Robotics Jobs in Woking

Autodiscovery · Wantage

Lead the design and deployment of autonomous robotic systems, owning software architecture across perception, planning and control. Work spans prototyping, simulation and field testing, integrating with hardware teams while mentoring engineers and shaping technical roadmaps. Requires depth in C++, ROS2, SLAM and real-time systems.

Flarebright · Bicester · £39,000 – £49,000 pa

Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.

Humanoid · London

Hands-on engineering lead owning the path from AI agent task to healthy deployed change, building secure reproducible agent runtimes, verification tooling, and developer interfaces. Recruits and leads a new developer productivity team while working across Developer Tools, Security, Simulation, and robot software to cut cost and review time per accepted change.

Humanoid · London

Lead product cybersecurity assurance across the HMND 01 humanoid robot platforms, defining security requirements, threat modelling and risk artefacts for safety-critical electromechanical systems. Own TARA, security management plans and remediation actions, drive compliance with IEC 62443, the EU Machinery Regulation and the Cyber Resilience Act, and build a PSIRT process while guiding a cross-functional security team.

Wayve · London

Builds and leads the technical programme management function for Wayve's Data organisation, coaching a small TPM team while directly owning flagship programmes across data platforms, ingestion and standardisation pipelines, enrichment, curation, labelling and dataset quality. Partners with Data and Engineering leadership on planning, prioritisation and delivery, using KPIs and operational reviews to drive improvements in data quality, throughput and cost.

Wayve · London

Lead large-scale training and post-training of Gaia, Wayve's world model that predicts future driving video frames and runs closed-loop with the driving stack. Own model architecture and training-strategy decisions, push autoregressive generation toward longer stable rollouts, and make the model deployment-ready. Work across Research, Applications, Core Simulation Engineering and Cloud/Infrastructure, mentoring and setting technical direction.

University of Oxford · Oxford · £39,424 – £47,779 pa

Contribute to a project designing and controlling robots built from tensegrity structures, exploiting shape change and nonlinear mechanics to unlock locomotion and manipulation skills. Co-optimize designs and control policies via simulation and build and test tensegrity hardware, while supervising undergraduate and graduate students.

Marshall Harmony · Dudley · £45,000 – £55,000 pa

Take technical ownership of mechanical design for bespoke industrial machinery and turnkey systems, from concept and 3D CAD modelling through to build, testing and commissioning. Work hands-on across mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, component selection and manufacturing drawings, while improving design standards and processes. No direct reports initially, with close collaboration across projects, electrical, automation and manufacturing teams.

Meritus · Stone

Lead the full engineering lifecycle of PLC, SCADA, HMI and OT systems for UK energy infrastructure projects, providing technical direction and assurance across Schneider, Siemens and Rockwell platforms. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, run design and software reviews, and support FAT, SAT, commissioning and handover, while mentoring engineers and managing technical risks.

Bennett & Game Recruitment · Coventry · £35,000 – £40,000 pa

Support the Operations Manager in the day-to-day running of a precision metal components manufacturing site, coordinating production activities, monitoring performance and troubleshooting issues to minimise downtime. Involves resource planning, stock and material movements, and helping introduce new processes, machinery and automation such as multi-stage presses and robotic packing systems.

Reed · Leicester · £45,000 – £60,000 pa

Leading the mechanical design of bespoke automation and special-purpose machinery, taking projects from concept through to customer handover. Involves 3D CAD work in SolidWorks, Inventor, Creo or Solid Edge, design reviews, cross-team collaboration and mentoring, with some support for build, commissioning and installation. Distinct for its focus on custom robotic and automated manufacturing systems rather than repeat designs.

Jonathan Lee Recruitment · Newport · £70,000 – £90,000 pa

Lead the system architecture and technical roadmap for an autonomy stack spanning perception, localisation, planning, motion control and vehicle integration. Line manage 4-6 engineers, coordinate 3-4 subsystem suppliers, and drive C++/ROS2 delivery, verification and productionisation for agricultural vehicle technology.

Ernest Gordon Recruitment · Knutsford · £35,000 – £45,000 pa

Design, develop and upgrade PLC and PCB control systems, produce PC software and HMI interfaces, and test, fault-find and commission systems. Predominantly office-based in Knutsford with occasional customer site visits, working on new product development for laboratory equipment with training from in-house experts.

ECM Selection · Cambridge · £35,000 – £45,000 pa

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...

Dexory · Wallingford

Generate and qualify leads for a robotics and logistics software company, researching market opportunities and booking meetings and demos with prospects. Maintain LinkedIn and HubSpot CRM, track industry and competitor trends, and feed insights back to the sales team. Requires at least 1-2 days per week in the Wallingford office, with an additional European language advantageous.

Rolls Royce · Maldon

Specify, design, validate and test embedded software components for marine and power systems, translating high-level requirements into validated designs and verification tests. The role involves modern C++ for real-time systems, refactoring legacy code for robustness and safety, and analysing test results to support problem closure. It sits within the Software Systems Capability function, collaborating with multidisciplinary engineers and other disciplines.

University of Oxford · Oxford · £39,424 – £47,779 pa

Develops musculoskeletal models and simulations of human-robot interaction to guide the design of wearable robots delivering assistive forces and joint torques. Examines how robotic assistance affects movement, muscle activity and joint loading, collaborating with experimental researchers to validate models against motion, force and EMG data.