Robotics Autonomy Software Engineer

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High-Level Mission Planning: Design and execute autonomous action plans to achieve inspection objectives efficiently and safely under operational constraints. Mapping: Develop methods to transform noisy sonar sensor data into navigable maps suitable for autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) path planning and decision-making. Adaptive Mission Execution: Enable robust mission adjustment in harsh and low-visibility environments by accounting for odometry drift, environmental uncertainty, and adversarial conditions; assess deviations between expected and observed structures and respond accordingly. Anomaly Detection: Build capabilities to detect and localise structural anomalies or defects during inspection, and adapt inspection behaviour based on findings. Sensor Integration: Integrate and optimise hardware drivers and low-level interfaces to extract maximum performance and implicit state information, supporting higher-level autonomy and perception. Develop middleware drivers to link hardware with the robotics software stack, including to test and debug robotics algorithms using Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) simulation. Mentor and guide junior engineers in achieving their technical outcomes.