The company has a worldwide impact in the marine sector by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies "MDA", products, and systems that significantly enhance security, safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. Our customers are global and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.
SRT is an exciting company where high-quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and constantly seek to innovate in order to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work, where talented, hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine industry.
We're seeking an experienced and versatile Senior Sensor Engineer join our Edge Team. This is a rare opportunity to help define and deliver our cutting-edge Maritime Surveillance and Fisheries Monitoring solutions, working at the intersection of hardware, software, and advanced sensor technologies.
About the role of Senior Sensor Engineer - (not exhaustive):
In the Edge Team, you'll work on the "sensors at the fringe" fixed and mobile surveillance equipment such as radars, cameras, RDF, AIS, and other specialist maritime sensors. Your mission as a Senior Sensor Engineer will be to integrate, calibrate, and optimise these systems in non-production environments, building the software that makes their outputs usable for downstream systems and training our Delivery Team for fielddeployment.
The role spans multi-domain sensor fusion, AI-assisted analysis, anomaly detection, augmented reality, autonomous sentry operation, and evidence collection. You'll work closely with colleagues across software, hardware, data science, and infrastructure to bring innovative, high-performance edge solutions to life.
What You'll Be Doing - Senior Sensor Engineer
Design, develop, and maintain edge-sensor solutions focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability.
Build test infrastructure to capture and analyse quality and performance metrics
Work across the stack - UI, backend, robotics, device integrations, networking - learning new technologies as needed
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
Diagnose and resolve technical issues through root cause analysis
Automate SDLC processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort
Produce and maintain technical documentation
Mentor peers, contribute to code reviews, and promote collaborative working practices
What You'll Bring - Senior Sensor Engineer
Strong engineering mindset with experience in one or more of: Microsoft .Net, GoLang, Python, C++, Rust.
Broad exposure to remote sensing disciplines, including:
Mathematics, physics, and geospatial mapping
Working with sensor hardware and electronics
Networking principles, protocols, and services
Application development across embedded, desktop, and web platforms
Video and radar signal processing (e.g., OpenCV)
AI-based, hardware-accelerated image processing (e.g., YOLO)
Familiarity with Enterprise Systems architecture
Experience with version control systems (Git) and SDLC automation tools
Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills
Our Values at SRT
Ambition - Aspiring to lead in maritimedomain management
Innovation - Driving improvement through creativity and forward-thinking
Quality - Committing to high standards in performance and reliability
Responsibility - Being individually accountable and team-driven
Team - Collaborating openly with colleagues, partners, and customers
Why Join Us?
Work on mission-critical maritime surveillance systems used worldwide
Be part of an ambitious, innovative, and supportive team
Make a direct impact on global maritime safety and sustainability
Enjoy flexible hybrid working
Competitive salary and benefits, including:
Matched pension contributions up to 5%
Private health care
Development and training programmes
SRT Marine Systems plc is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from all backgrounds
Salary description
£60000.00 - £75000.00 per year