Software Control Teleoperation Engineer

📋 Description

• Develop teleoperation for robots in manipulation, mobility, and loco-manipulation.
• Design operator experiences: input mappings, visualizations, feedback, and recovery.
• Integrate VR controllers, gloves, haptics, and motion capture into software.
• Translate noisy human input into smooth, stable robot commands.
• Build real-time teleoperation infra: streaming, calibration, replay, logging.
• Develop shared-autonomy to blend human intent with robot capability.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong robotics fundamentals: kinematics, frames, control interfaces, estimation, real-time behavior.
• Experience building teleoperation systems, operator UIs, or shared-autonomy tools.
• Proficiency in C++/Python; ROS/ROS2; real-time data streaming.
• Good intuition for human-in-the-loop systems; operator perception and trust.
• Quality mindset: testing, logging, observability, performance tuning.
• Strong debugging across the stack; cross-functional collaboration.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside.
• 30+ days off, including 23 days annual leave and UK holidays.
• Private healthcare, virtual and in-person care.
• Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer).
• Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.
• Work at the frontier with AI and humanoid robotics; ownership from day one.