Senior Software Engineer – Robot Software

Company: United States Digital Space LLC
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Location: Cambridge
Job Description:

Job Overview

Senior Software Engineers within the Robot Software department are responsible for:

  • Developing embedded software for CMR medical devices, together with all necessary testing and documentation for regulatory approval.
  • Developing software tools and processes for Robot Software, Operational Excellence and CMR as a whole in accordance with CMRs quality management system.
  • Providing technical leadership for the direction of the team
  • Engineers can expect to be assigned to the scrum team where their skills and experience can best meet CMRs needs.

This role is offered on a hybrid basis, with a minimum of 3 days a week being based in the office.

Responsibilities

Working within the Robot Software scrum team framework you will be part of a team following international standards to develop safety-critical embedded software for a medical device.

The role will include:

  • Developing embedded software for CMR medical devices (mostly in C), including risk management and requirements definition
  • Developing automated software test coverage (C and Python) suitable to meet regulatory and quality management requirements on safety-critical software
  • Developing software tools and processes for Robot Software and CMR as a whole (mostly in Python)
  • Designing and performing manual tests with the robot, from design through release stages of development
  • Contributing to investigations on system design conformance and quality of function
  • Lead or provide significant assistant in the planning and management of the scrum team.
  • Lead streams of work within the team, specifying the necessary tasks and planning that work across sprints
  • Be involved with mentoring, recruitment activities, line management and/or team leadership

We expect you to be willing to turn your hand to anything within the Robot Software remit that helps the team deliver its objectives.

About you

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have/be:

  • Experience developing software, preferably in a regulated environment.
  • A strong interest and understanding of software engineering fundamentals and best practice
  • Leadership of design, developers, teams or software projects
  • Good familiarity with either C or Python
  • Degree or equivalent in a numerate discipline

It will be an advantage to have experience in any combination of the following:

  • Control systems
  • DC motor control
  • Linux
  • MATLAB or Python for algorithm prototyping and/or data analysis
  • Microcontrollers
  • Network protocols
  • Numerical Linear Algebra
  • Robot kinematics/solid body mechanics
  • Safety critical software development standards, particularly IEC 62304.

Why Join Us?

We offer a competitive salary and a great benefits package including a bonus, pension, healthcare and enhanced global parental leave pay.

We love to hear from you!

This role requires candidates to have eligibility to work within the UK.

Strictly no agencies.

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Posted: June 15th, 2026