Company Overview

Fieldwork Robotics is a pioneering autonomous robotics company developing modular, multi-crop, soft and adaptive robots designed to operate in real-world, non-controllable environments such as agricultural fields. Our mission is to transform farming through intelligent, scalable robotic systems that improve productivity, sustainability, and efficiency.

We operate a growing R&D; headquarters in Cambridge and are establishing a new engineering hub in Lisbon following the incorporation of our Portugal subsidiary. Our teams work collaboratively across hardware, software, and operations to deliver reliable, production-grade autonomous robots.

The Role

We are hiring a ROS 2 C++ Control Systems Engineer to work on the development of our next-generation autonomous agricultural robotics platform. This role sits at the core of robot motion, control, and manipulation — bridging high-level motion planning and low-level real-time motor control.

You will play a key role in the transition of our platform from ROS 1 to ROS 2 and in the development of robotic arm control, coordination, and performance optimisation. This is a hands-on engineering role with real-world deployment impact, including testing on physical robots in operational farm environments.

As a high-growth robotics company, this role oers strong opportunities for technical growth, responsibility expansion, and long-term career development.

What You’ll Be Working On

High-Level Motion & Planning (MoveIt2) in a complex scene

- High-level motion planning
- Collision-free path planning
- Trajectory generation (positions, velocities, accelerations)
- Planning scene management & collision checking

Low-Level Control & Real-Time Systems

- PID control loops
- Motor control and joint-level actuation
- Closing real-time control loops on joints
- Ensuring deterministic, real-time behavior
- Translating planned trajectories into executable motor commands

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, test, and maintain C++ software for robotics applications




- Implement control systems, and motion pipelines for robotic arms
- Collaborate closely with robotics, mechanical, and electronics teams
- Integrate software with hardware and manufacturing processes
- Test, debug, and verify code prior to production deployment
- Conduct real-world testing on Fieldwork robots in polytunnels and farms (UK &Portugal;)
- Contribute across the full system lifecycle: concept, design, development, validation, and production transfer
- Produce clear technical documentation (requirements, test plans, software design)

Essential Requirements

- Proven experience with ROS 2 motion control
- Minimum 3+ years industry experience in modern C++ (C++11+, C++20preferred)
- Strong low-level / embedded C++ experience (e.g. CAN interfaces, hardwarecommunication)
- Control systems experience:
- Motor setup
- PID tuning
- Integration testing

- Strong background in:

- Motion planning
- Applied mathematics for robotics

- Linux development experience
- Strong C++ focus (this is not a Python role)

Additional / Desirable Skills

- Experience with:
- Jira and Agile workflows
- Testing and Quality Engineering
- Version control with Git

- Simulation & testing tools:

- Gazebo
- Isaac Sim

- Hardware integration experience:

- Embedded robotics platforms (e.g. NVIDIA Jetson)
- Low Level debugging and communications interfaces

- Experience working on collaborative, multi-developer codebases
- Robust team ethic with ability to work independently and take ownership

What We Offer

- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Profit sharing / share options
- Hybrid working model
- Flexible working hours
- On-site parking (UK)
- Casual dress
- Company events & social activities
- Career progression in a fast-scaling robotics company
- Opportunity to work on real-world autonomous robots deployed in production environments

This role is ideal for engineers who want to work at the intersection of planning, control, and real-world robotics — not simulations only, but physical systems operating in the field.

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📌 C++ Control Systems Engineer (Town of Cambridge)
🏢 Fieldwork Robotics
📍 Town of Cambridge