Robotics Jobs

• London
• Hybrid
• Senior

Owns the software engineering that brings data science and ML products into live production for the Autoplanner team, building AI-powered planning systems across global warehouses and last-mile assets. Writes typed, well-tested Python (with some Java for OSP integration), builds APIs and data contracts, manages AWS deployments and CI/CD, and packages, serves and monitors ML models. Partners closely with data scientists and shares on-call support.

AWS · GCP · Ocado Smart Platform

• London
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

Owns the autonomy performance measurement framework for a public-scale robotaxi deployment, defining metrics, dashboards and release gates for an end-to-end learned driving system with no existing playbook. Runs the performance improvement loop across model, robot software, backend and evaluation tooling, leading cross-functional execution without direct reporting authority while staying hands-on in Python, C++ and SQL.

Databricks · Looker · Grafana +1

• 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

• Bicester
• On-site
• Shift work

Hands-on first-line response for engineering faults in an automated Customer Fulfilment Centre, diagnosing and resolving issues that impact performance. Carries out planned servicing and repairs on robotics, control systems and automation hardware, plus proactive reliability improvement projects. Works 12-hour shifts across days, nights and weekends to support a 24/7 operation.

Ocado Smart Platform

• Warrington
• Remote
• £40,000 – £48,000 pa

Servicing, maintaining and fault-finding on automated industrial and packaging machinery at customer sites across FMCG, food and automotive environments, plus testing, handover, customer training and retrofit installations. Highly travel-heavy, with around 95% of time away from home and roughly 75% of site work in the UK and the rest overseas, working independently as the on-site representative.

• Hinckley
• Remote
• £40,000 – £48,000 pa

Servicing, maintaining and fault-finding on automated industrial machinery at customer sites across FMCG, food and automotive environments, plus testing, diagnostics, retrofit installs and customer training. Home-based with around 95% travel, roughly 75% of site work in the UK and the rest overseas, working largely independently as the on-site company representative.

• 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

• 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

• Lichfield
• £560 – £650 pd
• Senior
• Contract

Owns end-to-end delivery of a warehouse automation and material handling programme, covering installation, testing, commissioning and handover. Manages budgets, forecasts, subcontractors and site teams while acting as the main customer contact, with oversight of conveyor, robotics and automated systems.

MS Project · MS Office · AutoCAD +1

• Warrington
• £55,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Designs, develops and verifies electrical and pneumatic control systems for specialist industrial equipment, including nuclear-sector projects. Involves producing schematics and instrumentation drawings, specifying components, configuring and testing PLCs, HMIs and VSDs, and supporting FAT/SAT, commissioning and fault-finding within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

AutoCAD · AutoCAD Electrical · EPLAN +5

• Cambridge
• £58,000 pa
• Permanent

Develops and tests onboard software for Autonomous Mobile Robots and the fleet management system, including vision processing, localisation and multi-robot path planning. The role combines ROS 2 and C++/Python development with hardware interfacing over CANopen, serial and Ethernet, plus on-site support for live operations at Nuneaton.

ROS · ROS 2 · SocketCAN +7

• Telford
• On-site
• £47,000 – £49,500 pa
• Shift work

Multiskilled maintenance role on a three-shift pattern at a high-volume automotive manufacturing plant, covering planned preventative and reactive maintenance on CNC machines, furnaces and robots. Involves diagnosing mechanical, electrical and hydraulic faults, PLC fault finding (Siemens S7/TIA Portal preferred) and responding to breakdowns to minimise downtime.

CNC Machines · Furnaces · Robots +2

• Neath
• £50,000 pa
• Mid-level

Hands-on engineering role owning a major warehouse automation project from assessment through to installation and handover. You'll review goods-in, conveyor, packaging, labelling and kitting processes, specify equipment with suppliers, and coordinate internal teams and contractors. Not desk-based coordination or people management.

PLC · Sensors · Motors +5

• South Yorkshire
• On-site
• £40 – £50 ph
• Mid-level
• Contract

Hands-on, site-based role supporting PLC control systems across packaging machinery and automated production lines. Involves programming, fault-finding, commissioning and optimisation of automation, HMI, drives and control hardware, working with electrical, mechanical and production teams to minimise downtime.

PLC · HMI · Sensors +2

• Southampton
• Hybrid
• Mid-level

Designs, programs, tests and commissions PLC, HMI/SCADA, telemetry and network architectures for control panels, MCCs and plant-wide systems, working alongside electrical and mechanical engineers. Involves site surveys, FAT/SAT support, fault-finding and documentation within a multi-disciplinary controls and automation division serving water, process and industrial clients.

Siemens · Allen-Bradley · Schneider +2