Robotics Jobs

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Sets technical direction for petabyte-scale object storage powering autonomous driving AI, leading a multi-quarter programme from architecture to adoption. Builds production services and controllers in Python or Go with Kubernetes and Terraform, working with ML, data, security and privacy teams on retention, caching, replication and cost reduction.

Kubernetes · Terraform · Azure Blob Storage +4

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

Lead the development, delivery and continuous improvement of training across Wayve's Fleet Operations teams, covering onboarding, technical, safety and compliance programmes. Build competency frameworks, learning paths and certification, run train-the-trainer initiatives and use performance data to iterate on content, working cross-functionally with Safety, Engineering and People.

Learning Management Systems · Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems

• London
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Builds backend services that coordinate robot fleets at runtime, including workflow state management, event logging and APIs used by robots, operators and third-party systems. Also develops natural-language workflow authoring tooling, on-robot services for remote control and diagnostics, plus cloud infrastructure, observability and simulation-based validation pipelines.

LLM · WMS · ERP

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on senior technician performing complex repair, rework and full overhaul of parts, sub-systems and complete humanoid robots in a Services Repair Centre. Acts as a forensic-analysis specialist determining root cause for warranty decisions, travels to customer sites for difficult interventions, authors work instructions and mentors junior technicians.

Humanoid Robotics · Legged Robotics

• London
• Senior
• Permanent

Owns end-to-end planning and long-term strategy for first-time automation, designing scalable mechanisms to graduate products into General Availability. Sets operational excellence standards across the Product Launch organisation, influences director and VP-level decisions, and mitigates supply chain and technical risks. Based in any European Amazon office or fulfilment centre, with up to 75% travel.

• Leeds
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

As an Automation Engineer, you will ensure the smooth operation of Amazon's automated systems, from conveyors to sortation systems. You'll monitor, troubleshoot, and repair issues, work with the EU Controls network, and develop improvement strategies. You'll also train Engineering Technicians and collaborate with global colleagues to install and commission new equipment.

Amazon Robotics · Complex Item Sorter · Material Handling Equipment

• Cambridge
• Hybrid
• £55,000 – £75,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design, develop and test software for advanced robotic platforms using C++ and ROS 2, working alongside electronics, mechatronics and research teams in an Agile environment. The role includes testing, debugging and validating software reliability plus on-site support for physical robots, with occasional travel to field locations across UK and EU teams.

ROS2 · ROS1 · Linux +1

• Nuremberg, Germany
• Senior
• Permanent

The role is a W3 professorship in Mechatronics & Robotics at a new German technical university, with the expectation of serving as Founding Chair for a soon-to-be-founded department. The post combines research, teaching (largely in English) and interdisciplinary collaboration within a lean, AI-focused institution.

• Bilston
• On-site
• £40,000 – £45,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Hands-on role maintaining and improving automated production machinery in a manufacturing environment. Day to day involves electrical and mechanical fault-finding, diagnosing and repairing PLC-controlled systems, programming and troubleshooting PLCs, and supporting installation and commissioning of new equipment. Works closely with production teams to minimise downtime and drive continuous improvement.

PLC

• London
• Hybrid
• £45,399 – £59,484 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develop conversational agents and social robots for dementia care within the Biomechatronics Laboratory, combining NLP, machine learning, signal processing and mechatronic fabrication. The role involves planning research, collaborating with psychiatrists, neurologists and engineers, and running human-robot interface experiments mapping voice activity to robotic engagement.

Python · C · C++

• London
• £80,000 – £150,000 pa
• Permanent

Research, develop and implement reinforcement learning policies for humanoid robotic control, building simulation environments and working on simulation-to-real transfer with domain randomisation. Collaborate with robotics, controls and software engineers to deploy and validate trained policies on physical hardware, covering motion control and manipulation.

PyTorch · NVIDIA Isaac Sim · Isaac Lab +3

• London
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Builds core agentic product features, engineering the harness to deploy LLMs that take actions in controlled, compliant environments. Works across the stack from backend to UI, deploying in cloud and on-premise, with optional perception work using object detection and multi-modal models like CLIP and CLAP on real-time sensor streams.

CLIP · CLAP

• Telford
• On-site
• £42,616 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Responsible for maintaining Autonomous Mobile Robots and wider plant equipment in an automotive manufacturing environment, including root cause analysis on breakdowns, planned preventative maintenance and 5S. Reports to the Maintenance Team Leader and supports production uptime, with occasional overseas travel.

Microsoft Office · Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel +7

• Christchurch, New Zealand
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead automation projects from concept and specification through commissioning, validation and production release, acting as site subject matter expert for automated assembly equipment. Work with Operations, Quality, R&D and external machine builders on robotics, machine vision, laser marking, leak testing and serialization within a regulated medical device environment, while mentoring junior engineers.

Siemens · Rockwell · Beckhoff +7

• Wallingford
• Lead · manages people

Owns fleet health end to end: defining metrics, investigating fleet-wide behaviour from logs and telemetry, and tracing regressions to specific releases or configuration changes. Builds diagnostic data capture, alerting, pre-failure detection and configuration drift management, working with V&V on release candidate analysis. Also hires and coaches a small reliability team while staying hands-on with data and robots.

Grafana · ROS · Linux