Robotics Tooling and Calibration Engineer

Robotics Software Engineer - Calibration Tooling (Contract)
Location: London (Hybrid - 1 day per week) or Germany (Hybrid - 1 day per week)
Rate: Up to £750 per day Inside IR35
Contract: Initial 6 months

An exciting opportunity has arisen with a leading autonomous vehicle technology company looking for an experienced Robotics Software Engineer to support the development of engineering tooling used across robotics calibration systems.

This role is focused on building the software that enables robotics engineers to debug, investigate and understand calibration behaviour across complex autonomous systems. Rather than developing new robotics algorithms, you'll create the tooling that supports diagnostics, visualisation, reporting and root cause analysis of existing calibration pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop Python-based engineering tools to support calibration debugging and diagnostics.
• Build visualisation and reporting solutions to help engineers investigate calibration outputs and identify anomalies.
• Design tooling that enables efficient triage of issues across robotics and autonomous vehicle systems.
• Analyse logs, telemetry and algorithm outputs to support root cause investigations.
• Work closely with robotics engineers to understand technical challenges and develop practical software solutions.
• Integrate tooling into wider engineering workflows and Back End systems where appropriate.
• Produce clear documentation to support ongoing development and knowledge transfer.

Essential Skills

• Strong commercial experience developing software in Python (C++ also beneficial).
• Previous experience working within robotics, autonomous systems, or a similar Real Time engineering environment.
• Experience building internal engineering tools for debugging, diagnostics, analysis or visualisation.
• Understanding of robotics concepts such as calibration, perception, SLAM, localisation, sensor fusion or related domains.
• Experience working with logs, telemetry, diagnostics and algorithm outputs to investigate system behaviour.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to work independently within a fast-paced engineering environment.

Desirable Experience

• Camera, LiDAR or multi-sensor calibration.
• Autonomous vehicle software development.
• Robotics data replay and analysis tools.
• Visualisation frameworks for engineering data.
• Building automated reporting or diagnostic workflows.
• Experience integrating engineering tooling into larger software platforms.

What's on Offer

• Up to £750 per day.
• Initial 6-month contract with potential for extension.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge autonomous vehicle technology.
• Highly technical engineering environment solving complex real-world robotics challenges.
• Collaborative team working on some of the most advanced robotics systems in Europe.

If you're an experienced Robotics Software Engineer who enjoys building practical tooling to help engineers diagnose, investigate and improve complex robotics systems, we'd love to hear from you.