Robotics Jobs

• London
• On-site
• Permanent

Owns the development, deployment and operation of an existing data platform, spanning cloud infrastructure, full-stack development, platform and data engineering. Leads external contractors as their sole point of contact, translating internal requirements into technical briefs and validating deliverables. Combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership and delivery ownership.

Object Storage · Relational Databases

• London
• On-site
• Director · manages people
• Permanent

Lead the physical environment strategy across lab, workspace, test, integration, prototype manufacturing and office areas, owning brownfield retrofits and complex fit-out programmes from scoping to commissioning. Manage external architects, contractors and consultants while overseeing general office operations, reception and front-of-house teams across global sites.

AV · ISO Cleanroom

• Nottingham
• On-site

Maintains complex manufacturing equipment including CNC machine tools, robot cells, vacuum furnaces and welding machines through planned preventive maintenance, fault diagnosis and root cause analysis. Works within an established team at a facility specialising in advanced non-conventional welding for aerospace, liaising with OEMs, contractors and the spares integrator.

PLC · HMI · CNC Machine Tools +5

• Derby
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Director · manages people

Accountable Digital & IT partner for the manufacturing function, translating factory needs into a prioritised technology roadmap covering manufacturing execution, automation, data and AI. Owns portfolio governance, operational technology integration, cyber risk and value realisation across a multi-site network, leading specialist teams and senior stakeholders.

Manufacturing Execution Systems

• Cambridge
• £35,000 – £45,000 pa
• Entry level

Engineer the future of defence and securityThis team is motivated by saving lives in war affected regions and on the battlefield. They believe that by combining advanced technologies from different sectors they can fundamentally change the effectiveness of those we…

• Leicester
• £40,000 – £60,000 pa

Designs electrical and control systems for bespoke machinery and industrial automation projects, producing schematics, panel layouts, cable schedules and BOMs in EPLAN Electric P8. Works with project, software, panel build and commissioning engineers, specifying drives, servo systems and machine safety circuits through manufacture, testing and site handover.

EPLAN Electric P8 · EPLAN Pro Panel · SISTEMA +3

• Newcastle upon Tyne
• £21,805 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops a next-generation power and propulsion system for autonomous underwater vehicles, targeting 500m+ depth, 1000+ hours endurance and 2000+ miles range for offshore energy inspection. The researcher co-develops requirements with an industrial partner, integrates battery and propulsion prototypes into an AUV, and runs tank tests followed by sea trials.

AUV · ROV

• Cambridge
• On-site
• £45,000 – £75,000 pa

Designs electro-optical camera systems—lenses, mirrors and sensors—and optimises them for VIS, NIR and FIR applications, running optical simulations in OpticStudio, selecting components and testing prototypes through to product release. Works fully on-site on AI hardware products using computer vision for monitoring and tracking, with military-related applications requiring security clearance.

OpticStudio

• Cinderford
• On-site
• £45,000 – £55,000 pa

Hands-on role owning the control and safety systems behind automated machinery and production cells in a manufacturing environment. You'll design, program and commission Siemens TIA PLCs and motion systems, integrate ABB robots and functional safety systems, and deliver SCADA/HMI solutions with alarms and diagnostics. Working in a small, close-knit team, you'll lead automation projects from concept to handover and support production and maintenance teams on site.

Siemens TIA · ABB · SCADA +4

• Lincoln
• Hybrid · 2–3 days in office
• £65 – £85 ph
• Contract

Responsible for creating a new AutoCAD symbol library for controls and automation, developing symbols for ControlLogix, PCS7, STEP 7 TIA, Fire & Gas equipment, vibration monitoring, terminals and circuit breakers. Also creates and updates standard designs and templates, converts junction box designs into AutoCAD, and supports standardisation of controls and automation engineering designs within an energy technology client's engineering team.

AutoCAD · ControlLogix · PCS7 +2

• London
• On-site
• £45,925 – £60,492 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Teach and develop robotics engineering and AI modules across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, covering robot modelling, motion planning, biologically inspired robotics, digital systems and mechanical design. Includes module leadership, project supervision and curriculum development, with research expected in the field. Based at the Roehampton Vale engineering campus, joining a department focused on hands-on, industry-relevant learning.

• London
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Builds ground-truth datasets and computer vision classifiers that describe complex driving scenes across Wayve's data corpus, tackling road geometry, spatial relationships, road users and driving behaviour. Works with internal customers to define attributes and acceptance criteria, designs annotation tasks, and integrates classifiers with enrichment infrastructure for corpus analysis and scenario mining.

PyTorch · SQL · World Foundation Model

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on role bringing up new vehicle platforms on benches, HiL systems and vehicles, developing vehicle-facing software and shared frameworks in C++, Python or Rust. Involves diagnosing software/hardware integration issues across Linux, ROS2, sensors, CAN and Automotive Ethernet, plus building diagnostics and tooling for robot-software reliability.

ROS2 · NVIDIA DRIVE · Qualcomm Snapdragon Ride +4

• Bath
• £39,560 – £46,970 pa
• Mid-level
• Contract

Develop and validate high-fidelity physics-based models of soft and continuum robotic manipulators, covering nonlinear mechanics, structural dynamics and multi-physics interactions using tools such as COMSOL, ABAQUS or ANSYS. The role combines computational modelling with experimental validation and control work within a multidisciplinary team on the ARIA-funded Robot Dexterity Programme.

COMSOL · ABAQUS · ANSYS +2