Controls Engineer

EducationPals; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EducationPals in London is seeking a Controls Engineer to join our robotics team in the United Kingdom. You will work on precision motion, sensor integration, and control system design to enable reliable automation in lab and production environments.

The role focuses on validating performance, documenting architectures, and collaborating across engineering disciplines to deliver safe, repeatable hardware and software solutions for next-generation automated systems.

Job description

Controls Engineer London, United Kingdom Employment Type AV Engineering Before the detail, here's the challenge you'd help us solve. We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future. Very few people in AI can say this. Every role here, whatever the team, plugs into that. Here’s what this particular role covers. About our Robotics Team [...] How we work - Locations & Flexible Working: Our main hubs are in Lond

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1. Precision Requirements in Liquid Handling Systems

Understand the engineering constraints that determine whether a liquid handler can be trusted for real protocols.

2. Motion and Control System Design

Design positioning systems that deliver repeatable movement under lab conditions.

3. Calibration Protocols and Tolerance Specification

Define what performance to expect and how to measure whether a rebuild meets specifications.

4. Documentation Architecture for Transferable Designs

Create the file structure, instructions, and metadata that enable successful rebuilds.

5. Validation Testing and Performance Benchmarks

Prove that an instrument works reliably and define tests that others can replicate.

6. Sensor Integration for Automated Quality Control

Embed verification into workflows so instruments detect their own errors.

7. Evaluating and Adapting Existing Open Hardware

Assess whether a published design is ready for your lab and what modifications are safe.

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