Robotic Software Engineer

At Lely, we believe in achieving a sustainable, profitable and agreeable future for dairy farmers by combining robotisation, engineering and farming expertise.

It all started with a dream cherished by two brothers in Maassluis 75 years ago, and ever since, we have worked to become innovative market leaders in automated systems for dairy farmers across the globe. With a team of 2,400 professional specialists, we work constantly to bring about revolutionary solutions for the agro industry. We are based at our Maassluis Campus, a building which features the highest sustainability performance possible, not just in the Netherlands, but on a global scale. Our overall objective: making dairy farming interesting, also for the coming generations.

In the Robotic Application Software Development department, we develop software that helps automate dairy farms. We work on a range of products that includes our flagship milking robot and our automated guided vehicles. We are looking for engineers to strengthen our team. 

As a Software Engineer, you are responsible for the development and maintenance of our automated farming solutions including robot software and front-end apps. You work in a multidisciplinary team composed of software and test engineers, but also data analysts or electronics engineers depending on the project you are on. In our Agile set up, you participate in all product development phases to create a production-worthy system. 

You help translate requirements to a solid software design. You play a proactive role in designing, improving, and guarding the software architecture.  

Are you the experienced software engineer we are looking for? 

Your main responsibilities are: 

• Designing, implementing, and testing of the robotic software.
• Optimizing data structures and algorithms used in production. 
• Maintaining existing robotic software and app, plus fixing bugs from the field. 
• Ensuring quality control based on design, code reviews, unit and integration testing, test automation, and addressing technical debt. 
• Contributing to the Agile work process by setting targets, reporting on progress, and managing risks and threats. 

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or a similar domain. 
• You are a professional C++ developer with 3 to 5 years of documented work experience using it. 
• You have experience with JavaScript, Python (test automation), and preferably Qt framework
• You have working knowledge of Linux and Git. 
• You approach problems from a system point of view. 
• You did your homework about cyber security. 
• You are familiar with multidisciplinary Agile Scrum team setups. 

A job for a true inventor, at a company driven by innovation. You will see your ideas come to life as they leave the factory to our customer, the dairy farmer. At the end you will contribute to a sustainable way of farming. 

We offer..

• flexibility in terms of working times and conditions;
• variety one day you will be at the workshop, another day on the farm and the next day you will work at the main office;
• the space and freedom to innovate, construct new ideas and tinker in our workshop;
• 40 holidays per year; 
• Salary up to a maximum of €5,500 gross per month, where we would like to see there is still room for growth;
• the tastiest coffee you will ever drink, courtesy of our barista;
• time for fun: table football, volleyball and a basketball court.

Recruitment or Consulting agency? 

We appreciate your interest, but we are sourcing all our candidates directly. We understand you are trying to offer your candidates interesting jobs at an innovative company like Lely but consider that any unsolicited profiles you send us will be treated as direct applications.