASIL
• Numerical optimisation or solver libraries
• Experience with safety-critical systems
• Experience working with third-party library replacement, wrapping or redesign
• Experience building software for physical systems such as vehicles, robots, drones or spacecraft