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# Senior Software Engineer, Control

- **Company:** ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT
- **Location:** Hemel Hempstead, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £65,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), CANopen, Linux, Linux on Embedded Systems, Ethernet, EtherCAT, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Real-Time Operating Systems, Sensor Fusion, Software Engineering, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Scripting, Serial Peripheral Interface, PIC Microcontroller, Linux Development, GNSS
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5943372209

## About the Role

* 3+ years of relevant software engineering experience with C or C++
 * Practical experience in control systems or robotics
 * Sound understanding of gearing, inertia, friction, backlash, acceleration, overshoot, oscillation, and stability
 * Experience with motor drives, feedback devices, and real-time software
 * Degree in engineering, or equivalent qualification or experience
 * Python
 * RTOS
 * Linux development, scripting, and system diagnostics
 * General embedded systems experience
 * Advanced control or estimation methods, including feed-forward control, Kalman filtering, sensor fusion, or system identification
 * Experience with IMUs, gyroscopes, accelerometers, GNSS, or multi-axis motion-control systems
 * MATLAB/Simulink or Python-based control and simulation tools
 * Familiarity with interfaces such as CAN, SPI, I2C, UART/RS-485, or Ethernet
 * Familiarity with ROS 2, ros2_control, CANopen/CiA 402, or EtherCAT

## Description

* Develop low-latency control systems for multi-axis movement to search for and dynamically track satellites using feedback loops
 * Develop algorithms to control multiple motors or servo mechanisms using closed-loop feedback, including PID/PI tuning and position or velocity control
 * Implement systems for deployment on embedded Linux or microcontrollers

Technologies:

 * Embedded
 * Ethernet
 * Linux
 * Matlab
 * Python
 * ROS
 * Robotics
 * RS-485
 * Sensor Fusion
 * C++, We offer a Senior Software Engineer role with significant autonomy across architecture and implementation. The work involves complex challenges in geometry, coordinate systems, and real-time astronomical tracking.