Robotics Jobs UK 2025: 50 Companies Hiring Now

Industrial & Warehouse Automation Leaders (1–10)

1. Ocado Technology – Hatfield & London

   • Vacancy: Robotics Control Engineer – 600‑Bot Grid Swarms

   • Why: Groceries fulfilled by 7‑axis arms; ROS 2 & bespoke PLC mash‑ups.

2. Dematic UK – Banbury

   • Vacancy: Mechatronics Engineer – ASRS Shuttle Systems

   • Why: New £50 m client sites opening; strong graduate scheme.

3. ABB Robotics – Milton Keynes

   • Vacancy: Field Service Engineer – IRB 1200/6700 Cells

   • Why: Expanding UK service fleet for automotive & pharma clients.

4. KUKA UK – Halesowen

   • Vacancy: Applications Programmer – KRL & ROS‑Industrial

   • Why: Training academy & sponsored apprenticeships.

5. Amazon Robotics Europe – Manchester

   • Vacancy: Automation Deployment Manager – Proteus AMRs

   • Why: 5 new fulfilment centres, hybrid working & stock awards.

6. GreyOrange – Birmingham

   • Vacancy: Fleet AI Engineer – Rangers & Sorters

   • Why: First EU Ranger G2 install; Python & reinforcement learning stack.

7. AutoStore UK – London

   • Vacancy: Integration Specialist – B1 Black Line

   • Why: Cubic storage boom in fashion & health‑tech warehouses.

8. Fanuc UK – Coventry

   • Vacancy: Robotics Trainer – CRX Collaborative Arms

   • Why: Brand‑new £25 m HQ, global OEM links.

9. Tritium Automation – Leeds

   • Vacancy: Gripper Design Engineer – Lightweight E‑Mobility Arms

   • Why: Northern Powerhouse grant, equity options & flexible hours.

10. Fluent Robotics – Cardiff

    • Vacancy: PLC‑to‑ROS Bridge Developer – Food‑Safe Pick & Place

    • Why: Welsh manufacturing hub, rapid start‑up growth.

Autonomous Vehicles, Drones & Mobility Pioneers (11–20)

1. Wayve – London

   • Vacancy: Motion Planning Engineer – AV2.0 End‑to‑End Stack

   • Why: £200 m Series C, petabyte‑scale road data.

2. Oxa (Oxbotica) – Oxford

   • Vacancy: Autonomous Perception Scientist – Multi‑Sensor Fusion

   • Why: Industrial/mining autonomy contracts, rugged hardware.

3. Five AI (Bosch) – Cambridge

   • Vacancy: Simulation Toolchain Developer – AV Safety Cases

   • Why: Integrating UK stack into Bosch’s L4 highway pilot.

4. Starship Technologies – Milton Keynes

   • Vacancy: Robot Operations Lead – 2 000 Delivery Bots

   • Why: Live suburban deployments & hands‑on fleet scaling.

5. Dronamics – Bicester

   • Vacancy: Flight Control Systems Engineer – Cargo Drones

   • Why: CAA cargo corridor cleared; carbon‑neutral air freight.

6. Skydio UK – Manchester

   • Vacancy: Computer‑Vision Engineer – On‑Drone AI

   • Why: Enterprise inspection & blue‑light deployments.

7. ZeroAvia Robotics – Kemble

   • Vacancy: Autonomous Tug Engineer – Hydrogen Runway Ops

   • Why: Airport ground vehicle robotics for zero‑emission flight.

8. StreetDrone – Oxford

   • Vacancy: Tele‑Ops Network Engineer – 5G C‑V2X Yard Trucks

   • Why: Partnerships with Nissan & NEOM hub.

9. Conigital – Birmingham

   • Vacancy: Safety Driverless Systems Analyst – ISO 26262

   • Why: Midlands Future Mobility testbed, hybrid‑first culture.

10. Apian Health Drone Logistics – Bedford

    • Vacancy: UAV Mission Planner – NHS Medical Deliveries

    • Why: Scaling BVLOS routes for pathology samples.

Service, Medical & Consumer Robotics Innovators (21–30)

1. Dyson – Hullavington

   • Vacancy: Home Robotics Behaviour Engineer – SLAM & Manipulation

   • Why: £2.75 bn tech strategy, new household robot line.

2. Smith+Nephew – Watford & Hull

   • Vacancy: Surgical Robotics Software Engineer – CORI System

   • Why: UK orthopaedic robot HQ, CE & FDA pipelines.

3. Cambridge Medical Robotics (CMR Surgical) – Cambridge

   • Vacancy: Control Systems Engineer – Versius Arm

   • Why: 150 global installs, rapid product roadmap.

4. Blue Prism RPA – Warrington & remote

   • Vacancy: Edge‑Automation Architect – Robot Process Pipeline

   • Why: Digital workers meet 5G edge compute.

5. Shadow Robot Company – London

   • Vacancy: Dexterous Hand Mechatronics Engineer – Tactile Sensors

   • Why: SME with world‑class grasping tech; equity included.

6. Small Robot Company – Salisbury

   • Vacancy: Field Robotics Engineer – Agri Robot Swarms

   • Why: Carbon‑positive farming & DEFRA grant support.

7. Addon Robotics – Edinburgh

   • Vacancy: Rapid Prototyping Engineer – Soft Grippers

   • Why: University spin‑out, flexible 4‑day week.

8. BotsAndUs – London

   • Vacancy: Autonomy Engineer – Retail Inventory Robots

   • Why: Deployments with Gatwick & Heathrow; strong stock options.

9. Q‑Bot – Portsmouth

   • Vacancy: Robot Navigation Engineer – Crawl‑Space Insulation Bots

   • Why: Retro‑fit construction robots in 20 k UK homes.

