Senior Robotic Systems Engineer - Falmouth, United Kingdom - Engineered Arts Ltd

Description

Job Description

Engineered Arts is the leading manufacturer of full-size humanoid robots used for entertainment, education and communication. With 20 years of hardware and software development, our robots have been sold in over 30 countries worldwide with customers such as NASA, PwC, Meta and many more. We are currently looking for a Senior Robotic Systems Engineer to join us at our Falmouth office, where you'll be designing and deploying new firmware on real robots

In this role you will be

• Creatively developing bespoke embedded hardware and software
• Developing improvements to the systems to enhance reliability, problem diagnosis and reporting and maintainability as well as functionality
• Understanding how the embedded systems fit with the mechanical and the software ecosystem
• Managing constantly developing electronics hardware and high-level software
• Working with the wider product design team on the design pipeline and what future embedded developments are required
• Making sure all work will be reliable for a robot which needs minimum down-time
• Being up-to-date with new electronics offerings from the wider market
• Working to find and fix issues working to tight deadlines

Qualifications, Knowledge, Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• Embedded firmware development in Embedded C
• Python
• Experienced Linux user
• Active interest in a robotics field (humanoid, UAV/drones, autonomous vehicles, industrial arms etc)

Desirable

• Use of the STM32 MCU ecosystem
• Firmware development using FreeRTOS (or other embedded RTOS)
• Hands-on experience on robots or other complex hardware
• High-speed communication design (USB, Ethernet [TCP/IP UDP])
• Understanding of motion control theory and control of DC and BLDC motors

We are a team of dedicated engineers and creatives striving to develop the very best experiences for our customers. Our internal motto is 'Be Wow', everything we do is fun, entertaining or surprising to encounter. We always push the boundaries of what is possible in humanoid robotics, researching and developing new systems and techniques to further their appeal. We explore and challenge the human perception of robots as well as the fear and discomfort and the excitement and joy life-like mechanical humanoids present.