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Robotics Engineer
ROBOTICS ENGINEER REQUIRED IN SHROPSHIRE!!! Are you ready to take your career to the next level in the dynamic world of robotics? This is your chance to join a company that is at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge technology that shapes the future of autonomous and robotic platforms. As a Robotics Engineer, you will have the opportunity to...
Jonathan Lee Recruitment Ltd
Chetwynd Aston
Robotics Engineer
EFAB Resourcing are seeking an experienced Robotics Engineer with an electrical bias to join our team at Wren Kitchens. The successful candidate will play a key role in the installation, commissioning, and optimization of robotic systems within our manufacturing operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge automation technology and contribute to process improvements across our production lines....
EFAB Resourcing Ltd
Barton upon Humber
Maintenance Engineer
Maintenance Engineer Location: Burnley Salary: £42,300 + PLC Training + Pension + 25 days Holiday (+Bank) Shifts: 35 hours per week - 2-week rotation: Days: Mon-Thurs 07:00-15:00, Fri 07:00-12:00 Backs: Mon-Thurs 14:55-23:00, Fri 12:00-16:35Are you looking for a Maintenance role where you will have lots of chances for training and development? While working with cutting-edge automation supplying some of the...
Elix Sourcing Solutions
Burnley
Robotics Engineer
EFAB Resourcing are seeking an experienced Robotics Engineer with an electrical bias to join our team at Wren Kitchens. The successful candidate will play a key role in the installation, commissioning, and optimization of robotic systems within our manufacturing operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge automation technology and contribute to process improvements across our production lines....
EFAB
Barton-upon-Humber
Robotics Engineer
ROBOTICS ENGINEER – BEHAVIOUR AND PLANNING Location: Cambridge, UK. Hybrid with regular on-site work. Salary: £80,000 – £100,000 plus equity. Overview An early-stage autonomy company is hiring a Founding Robotics Engineer to build the behaviour and planning layer of a multi-robot autonomy system. The role focuses on how robotic teams plan, coordinate, and execute actions in uncertain, dynamic environments. You...
TECHNE
Cambridge
Robotics Engineer
EFAB Resourcing are seeking an experienced Robotics Engineer with an electrical bias to join our team at Wren Kitchens. The successful candidate will play a key role in the installation, commissioning, and optimization of robotic systems within our manufacturing operations. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge automation technology and contribute to process improvements across our production lines....
Robotics is moving rapidly from research labs into real-world deployment. Across the UK, robots are now used in manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, defence, agriculture, autonomous vehicles and service industries. As adoption accelerates, demand for skilled robotics professionals continues to grow.
Yet many employers struggle to attract the right candidates. Robotics job adverts often receive either very few applications or large numbers of unsuitable ones. Experienced robotics engineers, meanwhile, routinely skip adverts that feel vague, unrealistic or disconnected from how robotics systems actually work in practice.
In most cases, the problem is not the talent pool — it is the job advert itself.
Robotics professionals are systems thinkers. They care deeply about constraints, integration and real-world performance. A poorly written job ad signals weak technical understanding and unrealistic expectations. A well-written one signals credibility, seriousness and a mature robotics programme.
This guide explains how to write a robotics job ad that attracts the right people, improves applicant quality and positions your organisation as a credible employer in the robotics sector.
If you are applying for robotics jobs in the UK it is easy to assume you need degree level maths across everything. Most roles do not work like that. What hiring managers usually mean by “strong maths” is much more practical:
you can move confidently between coordinate frames
you understand rotations without getting lost
you can reason about kinematics, control, uncertainty & optimisation
you can turn that maths into working code in a robotics stack
This guide focuses on the only maths topics that consistently show up across common UK roles like Robotics Software Engineer, Controls Engineer, Autonomous Systems Engineer, Perception Engineer, SLAM Engineer, Robotics Research Engineer, Mechatronics Engineer & Robotics Systems Engineer.
You will also get a 6 week learning plan, portfolio projects & a resources section so you can learn fast without drowning in theory.
Robotics is where software, hardware & the physical world collide. From warehouse automation & surgical robots to drones, cobots & autonomous vehicles, robots must sense, think & act reliably in messy real environments.
To build that kind of technology, you need people who think differently.
If you live with ADHD, autism or dyslexia, you may have been told your brain is “too distracted”, “too literal” or “too chaotic” for engineering. In reality, many traits that made school or traditional offices hard are exactly what robotics teams need: intense focus on complex systems, pattern-spotting in sensor data, creative problem-solving when hardware misbehaves.
This guide is written for neurodivergent job seekers exploring robotics careers in the UK. We’ll cover:
What neurodiversity means in a robotics context
How ADHD, autism & dyslexia strengths map to key robotics roles
Practical workplace adjustments you can ask for under UK law
How to talk about your neurodivergence in applications & interviews
By the end, you’ll have a clearer sense of where you might thrive in robotics – & how to turn “different thinking” into a professional superpower.
As we move into 2026, the UK robotics jobs market is in a strange but interesting place.
On one hand, UK manufacturers, logistics firms and warehouses must automate to stay competitive, tackle labour shortages and meet productivity and net-zero targets. On the other hand, the UK still lags badly behind peers in robot adoption, with relatively low robot density in factories compared with other advanced economies – which is both a challenge and a massive opportunity.
The National Robotarium
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Add in AI, computer vision and edge computing, and you get a robotics landscape that is:
More selective in hiring.
More focused on real operational outcomes.
More integrated with software, data and safety standards.
Whether you are a robotics job seeker planning your next move, or a recruiter building automation and robotics teams, this guide explores the key robotics hiring trends for 2026.
Summary: UK robotics hiring has shifted from toolbox checklists to capability‑driven evaluation that emphasises deployed systems, safety, reliability and total cost of ownership. Employers want proof you can ship and sustain robots in production—industrial arms & cobots, AMRs/AGVs, field robots, surgical/med‑tech, warehouse automation, inspection & maintenance. This guide explains what’s changed, what to expect in interviews and how to prepare—especially for robotics software engineers (ROS/ROS 2), perception/vision engineers, controls & motion planners, mechatronics & embedded, safety & compliance, test/V&V, DevOps/SRE for fleets, and robotics product managers.
Who this is for: Robotics software/perception/controls engineers, mechatronics & embedded, simulation & test, DevOps/SRE for robotics fleets, HRI/UX, safety/compliance, field/commissioning engineers, and product/technical programme managers in the UK.
Robotics used to be the domain of mechanical, electrical and software engineers. In the UK today, robotics is more than motors and control loops — it’s about perception, interaction, trust, regulation and integration into human environments. That evolution means robotics careers are becoming more multidisciplinary.
Modern robots interact with people, collect data, operate under constraints, and often assist in safety-critical environments (healthcare, manufacturing, transport). So engineers now collaborate closely with legal, ethical, psychological, linguistic and design experts.
In this article, we explore why UK robotics careers are evolving into multidisciplinary roles, how law, ethics, psychology, linguistics & design intersect with robotics, and how job-seekers and employers can adapt to this shift.
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