Technical Lead - Robotics Software

The successful candidate will join our Robotics Software Team and will contribute to the creation of standardised software stacks for deployment across both ground and aerial robotic systems., * Analyse requirements derived from use cases and perform design trade-off assessments

• Manage agile development tasks, conduct code reviews, and perform effort estimations
• Lead technical activities within the data fusion team related to navigation and control of ground and aerial robotic platforms
• Design robot software architectures, components, interfaces, and repository structures
• Implement end-to-end robotic software solutions, including testing, integration, and performance optimisation on target robot platforms
• Generate technical documentation and support business development activities by contributing to proposal

• A Masters or PhD in robotics, control, computer vision, computer science, software engineering or relevant field
• At least 5 years of demonstrable R&D and/or industrial experience in developing software for ground and/or aerial robots
• At least 2 years of demonstrable project management skills
• Strong background in:

• Navigation - localisation, mapping, path & motion planning, kinematics, control & obstacle avoidance
• Computer vision, state estimation, sensor data fusion

• Very strong programming skills (C++, Python) on Linux environment, ROS/ROS2 and Git tools
• Experience with/in:

• Electomechanical integration of sensors, drivers, calibration
• Git version control tools, setup CI/CD process

• Fast learner and ability to adopt new technologies
• Available to be involved and support off-site activities in robotics tests and demonstrations
• Ability to work independently, guide junior engineers technically, define work scopes, effort, code reviews
• A good sense of responsibility, pro-activeness and results driven
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written with good skills in technical documentation delivery
• Capability to cope with ambitious schedules and deadlines.

Considered as Assets

• Agile methodology such as Scrum using tools such as JIRA
• Experience with:

• Writing proposals for EC/ESA or commercial contracts
• Technical management of team members
• Desiginig software and system architecture using UML
• Generating relevant data sets
• Integrating and testing with robots

• Familiarity with and knowledge of:

• Simulators or simulation frameworks (IssacSim, Gazebo..)
• RTOS and/or GPU level programming
• multi-robot cooperative navigation
• Configuring wired/wireless networks and routing
• DL frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras)

• Working within an exceptional sector with Staff located in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
• A professional and modern working environment with motivated Administrative Staff, Engineers, Astronaut Training Instructors and Scientists coming from all different horizons and countries with a common passion for space and their own expertise
• A full-time position with an indefinite contract of employment
• A competitive remuneration package and good working conditions
• Working from home in part can be a possibility
• An individualised training and development programmes.