Company Overview
Fieldwork Robotics is a pioneering autonomous robotics company developing modular, multi-crop, soft and adaptive robots designed to operate in real-world, non-controllable environments such as agricultural fields. Our mission is to transform farming through intelligent, scalable robotic systems that improve productivity, sustainability, and efficiency.
We operate a growing R&D headquarters in Cambridge and are establishing a new engineering hub in Lisbon following the incorporation of our Portugal subsidiary. Our teams work collaboratively across hardware, software, and operations to deliver reliable, production-grade autonomous robots.
The Role
We are looking for a C++ Software Engineer to join our growing Software Engineering team, with a particular focus on Fleet Control and data acquisition, data quality, performance monitoring.
In this role, you will design and develop modern C++ software that runs on a local PC runs on constrained robotic hardware, capturing, aggregating, and reporting data in real time. You will take ownership of how data is acquired from the robot, how it is stored and transferred to the cloud, and how it is used to drive data-backed performance improvements across the system. You will manage profiling tools to assess the robot performance and help to steer development and improvement priorities.
You will also build our first fleet controller to schedule and manage fleets of robots across pick lanes and farms. You will define the data transferred between the robot and the local on farm management system and the interface with the cloud base digital twin.
This is a hands-on engineering role with real-world impact: your work will directly influence how our robots are tested, monitored, and improved in the field. As a fast-growing company, the scope of the role will naturally evolve, offering opportunities to broaden your responsibilities and influence as the business scales.
What You’ll Be Working On
- Identify the appropriate scheduling and fleet management tools to integrate such as Open RMF
- Develop the fleet controller capable of scheduling small (10) and then larger fleets (100) of robots across farms and lanes
- Develop and optimise modern C++ (C++11–20) software to acquire, aggregate and report data in real time on embedded robotics platforms
- Own the end-to-end data pipeline, from on-robot data capture through to cloudstorage
- Define and implement strategies for data ingestion, storage, transfer, and analysis, including cloud interfaces
- Build automated data reporting and performance monitoring for robots operating in the field
- Provide data-backed insights and recommendations to guide engineering and product decisions
- Work closely with vision and ML, mechanical and electronics teams to meet data acquisition and performance reporting needs
- Collaborate with the wider robotics software team to ensure quality across the full software lifecycle
- Test, debug, and verify software prior to production deployment
- Produce clear documentation for requirements, software design, and testing
- Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from concept and requirements through to production and field deployment
Essential Requirements
- Degree or Master’s in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years’ industry experience developing and deploying modern C++ software
- Experience with performance testing and analysis
- Database experience (ideally PostgreSQL)
- Strong Linux experience
- Able to work collaboratively in a team, while also taking ownership and working independently
Nice to Have
- Experience with ROS 2
- Experience working on collaborative, multi-developer codebases
- Knowledge of additional languages such as Python, TypeScript, or Go
- Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, and Quality Engineering practices
- Experience with Git, Jira, and agile development methodologies
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Profit sharing / share options
- Hybrid working model
- Flexible working hours
- On-site parking (UK)
- Casual dress
- Company events & social activities
- Career progression in a fast-scaling robotics company
- Opportunity to work on real-world autonomous robots deployed in production environments
To apply:
Please send a brief CV and a short note about your interest in the role to: info@fieldworkrobotics.com
