Senior AI Generative Robotics Engineer

Salary

Competitive depending on experience

2-3 days on-site at our Harwell office with travel to client site when required

Full-time permanent - 37.5 hours

Oxford Dynamics is at an inflection point. We operate in some of the most complex and high‑stakes environments in the world - defence, national security, AI and robotics. The decisions we make now, will define not just how fast we grow, but who we become.

You will work closely with all the team. You will be trusted with judgment calls. You will influence the business. And you will see the impact of your work every day in the work we do.

If you are excited by ownership, pace and purpose - and by building something that genuinely matters - we would love to hear from you.

Founded in 2020, Oxford Dynamics (OD) is a fast‑growing UK deep‑tech company developing AI and robotic systems designed to operate in mission‑critical environments.

Our flagship AVIS (A Very Intelligent System) AI framework fuses multi‑modal data - text, imagery, telemetry and sensor feeds - enabling operators to interrogate complex information at speed and make better decisions under pressure. Our STRIDER robotic platform performs autonomous tasks in hazardous environments, protecting people while extending operational reach.

Our ambition is simple but demanding: to converge AI and robotics so machines can sense, understand and act in complex, real‑world environments.

We work with defence and security organisations internationally to help protect nations, infrastructure and lives.

Oxford Dynamics is a small team who rely on a collaborative and positive approach and so the right attitude for this role is equally as important as experience. We are at an important stage and time in our growth, and as a Senior AI Generative Robotics Engineer you will be an essential part of our success.

You’ll work at the cutting edge of agentic and generative AI, building systems that move beyond lab demos and into real‑world deployment  Oxford Dynamics, you’ll have the freedom to experiment in a fast‑moving environment, the responsibility to deliver, and the opportunity to shape how multi‑agent AI systems operate in complex, constrained, and high‑trust environments.

If you’re excited by agent orchestration, VLLMs, and deploying AI where it matters, this role is built for you!

• Design, build, and optimise complex multi-agent AI systems (4+ agents) using Lang Graph or equivalent agentic frameworks for edge‑deployed, mobile robotic platforms
• Develop agent reasoning, planning, memory, and tool‑use pipelines combining LLMs, VLLMs, and perception modules for edge deployed robotic systems
• Integrate vision‑language models (VLMs/VLLMs) for perception, grounding, and decision‑making in robotic systems
• Lead applied R&D for robotics across LLMs, VLLMs, and agent orchestration, translating research into robust, deployable systems for robots
• Build production‑grade AI pipelines spanning data ingestion, model inference, agent coordination, and feedback loops
• Optimise models and agents for latency, reliability, and resource constraints, particularly for edge and offline use

• Deploy agentic AI systems onto robotic and edge platforms, balancing compute, power, and network constraints
• Implement inference stacks that support on‑device, hybrid, and disconnected operation
• Package AI systems using containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/Open Shift) where appropriate
• Own the end‑to‑end lifecycle of AI services you build: deployment, monitoring, optimisation, and iteration
• Implement observability for AI systems, including agent behaviour, model performance, and failure modes

• Work within secure edge environments, contributing infrastructure where required to support AI workloads
• Contribute to security hardening and operational resilience for AI services in sensitive environments

• Work closely with the Oxford Dynamics' Robotics Team and Product Leads to shape system…