Robotics Software Engineer

3 months ago


Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom Ocado Group Full time

About Us

Our teams are putting the worlds retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.

About the Role

Our robotic technology blends pioneering computer vision, deep reinforcement learning and advanced sensing to automate the picking and packing process. Robotic arms make smart decisions on the fly, packing grocery items densely into bags without any prior knowledge of what the products are or whats coming next. By integrating seamlessly with the technology in The Hive, customer orders can be fulfilled without human touch.

We are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to support the development of our robot picking system.

What you will be doing  

Participating in the productionisation, engineering and the optimisation of our robotic system making sure it fulfils the quality requirements for a commercial product. Taking an active role in the choice of technologies and techniques used in the delivery of robotic applications. Participating effectively in investigating and implementing sensor-driven robotics solutions to specific automation problems Maintain and improve CI/CD and automated testing pipelines.

About you 

Excellent software engineering skills, whilst being able to translate your own and the teams ideas into robust and reusable code ready to be deployed in production.  Experience in working with robotic systems or proven experience within a similar industry Excellent software engineering skills: ability to write reusable and clean code and to design software; Experience with common software development tools and practices (e.g. source control, code peer review, etc.); Experience performing integration of large or complex systems; Experience in machine learning techniques and developing machine learning solutions, applied to robotics or other domains; Demonstrable experience in developing software in C++ and python; Familiar with containerization applications like Docker; Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD systems; Experience developing on Ubuntu Linux

What we offer you

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and weve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

30 days working from anywhere in the world policy  Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme  25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase) Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%) Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining) Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)  22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)  Train Ticket loan (interest-free) Cycle to Work Scheme Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices  Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining

About Ocado Group

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, were developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world

Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, were looking for the Everyday Pioneers to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.

Changing the way the world shops, for good.



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