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Robotics Software Engineer

Can you imagine making a career of your passion for robotics?

Always thought there must be a commercial company you can join and use your programming skills in order to enhance and elevate the use of robotics?

Would you like to challenge yourself with developing and creating robotic systems and solutions to solve real-world/human problems?

Do you have strong C++ and Python skills, like to work on production systems, polish the code, document and cover with tests properly?

Looking to join an international, industry-leading robotics company?

Perhaps this is your next career move?

About the Shadow Robot Company

The Shadow Robot Company is an established, employee-owned, international and world-leading robotics company, and we’re looking to expand our London-based team.

We exist to develop and create awesome robots for advancing dexterity.

There are seven different nationalities in our small team of people. We are based in London with a small team in Madrid.

group photo of the Shadow Robot engineering team, making various Hand signals and smiling

Our Company values

We care about each other

  • We enjoy challenging the impossible
  • No bull**** No a**holes
  • Compassionate

When we add new people to our team, wherever you’re based and whatever role you’re doing, you’ll see that we all live and breathe these core values.

Your Impact as our New Robotics Software Engineer

You’ll be a key member of our small London-based software development team of three alongside our one remote-based architect.

You’ll work on stimulating problems to deliver new solutions using advanced robotic systems, mostly developing software for our dexterous hand products and teleoperation systems.

Alongside the challenging tasks, there will be tasks that include manual and automated testing, fixing bugs, creating and improving documentation, and supporting our Roadmap for further innovation.

This role is wholly based in the London office (a 2-minute walk from Gospel Oak station), so you can access the hardware and help us develop and test the solutions.

To be successful in this role, we’d love to hear from you if you have the following experience and personality:

You will have a very keen interest in robotics and, ideally, have experience developing code for robots either professionally or for your own projects.

Software engineering experience in a commercial environment.

Strong C++ programming skills (must have).

Good Python coding skills.

Ideally, experience (even non-professional) with embedded programming.

A positive outlook on solutions – you love solving problems.

Good knowledge of programming under Linux.

You will also have experience using ROS (must have).

You love learning and thrive in an environment where learning is encouraged.

You’ll thrive as a member of our small 25-person team across the UK and Spain.

There is no arrogance, and you love that this is a team-orientated organisation – if one person succeeds, we all succeed.

Nice to have skills and experience:

AI experience desirable, especially RL

Experience of working with robots in simulation is desirable.

We look forward to hearing from you soon

If this sounds like this Robotics Software Engineer is your next career move, apply here, and Helen will be in touch.

Job title: Robotics Software Engineer

Department: Software Team

Based: Gospel Oak, London (about 2 min walk from the station)

Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 (depending on your experience)

Start date: April 2025

Note: You may have seen this role advertised back in November. We filled that position, but now we have two new Software Engineer openings we’re looking to fill quickly.

 

No agencies, please – liaise with TalentJet Group if you’re exploring the PSL.