Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy

UFORCE

. Design, build, and operate software capabilities improving the mission effectiveness and safety of uncrewed surface vehicles across the UFORCE C2/C4ISR stack .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in production software engineering, particularly in developing capabilities for autonomy and robotics. Proficient in cross-team collaboration and communication, with a strong foundation in mathematical principles relevant to autonomous systems.

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Production Software EngineeringJava, Python, .NET/C#Autonomy and RoboticsDistributed Real-Time SystemsTesting and Observability

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Hard Skills

Production Software EngineeringJavaPython.NET/C#Mathematical FoundationsDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven SystemsTestingDebuggingOperational Ownership

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationCross-Team Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

SocketsUDPLow-Level ProtocolsCOLAVSimulationReplay ToolingMulti-Agent Systems

Industry Keywords

RoboticsAutonomous VehiclesMaritime AutonomyUxV SystemsC2/C4ISRDefenceConstrained Operating Environments

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPythonRustC++.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate software capabilities improving the mission effectiveness and safety of uncrewed surface vehicles across the UFORCE C2/C4ISR stack
Build production-grade capabilities across perception, autonomous behaviours, COLAV, and multi-USV coordination
Define measurable acceptance criteria for autonomy performance, safety, reliability, and operator trust
Validate perception and behaviours across day/night operations, different sea states, sensor degradation, and GNSS/RF-challenged conditions
Develop swarm capabilities including task allocation, role assignment, formation control, and distributed sensing
Build scenario libraries, replay tooling, automated metrics, and CI gates to prevent regressions
Introduce structured logging, playback, and failure classification to accelerate field diagnosis
Build operator controls and safeguards enabling crews to use autonomy without continuous engineering support
Collaborate with platform, C2, product, and field teams to define interfaces and deliver cross-system capabilities
Take cross-system initiatives from design and implementation through scenario-based verification, field trials, deployment, and iteration

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of production software or backend engineering experience
Strong experience with Java, Python, or .NET/C#
Strong mathematical foundations relevant to autonomy and robotics
Experience with distributed, real-time, event-driven, or mission-critical systems
Understanding of sockets, UDP, latency, packet loss, and low-level protocols
Strong testing, observability, debugging, and operational ownership
Clear communication and cross-team collaboration skills
Experience with C++, Rust, or C (nice to have)
Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, maritime autonomy, or UxV systems (nice to have)
Knowledge of perception, sensor fusion, navigation, planning, or control systems (nice to have)
Experience with COLAV, simulation, replay tooling, or multi-agent systems (nice to have)
Experience in defence, C2/C4ISR, or constrained operating environments (nice to have)
Legally authorized to work in the country for which applying
Must disclose whether employment sponsorship from UFORCE is required now or in the future