Full-Stack Robotics/Automation Engineer

Who you are

• We’re looking for individuals who have built full robotic systems, whether as a student, founder, employee or hobbyist. You’ll be expected to integrate software, hardware, and process into functional systems and debug failures under real-world production pressure
• This role is perfect for an individual who loves to see their own designs through from concept, to build through to deployment.
• Programming and running CNC machinery
• Design of chemical handling machinery
• Experience working with optics
• 3D CAD experience, ideally Fusion 360

What the job involves

• We’re hiring full-stack robotics/automation engineers to build and scale our automated factory in Cambridge UK. This is a hands-on, high impact role based full-time onsite at our central Cambridge facility.
• You’ll be a core part of the build out, development and support of a brand new fully automated factory. You’ll design, deploy and deliver both physical and software systems as well as continually carrying out post deployment optimisations to increase throughput
• We’re not looking for narrow specialists for this role, we are looking for engineers who can:
• Create and adapt PLC code on the fly and under pressure (Beckhoff TwinCat ideally)
• Diagnose system wide failures from first principles
• Prototype mechanical and software fixes on the fly
• Work autonomously and communicate clearly to a remote team
• Take full responsibility for production system uptime and performance
• You will be designing, prototyping, iterating and optimising systems constantly, working in a dynamic environment amongst highly motivated peers
• Every day is different, on a given day you could be doing anything from forklifting steel fabrications off a lorry and designing end effectors to commissioning linear motors and debugging TwinCAT code. Here are some examples things you might get involved with:
• Configure and debug a distributed GigE vision system
• Analyze end effector behavior from video recordings and revise the geometry and control approach to optimise throughput and reliability
• Specify, test and deploy sensors for monitoring a chemical process
• Commission new robotic systems and debug their control cabinets

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible paid time-off
• Growth opportunities
• Stock options