Electronics Test Engineer

Shadow Robot; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established robotics company is seeking a skilled Electronics Test Engineer to join their London team. This role involves supporting robotics engineers by assembling parts, running tests, and validating modifications. You will play a key role in enhancing the productivity of the development process. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechatronics, experience with electro-mechanical systems, and a passion for robotics. Join a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation, and help shape the future of robotics technology.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Mechatronics Test Engineer in an R&D team.
• Ability to assemble and test electro-mechanical systems.
• Strong documentation and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Assemble robots and contribute to documentation.
• Run tests on components and systems we design.
• Maintain development and testing space and equipment.

Skills

Testing and debugging electronics

Soldering small wires and electronic components

Setting up and running tests on electro-mechanical systems

Recording and analyzing data

Assembling prototype electro-mechanical systems

Writing clear documentation

Reading electrical and electronic schematics

Working with miniaturized surface mount PCBs

Linux command line proficiency

Scripting/automation

MCAD and ECAD software tools

Interest in robotics

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Are you an experienced industry-based Electronics Test Engineer with a mechatronics background?

Skilled with motors, actuators, electronics, software, building and observing test rigs, capturing and communicating data with a thorough approach to testing?

And are you based in London and able to work in London each day?

About the Shadow Robot Company

The Shadow Robot Company is an established, employee-owned, international and world-leading robotics company, and we’re looking to expand our London-based team.

We exist to develop and create awesome robots for advancing dexterity.

There are seven different nationalities in our small team of people. We are based in London and Madrid with a handful of remote-based staff.

Our values here at the Shadow Robot Company:

• We care about each other
• We enjoy challenging the impossible.

When we add new people to our team, wherever you’re based and whatever role you’re doing, you’ll see that we all live and breathe these core values.

Your new role within our team

Our Product Development Team needs a skilled technician to support our robotics engineers.

This new role at Shadow will involve taking responsibility for key elements of our development process.

Tasks would include making parts in the workshop, running tests, assembling parts, validating modifications and supporting the engineering team wherever possible. Ultimately you will help our team be more productive during the development of our robot systems.

This role is wholly based in the London office (a 2-minute walk from Gospel Oak station), so you can access the hardware and help us develop and test the solutions.

Your Accountabilities as our new Mechatronics Test Engineer:

• Enable us to capture and prevent issues in robots we develop.
• Assembling robots and contributing to documentation
• Working with the team to devise test plans for new components and systems.
• Running tests on components and systems we design.
• Making sure our development and testing space and equipment is maintained.

Your skills and experience will show many of the following:

Must haves:

• Experience working as a Mechatronics Test Engineer within an engineering or R&D team developing new technology
• Experience with testing and debugging electronics
• Highly-skilled in soldering small wires and electronic components
• Experience of setting up and running tests on electro-mechanical systems
• Accurately recording and analysing data
• Able to assemble prototype electro-mechanical systems
• Able to write clear documentation for tests and processes

Nice to have’s - where, yes, these are beneficial alongside all of the above:

• Proficiency in reading electrical and electronic schematics
• Experience working with complex miniaturised surface mount PCBs
• Comfortable working on a linux command line
• Experience with scripting/automation
• Some experience of MCAD and ECAD software tools.
• An interest in robotics

We'd also love the new technician to display the following:

• Collaborates well/works well in a team
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Maturity in your role so you can be autonomous and proactive
• Structured approach to identifying and solving problems
• The desire to continually learn

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Start Date: ASAP

Salary range: £45,000 to £50,000 - depending upon experience

Based: 100% in the R&D Lab based at Gospel Oak (2 mins from the London overground station)

Please note we are unable to sponsor for work permits for this role.

It is also unsuitable for graduates given we need a few years' commercial experience.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

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  Full-time

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