Robotics Software Engineering Manager
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Location: Bristol UK
Approach: Hybrid Remote typically 2-3 days per week in the office
Contract: Permanent full-time
Rosenxt is revolutionizing robotic perception and autonomous underwater systems shaping intelligent sensing capabilities for robotics in complex and unstructured environments. To accelerate this development we are growing our world-class engineering team at our location in Bristol UK.
The Robotics Software Engineering Manager at Rosenxt leads and develops a multidisciplinary engineering team driving performance growth and a strong collaborative culture. The role focuses on organizational leadership aligning team objectives with company strategy and ensuring effective delivery through structured processes and cross-functional coordination.
Lead and shape a growing robotics software team with high autonomy and ownership.
Take on a central leadership role within an international distributed organization.
Drive team development through hiring mentoring and establishing a strong engineering culture.
Influence how the team works by defining processes structures and ways of collaboration.
Work closely with cross-functional teams across the UK and Germany to align on goals and priorities.
Balance people leadership with organizational responsibility in a dynamic evolving environment.
Have a direct impact on team effectiveness delivery outcomes and long-term capability building.
Contribute to strategic decisions by translating company objectives into actionable team plans.
5 years in an engineering leadership or team lead role including direct people management (regular 1:1s performance reviews and structured career development).
Demonstrated experience hiring and scaling robotics software teams from defining roles and running interviews to onboarding and integrating new team members.
Proven ability to establish and refine team processes (e.g. planning road-mapping estimation delivery tracking) that enable predictable high-quality output in robotics projects.
5 years of experience developing production-grade robotics software in domains such as perception SLAM sensor fusion motion planning or control ideally across both research and industrial environments.
Experience collaborating with universities research labs or robotics institutes and translating research outcomes into robust deployable software for real-world applications.
Hands-on experience with real-world deployment of robotic or autonomous systems (e.g. industrial underwater logistics or field robotics) with an understanding of safety reliability and operational constraints.
Familiarity with robotics software ecosystems and frameworks (e.g. ROS/ROS 2) and modern software engineering practices in C and/or Python including testing simulation and data-driven validation.
Ability to translate company and research roadmaps into clear team plans milestones and measurable outcomes balancing strategic priorities with day-to-day delivery.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in distributed cross-functional environments comfortable representing the team in collaborations with research institutions industry partners and internal product/operations functions.
High adaptability initiative and a continuous-improvement mindset with a track record of identifying capability or organizational gaps and addressing them through hiring coaching upskilling or restructuring.
Development and career opportunities
Flexible hybrid working.
30 days annual leave bank holidays.
Company pension scheme where all employees receive a standard 10% employer contribution with no obligation for employee contributions.
Company sponsored life insurance and private medical insurance.
Cycle scheme provided by Green Cycle Initiative.
Competitive remuneration package
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