Senior Software Engineer

Salary: £50,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• 5+ years relevant software engineering experience in C, C++, or Python
• Strong software design fundamentals, including modular architecture, refactoring, testing, and version control
• Practical experience controlling motors or servo mechanisms using closed-loop feedback, including PID/PI tuning and position or velocity control
• A sound understanding of gearing, inertia, friction, backlash, acceleration, overshoot, oscillation, and stability
• Experience with motor drives, feedback devices, and real-time software using an RTOS
• A degree in engineering or an equivalent qualification or experience
• Linux development, scripting, and system diagnostics
• General embedded systems experience
• Advanced control or estimation methods, including feed-forward control, Kalman filtering, sensor fusion, or system identification
• Experience with IMUs, gyroscopes, accelerometers, GNSS, or multi-axis motion-control systems
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or Python-based control and simulation tools
• Experience with interfaces such as CAN, SPI, I2C, UART/RS-485, or Ethernet
• Experience with ROS 2, ros2_control, CANopen/CiA 402, or EtherCAT

Responsibilities:

• Take a leading hands-on role in the development and evolution of an advanced antenna controller system
• Create reliable software that positions and moves antenna axes accurately and smoothly
• Drive different motor types using encoder and sensor feedback
• Tune closed-loop systems
• Improve accuracy, stability, and performance through measured data

Technologies:

• Embedded
• Ethernet
• Linux
• Matlab
• Python
• ROS
• RS-485
• Sensor Fusion

More:

We are hiring an experienced software engineer who enjoys bringing software, electronics, and mechanical systems together. This is an opportunity to take a leading hands-on role in the development and evolution of an advanced antenna controller system, creating reliable software that positions and moves antenna axes accurately and smoothly. The role focuses on real-world motion control, and the salary range is £50-65k.

last updated 37 week of 2026