Robotics Jobs

• Doncaster
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent · Shift work

Hands-on apprenticeship maintaining automated equipment in Amazon warehouses, covering proactive and reactive maintenance, fault diagnosis, and equipment upgrades. Trains across electrical and mechanical disciplines, including PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics, and CAD, with shift work across days, nights, and weekends.

PLC · CAD

• Royston
• On-site
• Entry level
• Permanent · Shift work

Hands-on apprenticeship maintaining automated equipment in a live distribution warehouse, covering proactive and reactive repairs, fault diagnosis, and continuous improvement. Trains across electrical and mechanical disciplines including PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics, and CAD, with a residential first year and shift work covering days, nights and weekends.

Programmable Logic Controller · CAD · 3D Printing

• Wall, Staffordshire
• Hybrid
• £45,000 – £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

Design and develop PLC software from first principles for bespoke industrial automation projects across automotive, food & beverage, aerospace and pharmaceutical sectors. Work spans Siemens TIA Portal/S7 and Rockwell Studio 5000, safety-related control software, VFDs, servo drives, motion and fieldbus networks, through testing, commissioning and customer handover, with UK site travel.

Siemens TIA Portal · Siemens S7 · Rockwell Studio 5000 +7

• Barnsley
• £60,000 pa
• Mid-level

You will identify and implement automation solutions across a high-volume manufacturing facility, leading projects from concept and specification through to installation and commissioning. The role involves integrating robotics and PLC-controlled machinery, driving Lean and Six Sigma improvements, and supporting New Product Introduction alongside Production, Maintenance and Quality teams.

AutoCAD

• Oxford
• £80,000 – £100,000 pa
• Senior

Designs and builds robotics software covering autonomous navigation, perception, motion planning and control, taking projects from concept through simulation, testing and deployment. Works closely with hardware, electronics and mechanical engineers, mentors junior staff and contributes to software architecture and technology strategy. Requires C++/Python, ROS/ROS2 and real-time robotics simulation experience.

ROS · ROS2 · Gazebo +1

• Oxford
• On-site
• £39,424 – £47,779 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

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

• Wakefield
• On-site
• £45,000 – £60,000 pa
• Senior
• Permanent

Take technical ownership of bespoke machinery and industrial automation projects from concept through detailed design, manufacture, testing and commissioning. Produce 3D CAD models, assemblies and manufacturing drawings, select mechanical components, run design reviews and mentor junior engineers while applying DFMA principles across sectors including automotive and food processing.

Autodesk Inventor

• 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

• Midland, United States
• Hybrid
• £40,000 – £80,000 pa

Consultant role supporting the development, integration and assurance of autonomous and uncrewed systems, translating operational requirements into architectures, concepts of operation and development plans. Involves modelling, simulation, algorithm evaluation and verification, trials and testing, working with multidisciplinary teams and clients across the full lifecycle.

MATLAB · Simulink · ROS 2 +7

• Lydney
• On-site
• £50,000 – £55,000 pa
• Permanent

Maintains, develops and improves control systems across a manufacturing site, covering PLC programming, fault-finding and troubleshooting on automated machinery and production equipment. Diagnoses electrical and control faults to minimise downtime, supports installation and commissioning of new machinery, and works with production, maintenance and engineering teams on efficiency and reliability improvements.

PLC

• Cheshire
• On-site
• £60,000 – £68,000 pa
• Mid-level

Take commercial and technical ownership of complex controls and automation projects for a growing systems integrator, covering scope, engineering, budgets, FAT, installation and commissioning through to handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary Controls and Software teams across process, utilities, manufacturing and nuclear sectors, working predominantly from modern Cheshire offices with occasional customer site visits.

PLC · SCADA

• Kilkenny, Ireland
• On-site
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Field-based controls role combining PLC and HMI programming, commissioning, fault diagnosis and customer support on automated manufacturing systems. You'll work with Allen Bradley and Siemens platforms, servo drives, robotics and industrial networks, travelling domestically and internationally to customer sites and leading on-site technical activities.

Allen Bradley · Siemens · PLC +4

• Doncaster
• £30,000 pa
• Entry level

Assists experienced Controls and Commissioning Engineers with installing and commissioning industrial machinery, electrical testing, fault-finding, and configuring inverter drives and control systems. Involves workshop, site-based and customer-facing work with UK and occasional overseas travel, plus preparing technical documentation and commissioning reports.

PLC · HMI · Inverter Drives +1

• Bedford
• Hybrid · 2 days in office
• Senior

Lead the end-to-end mechanical design of bespoke special purpose machinery and industrial automation systems, taking projects from concept through manufacturing, assembly and commissioning. Day-to-day work centres on Solid Edge 3D design, 2D manufacturing drawings with GD&T, BOMs, and specifying pneumatic, hydraulic and electromechanical components. Hybrid role with office attendance required on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Solid Edge · SolidWorks · Inventor +1

• Ferryhill
• Permanent

Hands-on role developing, programming and commissioning PLC and HMI control systems for bespoke industrial automation and special-purpose machinery, using Siemens, Omron and Mitsubishi platforms. Combines control software, motion control, electrical fault-finding and mechanical assembly, with workshop work plus travel to UK and overseas customer sites.

Siemens · Omron · Mitsubishi +7