Software Engineer

Our Mission: To Be Bold and Impactful 

At Emesent, we build autonomous robotics, LiDAR mapping, and spatial data technologies that are transforming the way industries understand and interact with the physical world. Founded in 2018 with deep roots in Australia's globally recognised CSIRO, Emesent has become a global leader in drone autonomy and mobile mapping solutions. 

With a rapidly growing international customer base and expanding product portfolio across hardware, desktop software, and cloud platforms, we are entering an exciting new phase of growth and we're looking for engineers who want to help shape what comes next.

Cortex is the software and control architecture at the heart of every Emesent scanner — it's what takes you from handheld mapping all the way to autonomously controlling robotic systems connected to it. As a Software Engineer on the Capture team, you'll work on the real-time systems that turn sensor data into autonomous action. 

You'll join Capture working hands-on across the stack from low-level C++ modules to the Python tooling that supports testing, tuning, and deployment. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Capture Engineering Manager, with plenty of room to grow technical depth and ownership over time.

Cortex Software Stack Development 

• Design, implement, and maintain core Cortex modules covering hardware interface, navigation, mapping, and perception 

• Contribute to localisation and sensor fusion pipelines running on real robotic hardware 

• Improve the performance of our perception pipeline, path planning and navigation for GPS and GPS-denied environments 

• Maintain and expand our simulation pipeline to support development, testing, and tuning of autonomy behaviours 

Systems & Software Engineering 

• Write production-quality C++ for performance-critical, real-time robotics components 

• Build supporting tools, test harnesses, and analysis scripts in Python 

• Develop and extend our ROS-based architecture considering compute constraints of the hardware platform 

Testing, Deployment & Field Support 

• Validate autonomy behaviours in simulation and on physical hardware, including field trials 

• Debug and resolve issues surfaced from real-world deployments, working closely with hardware and field teams 

• Contribute to CI, automated testing, and regression pipelines to keep the stack reliable as it grows 

Collaboration 

• Work closely with senior engineers, hardware, and product teams to translate customer and field requirements into robust software 

• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning 

• Document design decisions and share knowledge across the team 

• Assist with support escalations raised by our clients, using the learned feedback to make our software better and more intuitive to use 

• 9-day fortnight – every second Friday off 

• Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) – share in Emesent's success 

• Work alongside a passionate and collaborative team building world-leading technology 

• Genuine learning and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning access 

• Employee Assistance Program 

• One additional day of leave each year for your work anniversary 

• Novated lease options 

Why Emesent? 

At Emesent, you'll work on technology that is genuinely shaping the future of how industries capture and understand the physical world. We offer a dynamic, collaborative environment, competitive compensation, and real opportunities for professional growth. Join us in pushing the boundaries of robotics and spatial intelligence.