C++ Software Engineer (Safety Path): Visa Sponsorship Available

Oxa is enabling the transition to self-driving vehicles through an initial focus on the most commercially advanced sector; the autonomous shuttling of goods and people.

We are home to some of the world's leading experts on autonomous vehicles, creating solutions such as Oxa Driver, equipping vehicles with full self-driving functionality; Oxa MetaDriver, using Generative AI to accelerate and assure the safety of deployments; and Oxa Hub, a set of cloud-based offerings for autonomous fleet management.

Our technology is being deployed across the UK and the U.S, and we're partnering with a fast-growing ecosystem of operators, vehicle OEMs and equipment makers serving autonomous transportation globally as it advances.

As a C++ Software Engineer you will join our Shield Control Team.

Shield Control are one of the teams developing Safeguard, which acts as the final layer of defence for:

Collision avoidanceHandling component failures

In an ideal world, such a layer wouldn't need to exist. However, in the real world, we have to be able to handle anything. For example:

an object falling out of the back of a moving vehicle aheada tyre bursting due to poor maintenancea person running out from behind a parked car.

What you need to succeed:

• Working C++ knowledge
• The ability to debug software faultsdesign and implement solutions to complex problemswork both independently and across teamssupport your colleagues when they need helpgive and receive constructive code reviews
• A willingness to try new things
• A value-add of some kind (see examples below)
• Knowledge practice of safety standards (e.g. ISO 26262, MISRA C++:2023, ASPICE)
• Robotics domain knowledge (e.g. ROS)
• Expertise in modern C++ template meta-programming
• Skilled at control systems design
• Adept at creating software for resource constrained environments
• Something else we haven't thought of that you think might be relevant!

We would like to encourage speculative applications

You do not require a degree

You do not require a certain number of years of experience

We only require the right skills, regardless of how you acquired them

Funded relocation support is available

Funded visa sponsorship is available

If you're not sure, drop us a message and see!

The seniority of this role is not specified; this is to help encourage applicants from non-traditional backgrounds and applicable to all levels beyond internships.

• Competitive salary, benchmarked against the market and reviewed annually
• Company share programme
• Hybrid and/or flexible work arrangements
• An outstanding £3,000 flexible benefits including private medical insurance, critical illness coverage, life assurance, EAP, group income protection
• Funded relocation support
• Fully funded Visa sponsorship if required
• A salary exchange pension plan
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• A pet-friendly office environment
• Safe assigned spaces for team members with individual and diverse needs

We respect people's pronouns

We offer safe assigned spaces for team members with individual and diverse needs

LGBTQ+, gender, neuro, physically, racially, culturally and religiously diverse candidates encouraged

Adjustments to our interview process can be arranged if required