Robotics Software Engineer (AMR/FMS)

Location: Cambridge/Nuneaton, United Kingdom; on-site support for live operations required in Nuneaton.

Salary: Up to £58,000 per year.

Company

Unipart is a supply chain performance improvement partner designing, making, moving, and improving components and assets in customer supply chains.

What you will do

• Contribute to the development, maintenance, optimisation, and testing of software for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) and Fleet Management Systems (FMS).
• Develop onboard robot software and software handling fleet behaviours.
• Design and deploy performance-optimised vision processing and localisation algorithms.
• Provide on-site support for live operations in Nuneaton and ensure compliance with customer SLAs.
• Establish and troubleshoot industrial hardware interfaces, including CANopen, serial interfaces, and Ethernet networks.
• Collaborate with AMR stakeholders and follow business processes and methods.

Requirements

• Robust experience developing with ROS and ROS 2, including a deep understanding of ROS 2 Lifecycle (Managed) Nodes and state-machine-driven robot controllers.
• Proficiency in Modern C++ (C++17) and Python 3.
• Working knowledge of mobile robotics and version control with Git.
• Experience with SocketCAN and CANopen protocol stacks.
• Experience integrating FMS with Warehouse Control Systems (WCS) or PLCs using MQTT and WebSockets/Rosbridge.
• Experience writing multi-robot path-planning or routing algorithms, such as A*, graph routing, and conflict resolution.
• Experience with serial communication using UART/USB, custom microcontroller packet protocols, and Arduino-based physical integration.
• High initiative, strong problem-solving capability, ability to work independently, and effective contribution as part of a high-performance team.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with 40 hours per week.
• 33 days’ holiday including bank holidays.
• Pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including a cycle-to-work scheme.
• Inclusive recruitment based on merit, with reasonable adjustments available during the application and interview process.