Latest Autonomous Systems Developer Jobs

Expression of Interest- Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team

This role involves developing and running advanced evaluations of frontier AI models in cybersecurity and autonomous systems, using cyber ranges and CTF environments to assess capabilities and risks. You'll work on pre-deployment testing, validate novel model behaviors, and support UK government decision-making on AI governance. The work is research-driven, technically rigorous, and operates at the intersection of AI safety, security, and policy.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom £65,000 – £145,000 pa

Hybrid Permanent Clearance Required

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Senior Embedded Software Test Engineer, Onboard Test Automation

Design and execute automated tests for onboard software subsystems on embedded platforms, focusing on OS, middleware, sensors, and integration points. Work within hardware-in-the-loop environments to debug cross-layer issues and expand test coverage. Contribute to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks to enable developer self-service testing and accelerate development cycles.

Wayve London, United Kingdom

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Full-Stack Software Engineer, Model Development Platform

Design and build full-stack applications that streamline model development workflows for autonomous driving systems, including experiment management, training, and on-road testing. Develop scalable backend services and intuitive web interfaces while mentoring engineers and shaping platform architecture. Work closely with researchers and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, observable, and reliable systems that accelerate AI development in a safety-critical environment.

Wayve United Kingdom

Senior Developer Relations Manager, ISV

This role involves driving adoption of NVIDIA's AI and computing platforms among independent software vendors (ISVs) by providing technical guidance, enabling integrations, and fostering co-innovation. The person will work closely with developer teams and ISV partners to optimize solutions using NVIDIA technologies like CUDA and Triton, while translating field feedback into product roadmap insights. Key responsibilities include leading technical workshops, developing enablement resources, and collaborating across engineering, product, and marketing to scale developer engagement in emerging tech domains.

NVIDIA United Kingdom

Developer Technology Engineer, Energy

This role involves optimizing GPU-accelerated HPC and AI workflows for energy applications such as seismic processing, reservoir simulation, and power grid modeling. The engineer will profile and enhance CUDA performance, develop reference implementations, and collaborate with customers and internal teams to deliver scalable multi-GPU and multi-node solutions. Work includes deep technical engagement on real-world energy simulation pipelines and contributing to future NVIDIA product development.

NVIDIA

Remote Permanent

Alignment Red Team - Research Engineer/Research Scientist

This role involves researching and developing methods to detect misalignment in advanced AI systems, conducting pre- and post-deployment evaluations, and sharing findings with AI companies and governments. You will also contribute to public research and build tools to improve alignment evaluation processes.

AI Security Institute London, United Kingdom

Research Engineer - Inference

The role involves deploying and optimizing cutting-edge AI models for real-time inference in production environments. You'll focus on improving latency, throughput, and cost efficiency across the full serving stack, from model architecture to custom kernels and orchestration. The position emphasizes building high-performance systems and tooling to enable rapid, reliable deployment of AI models at scale.

ElevenLabs United Kingdom

Remote Permanent

Research Engineer - Web Crawlers

Build and scale distributed web crawlers to source high-quality, multilingual data from the open web for training frontier AI models. Design targeted pipelines for audio, video, and text, and develop tooling for researchers to monitor and access crawled data efficiently. Focus on reliability, content extraction, deduplication, and compliance at web scale.

ElevenLabs United Kingdom

Remote Permanent

Autonomous Systems Engineer

This role involves designing, developing, and integrating advanced control and autonomy capabilities for military aviation platforms. You'll work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative solutions, from concept and simulation to real-world deployment and operational trials.

Matchtech Farnborough, GU14 7JT, United Kingdom £47,000 – £52,500 pa

Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems

Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems within a specialist engineering team. Work on evolving software architecture in a regulated environment with real-world impact. Role involves office-based collaboration three days per week in Oxfordshire.

Spectrum IT Recruitment Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £40,000 – £60,000 pa

Research Scientist/Engineer - General Decision & Control Agent

This role involves advancing autonomous AI agent systems with a focus on long-term reasoning, memory, self-improvement, and reinforcement learning. The researcher will design scalable memory architectures, develop self-evolving agent capabilities, and contribute to novel research in agentic RL and LLM-based reasoning. Work is conducted in a high-impact research environment with publication and innovation as core goals.

Adecco London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom £100,000 – £180,000 pa

Program Manager

The Program Manager will lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced Agentic AI systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions. Responsibilities include conducting research, optimizing models, mentoring junior engineers, and staying updated with the latest AI trends.

Tech Mahindra United Kingdom £90,000 – £120,000 pa

Software Test Engineer

The role involves software testing, software releases, and customer support for an AI startup. You will work with Python, Bash, Linux, Docker, and AWS, and have the opportunity to develop skills in automation, cloud, and edge technologies in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.

Lynx Recruitment Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Enterprise Architect Contractor

This role involves shaping the strategic direction of large-scale defence and digital transformation programmes by defining enterprise architecture principles, governance models, and technology roadmaps. The architect will assess emerging technologies like AI, data fabric, and autonomous systems for secure integration into operational environments, ensuring alignment across cloud, cyber, and mission systems. It is a leadership position requiring influence across senior stakeholders in a complex, multi-domain R&D setting within the defence sector.

Rebel Recruitment Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom £600 – £750 pd

AI Software Engineer

This role involves designing and deploying AI agents capable of automating penetration testing tasks such as planning, tool use, and vulnerability identification. The engineer will build sandboxed cyber-lab environments using containers and Kubernetes, integrate security tools, and enhance agent performance through prompt engineering and cost optimisation. Collaboration with security researchers is key to translating offensive techniques into agent behaviours, within a scalable, polyglot production system.

Infosec London, United Kingdom £150,000 – £180,000 pa