Robotics Jobs

• Derby
• £40,000 – £47,000 pa
• Mid-level

Designs, implements and tests control and integrated systems, programming PLCs with Ladder Logic, function block or statement list methods and configuring SCADA packages and UI mimics. Also works with C, C++, C#, VB and VBA, IP network design, ELV panel design and testing, CCTV/PA/telephone configuration, and FAT and site commissioning with client witnessing as part of an Industrial Automation team.

PLC · SCADA · CCTV +2

• Warrington
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Bridges technical engineering and customer engagement, designing automation solutions and preparing proposals for control systems across utilities, FMCG, chemical and manufacturing sectors. Involves site surveys, control system architecture design (PLCs, SCADA, HMI), cost estimates and client presentations, working within a growing Digital team.

Siemens · Rockwell · Schneider +2

• Milton Keynes
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Provide expert technical support for electrical and automation products across European subsidiaries, combining PLC set-up and programming, customer application support, product testing and technical training. The role sits within an expanding European Technical Centre focused on electric actuator design, with occasional travel to support customers and attend exhibitions.

TIA Portal · TwinCAT · Studio 5000 +5

• Milton Keynes
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Provide expert technical support for electrical and automation products to European subsidiaries, combining PLC set-up and programming, customer application support, product testing and technical training. Work with protocols such as PROFINET, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA and IO-Link, writing technical reports and manuals, with occasional European travel. Based at the European Technical Centre in Milton Keynes within a global product development team.

TIA Portal · TwinCAT · Studio 5000 +5

• Market Harborough
• On-site
• Permanent

Hands-on role taking ownership of UAV development from concept to flight-ready hardware, designing and integrating airframes, actuators, power systems and sensors. Joining as a founding engineering hire at an early-stage UK defence company building passive drone detection and interceptor technology, working on-site near Market Harborough.

• Wantage
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

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.

ROS · ROS2 · Gazebo +1

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Designs and trains reinforcement learning policies for dynamic locomotion and loco-manipulation on humanoid robots, building scalable simulation pipelines in Isaac Lab or MuJoCo and improving sim-to-real transfer. Works closely with controls and robotics engineers to integrate learned policies into the control stack, iterating between large-scale simulation and hardware experiments.

Isaac Lab · MuJoCo

• London
• On-site
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead the design of robust SLAM pipelines, long-term mapping and localisation loops, integrating foundation geometry models and modern ML into the core navigation stack. Build auto-labeling data pipelines and deploy low-latency spatial AI on physical robot hardware, bridging classical geometry with deep learning.

LiDAR

• Longcot
• On-site
• £40,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on role covering the full lifecycle of control system projects, from design and development through testing and commissioning. You'll program PLCs and build SCADA/HMI applications using platforms such as Ignition and WinCC, troubleshoot existing automation systems, and support installation and commissioning on customer sites. Office-based with roughly 25% travel and an early Friday finish.

Siemens TIA Portal · Ignition · WinCC +3

• Cambridge
• Senior
• Permanent

Hands-on role designing, building and testing software for a cell therapy manufacturing platform, spanning mobile robot interfaces, factory control, automation and orchestration. You'll deploy onto physical systems, run integration tests with robots and bioprocess equipment, and debug issues at the software-hardware boundary while mentoring other engineers.

ROS · ROS 2 · MQTT +5

• London
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Build and operate backend services, APIs and data-processing workflows for a platform that deploys, runs and evaluates ML models over petabytes of driving data on large GPU fleets. Work spans model-execution workflows, versioned outputs, annotation and dataset-catalogue features, plus reliability, scheduling and observability improvements, alongside model engineering and infrastructure teams.

Flyte · Airflow · Dagster +6

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior
• Permanent

Lead functional safety activities for an end-to-end AI automated driving system, building Item Definitions, running HARA/FMEA/FTA analyses, and shaping safety concepts and architectures across vehicle platforms and third-party systems. Define verification and validation, including vehicle-level testing, and construct structured safety cases with claims, arguments and evidence for certification.

ISO 26262 · SOTIF

• Liverpool
• £60,000 – £70,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design, develop and commission PLC and HMI software for automated conveyor and materials handling systems, working with Siemens S7-1200/1500 and TIA Portal plus Rockwell ControlLogix/CompactLogix. Duties span ladder logic programming, I/O checks, loop testing, FAT/SAT and on-site commissioning, with extensive global travel to customer sites alongside electrical and mechanical engineers.

Siemens PLC · TIA Portal · Studio 5000 +5

• Colchester
• £25,000 – £30,000 pa
• Entry level

Graduate role supporting electrical and controls projects from design through testing, commissioning and client handover. You'll work on PLC programming, HMI/SCADA development, generator control and power management systems, splitting time between the office and live project sites across the UK. Training covers PLC, SCADA, generator controllers and CSCS/ECS accreditation within a small specialist team.

PLC · SCADA · HMI +2

• Thornbury
• Hybrid · 1 day in office
• £60,000 – £65,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Support industrial automation projects from quotation and specification through to commissioning, developing and modifying PLC, HMI and SCADA software using Allen-Bradley and/or Siemens. Produce FDS and RAMS documentation, assist with control architecture and on-site fault-finding across UK customer sites, with hybrid working once inducted.

Allen-Bradley · Siemens