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

• Erith
• On-site
• Lead · manages people
• Shift work

Lead a team of engineers, technicians and trainees at an automated Customer Fulfilment Centre, allocating workload, assessing capabilities and handling disciplinary matters. Requires hands-on mechanical and electrical engineering competence plus familiarity with MHE systems and computerised maintenance management. Shift-based cover for a 24/7 operation on 12-hour days, nights and weekends.

Computerised Maintenance Management Systems

• 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
• 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
• Hybrid
• Lead
• Permanent

Lead the technical direction for an offline 3D reconstruction system that turns raw vehicle sensor data into quality-assessed 3D ground-truth geometry and ego motion. The role spans SLAM, lidar point-cloud registration, state estimation and sensor fusion, with responsibility for architecture, roadmaps, prototypes and cross-functional alignment across perception, calibration and validation teams.

ROS · PCL · OpenCV +3

• London
• Hybrid
• Permanent

Develop, integrate and tune trajectory-generation and motion-control algorithms that turn AI Driver outputs into safe, smooth vehicle actuation across multiple platforms. Own production-quality, latency-sensitive C++ control software, using simulation, closed-loop evaluation and on-road testing to validate performance and safety.

CAN

• Nottingham
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops qualitative and quantitative risk assessment and modelling approaches for robotics-based maintenance and decommissioning of nuclear fusion plants, analysing system failure modes, mission threats and recovery under uncertainty. Based in the Faculty of Engineering and supervised by Rasa Remenyte-Prescott, it is a funded PhD project starting October 2027.

ITER · STEP

• Lisbon, Portugal
• €40,000 – €60,000 pa
• Senior

Deliver technical and clinical training on the Hugo RAS robotic surgery platform to surgeons, first assistants and OR staff across General Surgery, Urology and Gynaecology. Run lab sessions and hands-on workshops at a training centre in Belgium, applying structured teaching methods to assess trainee safety and efficiency. Requires 75% travel and close collaboration with sales, clinical and medical affairs teams.

Hugo RAS

• London
• £53,600 – £80,400 pa
• Senior

Deliver technical training and hands-on workshops on the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery system to surgeons, first assistants and OR staff across general surgery, urology and gynaecology. Based in London but travelling around 75% of the time to a training centre in Belgium, working with sales, clinical and medical affairs colleagues. Requires Portuguese and English fluency.

Hugo RAS

• Cambridge
• Permanent

An expression-of-interest pipeline for engineering roles at a cell-therapy automation company, spanning systems engineering, robotic software, mechatronics, verification and validation, systems integration and cell processing. Work focuses on factory-scale manufacturing automation, cell-based process automation and mobile robotics in high-value manufacturing, based on a purpose-built campus south of Cambridge.

• Bedfordshire

Manage flight test planning, ground preparation and field execution for unmanned aerial vehicles, acting as a UAV pilot to gather telemetry and performance data. Analyse flight data against design metrics and produce detailed test reports for engineering teams, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance throughout the testing lifecycle.

UAV

• Leicester
• £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Designs electrical control and safety systems for bespoke automated machinery, producing EPLAN schematics, control panel designs and bills of materials, and ensuring CE compliance. The role spans the full project lifecycle, from risk assessments and panel build supervision through to commissioning, fault-finding and customer technical support, working with PLCs and industrial robots.

EPLAN · PLC · Omron +7

• Pontyclun
• £45,000 – £52,000 pa

Design, develop and commission PLC and HMI control systems for production machinery and automated equipment, integrating robotics, motion control, drives and industrial networks. Work across the full project lifecycle in a multidisciplinary team, supporting safety assessments, FAT, installation and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment.

PLC · HMI · Robotics +2

• Wigan
• £40,000 – £45,000 pa
• Permanent

Split between workshop preparation and on-site installation of control panels and electrical systems for industrial automation and conveyor projects. Involves reading electrical drawings, supporting commissioning, and liaising with engineering and controls teams, with roughly 50% travel to customer sites.

• Bickenhill
• £45,000 – £60,000 pa

Sell robotic welding cells and turnkey automation solutions across the UK and Ireland, reporting to the UK Managing Director. Identify opportunities, assess customer applications and build technical proposals with support from UK and European engineering teams. Suits a welding automation or industrial robotics specialist moving into a commercial role, with extensive travel.