Robotics Software Engineer

Robotics Software Engineer – Outside IR35 Contract<br />Location: London – Hybrid / Remote<br />Duration: 3 months<br />Day Rate: Competitive<br />Sector: Robotics &amp; Automation<br />Opportunity Overview<br />An innovative robotics and automation business is looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to join its engineering team on an initial 3-month contract.<br />You’ll work across a modern ROS 2 Jazzy robotics software stack, developing and deploying software that controls industrial robotic systems used in real-world manufacturing environments.<br />This is an opportunity for a strong software engineer with practical robotics exposure to work alongside robotics developers, controls engineers and product engineers, with your work being deployed directly onto physical robotic systems.<br />The ideal candidate will be available immediately and able to hit the ground running within an existing codebase. On-site working in East London is preferred, although hybrid and remote applications will also be considered.<br />Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver features across a ROS 2 Jazzy robotics software stack.
• Design modular, testable and well-documented software components.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system issues using field data, simulation and real hardware testing.
• Reproduce bugs and validate features directly on physical robotic systems.
• Develop robust solutions to real-world edge cases and integration challenges.
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
• Contribute to developer tooling, engineering processes and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with software, robotics, controls and product engineering teams.<br />Essential Skills &amp; Experience
• Proven experience developing and maintaining production software, including testing, CI/CD and debugging existing code.
• Strong Python software engineering skills applied to robotics or other complex software systems.
• Practical experience with ROS 2, including nodes, topics, services, actions, parameters, launch and composition.
• Strong Linux skills, including shell, systemd, networking and containers.
• Ability to work effectively within a distributed engineering team and quickly become productive within an existing codebase.
• Experience working with physical hardware, robotics or automation environments is highly desirable.<br />C++ experience is advantageous but not essential.<br />Desirable Experience
• Working within a large or established software codebase.
• Docker-based development and deployment.
• Behaviour trees or similar approaches for orchestrating long-running robotic tasks.
• Software integration with physical hardware such as controllers, sensors or industrial equipment.
• Simulation environments such as Isaac Sim, Gazebo or similar.
• Industrial robotic arms, motion planning or manufacturing automation.
• DDS configuration and multi-machine ROS 2 networking.
• Structured logging, metrics and record/replay tooling.
• Embedded Linux and edge-computing platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson.<br />What’s on Offer
• Initial 3-month contract with immediate impact.
• Opportunity to work on real-world robotics and automation technology.
• Exposure to a modern robotics stack incorporating ROS 2, industrial robots, edge compute and physical AI.
• Collaborative environment working alongside experienced robotics, software and controls engineers.
• Hybrid/remote flexibility, with on-site working in East London preferred.
• The opportunity to see your software deployed directly onto physical robotic systems.<br />Application Process<br />If you’re a software engineer with strong Python and ROS 2 experience and are available to start a new contract quickly, we’d be interested in hearing from you