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We have an exciting job opportunity for Principal Robotics Architect role at Glasgow, UK - Permanent Role: Principal Robotics Architect Duration: Permanent Location: Glasgow, UK Skills Required: Hardware Abstraction | Embedded C++ | ROS2 | Distributed Systems This is a platform-defining architecture position at the point where hardware, software, and AI converge. Right now, robotics systems are evolving from bespoke machines - scalable, software-defined platforms. What You'll Actually Be Doing You'll own the architecture that connects: Physical robotic systems Embedded control layers Cloud infrastructure AI-driven execution At the centre of it all: You'll design a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that allows a single instruction set to run across multiple generations of hardware. In simple terms - you make robotics programmable at scale. You'll be solving: How to split decision-making between cloud vs edge How to guarantee safe execution under latency or failure How to run Real Time systems across distributed environments How to standardise control across non-uniform hardware How to turn physical systems into continuously updatable platforms What Makes This Role Different You define the architecture - not inherit it True edge + cloud ownership - not siloed engineering Safety-critical systems - your decisions actually matter Greenfield direction - setting standards, not following them What You'll Be Building A contract-first HAL separating hardware from software cleanly An event-driven control backbone (MQTT/NATS style systems) Edge-first execution models (cloud = intent, edge = action) Simulation + digital twin environments for safe testing at scale Modern Embedded pipelines (OTA updates, HIL testing, CI/CD) What We're Looking For Deep Embedded C/C++ experience (8+ years) Background in robotics, automotive, aerospace, or industrial systems Strong experience with ROS2/DDS or similar frameworks Comfortable across: Python APIs (REST/gRPC/GraphQL) Containers (Docker) Messaging systems (Kafka/NATS/RabbitMQ) You've designed systems where: Latency matters Failure has real-world consequences Software directly controls physical systems

We have an exciting job opportunity for Principal Data Architect role at London/Glasgow, UK - Permanent Role: Principal Data Architect Duration: Permanent Location: London/Glasgow, UK Skills Required: Designing a modern lakehouse on AWS from first principles Building a Real Time data layer from high-frequency, distributed systems Creating a data model that's ML-ready on day one Defining how data flows across multiple global environments Solving hard problems around consistency, replication, and scale Turning legal/enterprise constraints into clean technical architecture Handles massive volumes of unstructured + streaming data Integrates graph, relational, and vector models in one ecosystem Powers AI systems directly from live operational data Scales from one site - global distributed infrastructure Supports enterprise clients with strict data isolation + governance Designing distributed data systems across teams or regions Deep in Python + cloud (AWS) Comfortable with streaming/telemetry data at scale Strong with Postgres and modern data patterns Experience with graph or vector databases Data governance & tenancy Replication & consistency trade-offs Secure data sharing across organizations