Stage - Robotics and Control System Engineer

Join Saipem and engineer a sustainable future. We are a global leader in engineering and construction for the energy and infrastructure sectors, delivering complex onshore and offshore projects worldwide. Driven by technological innovation as “One Company”, our 30,000 people from over 130 nationalities in more than 50 countries work every day to enable the energy transition toward Net Zero. At Saipem, your expertise helps shape the future globally for environmental sustainability.

Purpose of the position:

As Robotics and Automation Engineer you will be part of the SONSCOS Business line. You will be involved in the team for the development of our hardware and software stack for our Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. In this role, you aren’t just "making a motor spin"—you are architecting the complex logic, perception, and decision-making engines that define our drones’ behavior. We treat each of our drones as a high-performance distributed system, and we need someone who prioritizes code quality, system stability, system architecture and software/hardware design and integration.

How can you support us?

• System Architecture: Design and maintain scalable architectures using our custom distributed middleware, ensuring seamless communication between high-level autonomy and low-level execution.

• Algorithm Development: Implement and optimize algorithms mainly in C++ and potentially with Python (for example path planning, localization, state estimation, navigation, computer vision, manipulation, neural networks etc.).

• Modern DevOps: Be involved and implement robust software practices in robotics, including containerization (Docker), automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines for AI integration and hardware-in-the-loop, code quality prioritization.

• Simulation & Virtualization: Build sophisticated simulation environments to stress-test software logic without needing a physical robot on your desk every day.

• Hardware Bridge: While your focus is on the "brain," you aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and delve into hardware-level issues when a sensor misbehaves or a driver needs a custom patch.

• Hardware integration: Be able to validate your developments and algorithm design with real hardware and together with an existing software ecosystem.

• Cybersecurity: While developing code, you are always thinking about cybersecurity implications and possible flaws and think about how to counteract them.

What are we looking for?

Education: Master's Degree in Information Engineering (Computer Engineering, Control System Engineering, Electronics Engineering) or any related field

Languages:

• Fluent spoken and written Italian and English are required

Technical Knowledge:

• Software Knowledge: Confident level of C++ (14/17/20) and Python 3. You should be comfortable with multi-threading, asynchronous programming, and memory management.

• Middleware: While we have a custom distributed middleware, experience with ROS/ROS2 is preferred (specifically communication patterns, lifecycle nodes, and DDS configuration).

• Architecture: Proven ability to write modular, reusable code. You should understand design patterns and how they apply to real-time systems.

• Tooling: Experience with Git flow, CMake, and Linux-based development environments.

• The "Hardware Bravery" Factor: You can be a software engineer, but you have the grit to debug a serial port, analyze a logic analyzer trace, or troubleshoot a flakey sonar driver when necessary. Preferred experience with Arduino and similar low level platforms.

What else should you know?

• Some travelling can be expected

• Opportunity to work with Saipem Sonsub Engineers in presence in our laboratories and workshops, where we test our vehicles.

What we can offer to you:

• Internship

• Hybrid working model: Smart Working options and flexible hours to help you achieve a better work-life balance, Company canteen and company gym.

• Our One Saipem Way soft skills model leverages on skills development, career growth, opportunities to innovate through complex challenges by promoting communication and collaboration to achieve common goals.

• Location: Venezia

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Additional Information

We support your development! Do you feel you might not fit this role perfectly? If you think you can contribute to our business development in the future, don’t hesitate to apply anyway through our spontaneous application form!

We embrace diversity! At Saipem, we believe that innovation thrives through diversity. Our culture is built on mutual respect, collaboration, inclusion and the belief that our differences drive our progress.

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