Senior Robotics Engineer (Mapping & Behaviours) at Reply · Technology

Senior Robotics Engineer (Mapping & Behaviour)

About Reply:

Reply specialises in designing and implementing solutions based on new communication channels and digital media. Structured as a network of highly specialised companies, Reply supports leading European industrial groups in sectors such as Telco & Media, Industry and Services, Banking and Insurance, and Public Administration, helping define and develop business models enabled by new paradigms such as AI, Cloud Computing, Digital Media, and the Internet of Things. Reply’s services include Consulting, System Integration, and Digital Services.

Role Overview:

As a Robotics Engineer, you will play a foundational role focused on mapping, planning, autonomous behaviours, and their integration with fleet coordination and management architectures for outdoor robotics. You will work across multiple levels of abstraction, from developing custom SLAM pipelines, navigation stacks, and behaviour architectures to integrating OEM autonomy systems with fleet coordination platforms such as Open RMF. You will apply strong fundamentals to build components such as mapping pipelines, behaviour trees, and fleet adapters, while also evaluating and integrating third-party and OEM solutions. As part of a small, multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to shaping the technical direction during the company’s foundation phase.

This is an opportunity where you will help shape the technical direction of the practice, working on real-world robotics challenges across multiple sectors, with the backing of the Reply Group and exposure to cutting-edge projects in outdoor, unstructured environments. The role combines remote work, client site engagement, and team collaboration, while offering ongoing professional development, and the opportunity to contribute to core product and consulting capability development. This is a hybrid-based role with regular field testing at outdoor sites.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain the core ROS 2 navigation and behaviour stack for outdoor robotics, integrating a range of components including those from hardware OEMs and other Reply group companies.
• Integrate mapping and localisation systems on outdoor robotic platforms at various levels of abstraction.
• Design and implement autonomous behaviour architectures including task planning, mission planning, path planning, and decision-making for outdoor robotic platforms.
• Develop and maintain the interoperability layer using frameworks such as Open RMF, including fleet adapters, traffic management, and task dispatch to enable coordination of heterogeneous robot fleets
• Integrate robotic systems with client fleet management and operational oversight systems, ensuring that robot behaviours and fleet coordination connect cleanly with existing business workflows
• Build and maintain dynamic spatial representations of client operational environments using open mapping standards and digital twin approaches
• Build outdoor robotics Proofs of Concept that meet client technical requirements, progressing from representative environments through to full client-site deployments, supported by physical field trials and simulation-based validation
• Contribute to simulation environments for behaviour, navigation, and fleet coordination testing
• Contribute to reusable, modular software components that accelerate future project delivery
• Advise the consulting team on mapping, planning, behaviour, and fleet coordination options, translating client requirements into implementable technical approaches
• Contribute to systems engineering processes including requirements traceability and hazard analysis for robotic deployments in unstructured outdoor environments

About the Candidate:

• Degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (Master’s preferred)
• Linked or transferable skills, along with consulting experience or a strong interest in consulting, are highly desirable
• Strong hands-on experience with ROS 2, including familiarity with Nav2 or similar navigation frameworks
• Experience with mapping and localisation for mobile robots, including landmark-based approaches and GNSS positioning
• Experience designing autonomous behaviours (e.g. path planning, task planning, mission planning, behaviour trees/state machines)
• Proficiency in C++ and Python within a Linux environment, with experience in outdoor robotics and familiarity with Open RMF or similar fleet coordination frameworks
• Awareness of systems engineering principles (e.g. V-model), along with experience in Docker, CI/CD, DevOps practices, and simulation tools (Gazebo or Nvidia Isaac Sim)
• Hands-on experience with multi-robot coordination, fleet management systems, task allocation algorithms, and familiarity with mapping standards, geospatial data, or digital twin generation would be beneficial
• Experience with 3D mapping, point cloud processing, semantic mapping techniques, and working with OEM robotic platforms and third-party autonomy stacks would be advantageous
• Familiarity with functional safety standards, experience in relevant sectors, holding a UK driving licence, and fluency in German or Italian would be beneficial

Applicants who do not meet every requirement are nevertheless encouraged to submit an application. We are happy to discuss how their skills and experience could align with this position

Reply is an Equal Opportunities Employer and committed to embracing diversity in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, identity, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status or parental status or any other characteristic protected by the Law.

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