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title: 'Robotics Engineer at XYZ Reality'
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# Robotics Engineer at XYZ Reality

- **Company:** [XYZ Reality](https://feeny.ai/companies/xyz-reality)
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/xyz-reality/299e05ea-e33e-469b-904e-9ef5b21ba3a1

## Job description

Help shape the future of robotics in construction.

## ABOUT XYZ REALITY

XYZ Reality created the world’s first and only engineering-grade augmented reality solution, purpose-built for the construction industry. Our holographic technology sits within The Atom, a smart, site-safe headset and hardhat, and is used on live projects to ensure schemes are delivered on time and on budget. XYZ has grown to over 150 staff across the UK, US and Europe, and works with mission-critical organisations and construction companies to deliver major projects.

## THE ROLE

Construction sites are some of the hardest environments for robot autonomy: they change every day and are full of clutter, obstacles and people. XYZ Reality’s robotics programme is extending our technology toward robots that can operate reliably in them, from autonomous data collection and construction progress capture through to executing construction tasks. We’re looking for a Robotics Engineer to make that real. You’ll work hands-on with robot hardware in our London office, using a modern stack (ROS 2, NVIDIA Isaac Lab, learning-based control), and see your work tested in real construction environments, not just in simulation. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role focused on robot software and algorithmic control, backed by a good working knowledge of robot hardware. If you have strong robotics fundamentals from an MSc, PhD or applied research group, love making systems work on real robots, and want your ideas to shape the direction of a programme, we want to hear from you. This is an office-based role at our London site in Angel, Islington.

## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Integrate robots with XYZ’s software, bringing up ROS / ROS 2 interfaces, robot control, sensors, compute and data flows, and building repeatable tools for bring-up, configuration, logging and monitoring.
- Establish reliable baseline control and develop task-specific behaviours for navigation, positioning and capture, training and tuning control policies in simulation and validating them on hardware.
- Develop localisation-aware path planning, waypoint execution and obstacle handling, working with project and site teams to turn work plans and BIM-derived locations into robot missions.
- Integrate capture payloads so images, pose, timing and mission status flow reliably into XYZ’s construction progress workflows, working with navigation, SLAM and perception colleagues.
- Design test scenarios and measure mission completion, coverage, localisation quality, intervention, recovery and repeatability, improving the system through measured iterations.
- Bring technical expertise and new ideas to the programme, comparing scripted, motion-planning and learning-based approaches and helping shape what comes next.

## REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

- MSc or PhD in Robotics, Controls, Computer Science, Mechatronics or a related discipline, or equivalent applied robotics experience. Industry experience is not required.
- Hands-on experience building, programming or directly controlling a physical robot, from an academic project, research lab or industry.
- Strong Python and C++, practical ROS experience (ideally ROS 2) and working knowledge of kinematics, coordinate frames, feedback control, state estimation, path planning and robot hardware.
- Experience training or tuning robot control policies (e.g. reinforcement or imitation learning) using NVIDIA Isaac Lab / Isaac Sim or similar tools, with a rigorous experimental approach.
- The right to work in the UK. We’re unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

## KEY EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

- ROS / ROS 2, Python & C++
- Robot control, kinematics, state estimation & path planning
- NVIDIA Isaac Lab / Isaac Sim, reinforcement or imitation learning
- Sim-to-real transfer on physical hardware (desirable)
- Navigation, SLAM, perception & sensor fusion (desirable)
- Mobile or field robotics, BIM/CAD or construction technology (desirable)

## BENEFITS

🏝️ 25 days annual leave + public holidays 🩺 Private healthcare with Vitality 🎄 Christmas shutdown days on top of leave allowance (2–4 per year usually) 🚇 Office located within a 5-minute walk from Angel station 🪙 Annual salary reviews 🥳 Summer & Christmas staff parties 🍣 Free lunch on Thursdays, followed by after-work drinks 💰 Employee referral scheme 🚀 Make a real-world impact by helping transform the construction industry

## About XYZ Reality

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: XYZ Reality provides a construction delivery platform that combines engineering-grade augmented reality with real-time project controls to help teams plan, build, and deliver mission-critical projects with reduced risk and rework.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A/B stage; total funding of $37M)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: David Mitchell (former architect, son of a builder)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Construction technology (ConTech), Augmented Reality (AR), Project Management Software
- Target customers: B2B — Enterprise; specifically asset owners, general contractors, specialty contractors, and developers in mission-critical sectors (data centers, pharmaceuticals, airports, hydrogen plants)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Build it right, first time" — eliminating rework and transforming how mission-critical projects are planned, built, and delivered.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **XYZ Construction Delivery Platform**: An all-in-one SaaS platform combining real-time project controls, progress tracking, and quality assurance for construction portfolios.
- **Atom AR Headset**: The world’s most accurate engineering-grade augmented reality headset, enabling teams to view and position BIM holograms on-site to 5mm accuracy for real-time validation and clash detection.
- **Project Controls Module**: Software for tracking progress, managing resources, and gaining real-time visibility into onsite activities to mitigate delays.
- **Offsite Prefab Module**: Validation tool for prefabricated components before they leave the warehouse, ensuring accuracy and reducing rework.
- **Quality Control Module**: On-site QA tool that catches errors and clashes early using objective, instant data from the field.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $37M across 6 rounds; annual revenue estimated at $1.4M (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed in public sources, but the company has delivered over $14B in combined project value for clients including global data center developers.
- **Growth Signals**: 120 employees (+7.1% YoY); operates in 19 countries (UK, US, India, Canada, Spain, Ireland, and more); LinkedIn followers grew 17.6% year-over-year to 29,010; reported saving a client 408 days and $135M across seven hyperscale data center projects.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Engineering-Grade AR**: The Atom headset provides 5mm accuracy for BIM holograms, a level of precision unmatched by consumer AR headsets.
- **Real-Time Objective Data**: Replaces subjective progress reports with irrefutable field data, enabling proactive decision-making and de-risking construction lifecycles.
- **Proven ROI**: Documented case studies showing massive cost and time savings (e.g., 408 days saved, $135M+ in rework costs avoided, 10x ROI for a global data center developer).
- **End-to-End Platform**: Combines hardware (AR headset) with software (project controls, quality, prefab) in a single managed service, creating a sticky ecosystem.

## Strategic Focus
- Current priorities and direction for growth: Accelerating delivery of mission-critical projects (especially data centers, pharma, and airports); expanding global footprint (already in 19 countries); deepening portfolio-level intelligence for large developers; continuing to innovate on AR hardware and software integration to eliminate rework and reduce time-to-market for clients.

## Why Work Here
- Culture highlights: Startup culture where "everyone rolls their sleeves up and gets stuck in"; values innovation, drive, and disruption; strong emphasis on team building and wellbeing.
- Remote/hybrid/office policy: Flexible, hybrid, and remote working options available across many positions.
- Notable perks: 5 weeks holiday plus additional Christmas days; health cover; wellbeing programs; regular team events; opportunity to work with cutting-edge AR technology and make a tangible impact on the construction industry.
- Engineering culture: Opportunity to work on revolutionary AR hardware (Atom headset) and a full-stack SaaS platform; solving real-world problems for massive construction projects.

## Sources
1. [xyzreality.com](https://www.xyzreality.com/)
2. [xyzreality.com/about-xyz-reality](https://www.xyzreality.com/about-xyz-reality)
3. [xyzreality.com/join-the-team](https://www.xyzreality.com/join-the-team)
4. [linkedin.com/company/xyz-reality](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/xyz-reality)
5. [builtin.com/company/xyz-reality](https://builtin.com/company/xyz-reality)

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