10. Kar‑Go / Academy of Robotics – Braintree

    • Vacancy: Autonomous Delivery Robot Technician

    • Why: Road‑legal delivery pod fleet, MoD campus trials.

Robotics Software, AI Platforms & Scale‑ups (31–40)

1. Rapyuta Robotics UK – London

   • Vacancy: Cloud Robotics Backend Engineer – ROS 2 SaaS

   • Why: Swiss‑Japanese HQ chooses London for EMEA dev hub.

2. Fetch AI – Cambridge

   • Vacancy: Multi‑Agent Systems Scientist – Decentralised Robotics

   • Why: Combining Web3 & swarm robotics; remote‑first.

3. Digital Catapult – SONIC Labs – London

   • Vacancy: 5G MEC Integration Engineer – Open RAN & Edge Robots

   • Why: National testbed, direct industry projects.

4. Seventh Sense – Bristol

   • Vacancy: Real‑Time Vision Engineer – Jetson & Triton

   • Why: Edge AI inference <40 ms for manufacturing QC.

5. Fieldwork Robotics – Exeter

   • Vacancy: Robotics AI Scientist – Raspberry Picking Vision

   • Why: Spin‑out from Uni of Plymouth; series of M&S farm pilots.

6. SLAMcore – London

   • Vacancy: Spatial AI Engineer – Visual‑Inertial Odometry

   • Why: Plug‑&‑play SLAM SDK for drones, AMRs & AR glasses.

7. Inovo Robotics – Guildford

   • Vacancy: Robotics SDK Developer – SaaS Cobots

   • Why: Modular lightweight arms for SME factories.

8. Automata Lab – London

   • Vacancy: Robotics Applications Engineer – Lab Automation

   • Why: EVA cobots pipetting in NHS & biotech labs.

9. Humane Robotics AI – Manchester

   • Vacancy: Pose Estimation Scientist – Humanoid 6‑DoF Control

   • Why: Humanoid project seed‑funded, hybrid & hardware stipend.

10. Vaarst – Bristol

    • Vacancy: Sub‑Sea Autonomy Developer – Offshore ROV SLAM

    • Why: Field deployments on North Sea wind farms; remote‑friendly.

Public Sector, Labs & Research Powerhouses (41–50)

1. National Robotarium (Heriot‑Watt & Edinburgh Uni) – Edinburgh

   • Vacancy: Research Fellow – Human‑Robot Interaction

   • Why: £22 m facility, industry‑funded PhD & postdoc posts.

2. UKRI Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) – Coventry

   • Vacancy: Robotics Integration Engineer – High‑Mix Production

   • Why: Catapult centre; hands‑on with £35 m kit.

3. University of Oxford – Oxford Robotics Institute

   • Vacancy: Postdoc Researcher – Legged Robots Navigation

   • Why: ANYmal & Spot fleets, publish at ICRA & RSS.

4. Imperial College London – Dyson School of Design Engineering

   • Vacancy: Lecturer – Soft Robotics & Origami Structures

   • Why: Tenure track & £200 k start‑up lab package.

5. GCHQ AI & Robotics – Cheltenham

   • Vacancy: Autonomous Inspection Robot Engineer – Classified Sites

   • Why: DV premium & unique mission‑critical deployments.

6. MOJ Prison Tech – Sheffield

   • Vacancy: Robotics Project Manager – Autonomous Security Patrols

   • Why: £100 m prison modernisation fund.

7. Royal Mail Autonomous Logistics – Northampton

   • Vacancy: Fleet Technical Lead – Last‑Mile Delivery Bots

   • Why: 10 postcode trials & national scale‑out plan.

8. Network Rail Digital Maintenance – Milton Keynes

   • Vacancy: Track Inspection Robot Engineer – 5G Telemetry

   • Why: £45 bn Rail Modernisation Programme.

9. Met Police Digital Forensics – London

   • Vacancy: Bomb Disposal Robot Systems Engineer – Next‑Gen UGV

   • Why: New counter‑terror kit, SC clearance & rapid hands‑on trials.

10. DSTL (Defence Science & Tech Lab) – Porton Down

    • Vacancy: Swarm Robotics Scientist – Collaborative UxV

    • Why: Classified research, DV clearance & publication opportunities.

Hiring trends we’re seeing for 2025

• AMRs everywhere. Two‑thirds of adverts mention fleet orchestration or multi‑sensor SLAM for indoor mobile robots.

• Safety & assurance matter. ISO 10218‑2, IEC 61508 & RED amendments appear in half of job descriptions—compliance engineers command 15 % premiums.

• Edge AI marries robotics. Employers seek TensorRT, Jetson & ONNX skills for on‑board inferencing at <50 ms latency.

• Hybrid working sticks, labs stay hands‑on. Engineers average three on‑site days (or deployment trips) but software & simulation roles often remain remote‑first.

• DV & SC clearance boosts pay. Defence & security roles add up to 30 % on base salary for cleared candidates.

How to maximise your applications

1. Tailor your CV – quantify cycle‑time cuts, MTBF gains or autonomy‑rate improvements.

2. Use our search filters – try “ROS 2 + remote”, “ISO 10218 + contract” or “Jetson + Manchester” on RoboticsJobs.co.uk.

3. Set a job alert – we’ll email you as soon as the Hotlist is refreshed (next edition: October 2025).

4. Network smartly – attend events like Robotics & Automation UK, ROSCon London, Agri‑Tech E & Innovate UK RobotEx; many employers above sponsor & interview on‑site.

5. Upskill continuously – master behaviour trees, MoveIt 2, eBPF observability & safety‑rated LiDAR integration to stay in demand.

About this Hotlist

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