CI Cordinator

“We are on a mission: to transform the future of online grocery through cutting-edge technology innovation.”

What does the team do

In the Haptics and Dexterity Team, we are empowering Ocado’s robots to enable full automation in Grocery Shopping.

In this position, you will be leading the development and architecture of the software that operates our novel mechatronics devices from the early stages of development. You will play a key role in the design of highly dexterous manipulation algorithms.

What will I be doing?

You will also be responsible for the integration of the software and hardware components and collaborate into the testing required to validate the correct operation of the devices.

The roles and responsibilities of this role include:

• Collaborating on system architecture design (software and hardware)

• Participating effectively in investigating and implementing sensor-driven robotics solutions to specific automation problems.

• Apply your ML expertise to solve problems within robotics and manipulation domains.

• Developing algorithms and behaviours that will improve our manipulation capabilities.

• Taking an active role in the choice of technologies and techniques used in the delivery of robotics application demonstrators.

• Designing and implementing systems integration software to suit the functionality of custom designed hardware

• Integrating and developing robotic components to enhance the capabilities of our robotic solutions.

• Designing interfaces with the hardware components.

• Testing, validation and verification of complete software/hardware system performance

• Working collaboratively with other team members with expertise in other engineering disciplines

What we are looking for

• PhD or MSc plus relevant working experience

• Good software engineering skills: ability to write clean and reusable code

• Demonstrable experience in developing software in C++ and python

• Machine Learning experience: supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning.

• Knowledge and interest on interfacing with robots and mechatronics devices

• Experience on designing and delivering APIs

• Familiarity with containerization applications like Docker

• Knowledge of Design Patterns

• Knowledge of Real Time systems.

• Experience with, and understanding of, computer systems scheduling and resource allocation including:

• Process and thread management

• Inter-process communication and synchronisation

• Semaphores

• Shared memory

• Handling interrupts

• Direct memory access

• Multi-core processing

• Remote procedure calls

• Experience of writing device drivers

• An appreciation of the principles involved in hardware and software co-design

• Experience with common software development tools and practices (e.g. source control, code peer review, etc.)

• Experience with CI/CD

Bonus points if you have…

• Software experience working with robotic arms or end effectors for manipulation tasks

• Understanding of the trade-offs involved in realising a particular functionality in the various technology domains (viz. electronic/mechanical/software)

• Experience developing on Ubuntu Linux / ROS

• Knowledge of Robotics, i.e. Robot kinematics, Dynamics, Control, etc.

About Ocado Technology

Ocado Technology is changing the way the world shops using advanced Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Big Data, Cloud and IoT. We develop the innovative software and hardware systems that power Ocado.com, as well as the unique ‘Ocado Smart Platform’ which is being implemented by ambitious retailers across the world from Europe to America, Asia and beyond.

Our Values

We champion a value-led culture to get our teams working at their very best and to help create a collaborative working environment with inspiring projects that our people love. Core values of Trust, Autonomy, Craftsmanship, Collaboration and Learn Fast help drive our innovative culture. But don’t just take our word for it, have a look at what our people are saying about us on Glassdoor.

What we can offer you

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately. Currently, we offer technically stretching work, a competitive salary and;

• A Work from Home policy that sees you in the office typically 40% of your time.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere’ policy

• Equity Plan (10-15% of salary) for eligible roles and levels.

• Wellbeing support through Apps such as Unmind and an Employee Assistance Programme

• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)

• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete) Train Ticket loan (interest-free)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices

• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes

• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees

• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)