Robotics Jobs in Oxford

• Oxford
• On-site
• £40,178 – £48,700 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops and tests control policies for a quadruped robot with shape-morphing limbs, enabling tasks like ladder climbing and non-prehensile manipulation. The role combines bespoke morphing hardware upkeep with simulation work in IsaacLab or MuJoCo, within the Protean Robotics Lab at the Oxford Robotics Institute.

IsaacLab · MuJoCo

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

Designs and controls robots built from tensegrity structures, co-optimising their designs and control policies in simulation and building and testing physical hardware. Based in the Protean Robotics Lab within the Department of Engineering Science, the role also involves supervising undergraduate and graduate students on the project.

IsaacLab · MuJoCo

• Witney
• £50,000 – £60,000 pa

Hands-on role taking technical ownership of automation and production engineering projects from concept to implementation. Involves designing and building machinery, jigs and tooling, programming PLCs, industrial robots and CNC machines, supporting NPI, capital equipment procurement and continuous improvement via Kaizen and 5S. Works cross-functionally with Production, Design and Quality teams in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

PLC · Industrial Robots · CNC +2

• 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
• Hybrid
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Work across a small frontier-technology team building AVIS, an orchestration platform that fuses multi-modal data such as text, imagery, telemetry and sensor feeds for decision-making in defence and national security. The role spans digital and physical AI systems, including ORION, STRIDER and BARBARIAN, with broad ownership and direct influence on the business.

AVIS · ORION · STRIDER +1

• Oxfordshire
• £27,091 – £33,111 pa
• Mid-level
• Permanent

Design, build and deploy control systems for retro-fit vision kits and turnkey automation machinery, owning projects from AutoCAD Electrical schematics and PLC coding through to shop-floor testing and site commissioning. Involves specifying safety hardware and industrial networks, supporting panel wiring and electrical testing, and commissioning at customer sites in the UK and overseas.

AutoCAD Electrical · PLC · Profinet +4

• 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

• Oxfordshire
• Hybrid
• £60,000 – £94,000 pa
• Senior

Lead technical role developing computer vision, perception and autonomous navigation technologies across the full lifecycle, from algorithm design and subsystem architecture to verification, testing and deployment. Work covers object detection, tracking, 6DoF pose estimation, LiDAR and camera integration, HIL testing and embedded/flight software, with mentoring of less experienced engineers.

OpenCV · TensorFlow · PyTorch +5