Application Engineer

Applications Engineer We're looking for an Applications Engineer to support the integration, commissioning and troubleshooting of advanced navigation and sensing technology across autonomous, robotic, marine and defence applications. This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role for someone who enjoys working across hardware, software and data. You'll help customers integrate complex sensing systems onto real-world platforms, investigate technical issues and support systems through commissioning and deployment. Skills & Experience Essential:

• Strong systems integration, applications or field engineering experience
• Hands-on integration and troubleshooting of electronic / sensor-based systems
• Comfortable working across hardware, software and data
• Experience analysing logs, test data and system behaviour to diagnose issues
• Strong customer-facing communication and technical problem-solving skills
• Experience integrating systems onto autonomous, robotic, marine or similarly complex platforms
• Comfortable supporting commissioning, testing and real-world deployments Desirable:
• GNSS, INS, IMU or other positioning / navigation technologies
• UAV, UGV, ROV or AUV platforms
• Robotics or autonomous systems
• Subsea / marine technology
• Python and/or MATLAB
• ROS / ROS2
• SDKs and APIs
• Telemetry and communications protocols
• Sensor calibration, configuration or data analysis Additional Information
• Open to permanent & Contract
• Competitive salary/rate depending on experience
• UK-based role (North East)
• Customer-facing position combining technical engineering with real-world applications
• Opportunity to work across autonomous, robotics, marine and defence environments
• Some customer-site / deployment travel should be expected