118 jobs for “Mechanical Design Engineer”
Develops and maintains embedded firmware for robot end effectors and human-worn operator devices, sitting at the hardware-software boundary. Involves bringing up new PCB revisions, writing sensor drivers, integrating compute platforms like ESP32 and NVIDIA Jetson, and building OTA pipelines in a fast-paced robotics environment.
ESP32 · STM32 · Raspberry Pi +7
Build, assemble and maintain hardware prototypes for robot end effectors and human-worn operator interface devices, running the prototyping shop and turning CAD files and BOMs into working units fast. Operate 3D printers, CNC and workshop tools, wire up MCU platforms like ESP32 and Raspberry Pi, and build test rigs for durability, calibration and functional testing. Tight iteration cycles with direct feedback into design decisions.
ESP32 · Raspberry Pi · CNC +1
Amazon · Public
Hands-on apprenticeship maintaining automated warehouse equipment, covering proactive and reactive repairs, fault diagnosis, and continuous improvement on robotic and conveyor systems. You'll train across electrical, mechanical, hydraulics, pneumatics and PLC work, with a residential first year and shift-based study towards an HNC.
PLC · CAD · 3D Printing
Amazon · Public
A four-year engineering apprenticeship maintaining automated equipment in Amazon fulfilment centres, covering preventative and reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis, PLCs, hydraulics and CAD. The first 12 months are a full-time residential programme at a training centre, followed by day or block-release HNC study alongside shift work on a 24/7 operation.
PLC · CAD · 3D Printing
University of Bath
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
University of Reading
A Leverhulme Trust-funded PhD studentship exploring how intelligence can emerge from interactions between hydrogel networks, a soft robotic body and its environment. The researcher will fabricate hydrogels, run bioelectrical measurements and connect physical experiments to artificial neural networks, working across materials science and biomedical engineering.
Artificial Neural Networks
Saab
Hands-on role assembling, integrating, testing and repairing electronic and electromechanical systems, including wiring harnesses, PCBAs and mechanical assemblies. You'll fault-find, interpret engineering drawings and schematics, and maintain build and test records to quality, ESD and safety standards, working with engineers and senior technicians in a laboratory and production environment.
IPC · PCBAs
University of Oxford
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.
IsaacLab · MuJoCo
Wayve · 11–50 people · Series A
Builds virtual vehicle models using physics-based and data-driven techniques, validating them against on-road data and converting them into efficient software components. Runs track and partner experiments to improve model accuracy, and integrates models into simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and correlation pipelines across robotics, simulation and product teams.
Dymola · CarSim · CarMaker
Exotec
On-site maintenance of Exotec's robotic warehouse automation systems at a customer site in Northampton, covering preventative and corrective maintenance on robots, conveyors and machines. The role combines electrical and mechanical fault-finding, root cause analysis, commissioning support and rapid incident response within a dedicated site team.
Conveyors · Robots · Automated Warehouse Systems
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
Elevation Recruitment
Carry out frontline and scheduled mechanical maintenance on heavy plant including casting furnaces, robots, moulding machines and CNC mills, working to PPM and TPM schedules. Diagnose faults, plan repairs from drawings, monitor condition and hand over to the next shift, reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor and Manager.
CNC Milling Machines · Casting Furnaces · Industrial Robots +4
G Force Recruitment Ltd
Hands-on multi-skilled maintenance role in a manufacturing environment, roughly 20% focused on PLC engineering: writing and modifying code, debugging programmes and fault-finding across sensors, I/O, drives and control panels. The rest covers breakdown response, mechanical and electrical repairs, PPM and CMMS record-keeping on a rotating three-week night/morning/afternoon shift pattern.
PLC · CMMS · Variable Speed Drives +5
Rolls Royce · Public
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
Pure Talent Group
Install, commission and repair automated industrial machinery at customer manufacturing sites, covering electrical, mechanical and PLC-controlled systems. Split time between planned servicing, breakdown fault-finding and training operators, with a one-in-seven out-of-hours rota and extensive travel including possible overseas trips.
PLC
