Engineering Project Manager - Software R&D / Robotics

Redline Group Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Redline Group Ltd in Cambridge is seeking an Engineering Project Manager to lead software R&D and robotics integration, spanning hardware and software delivery from concept to validated product.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams across software, embedded systems, electronics, and mechanical engineering to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery for customers in diverse markets.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex software R&D or software-intensive product development projects within robotics.
• Experience managing product lifecycles from development through testing and validation.
• Strong ability to coordinate cross-functional engineering teams and manage scope, budget, risks, and stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product development projects across software R&D, hardware integration, and validation.
• Develop and manage project plans with milestones, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate software, embedded systems, electronics, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.
• Governance including risks, issues, change control, status reporting, stakeholder communication.
• Collaborate with software developers and technical leads to resolve blockers and ensure product performance.
• Oversee software and hardware integration, verification, validation, and trials moving from R&D to validated product.

Skills

Project management

Robotics

Cross-functional leadership

Software development lifecycles

Tools

Jira

Kanban boards

Scheduling software

Job description

Engineering Project Manager - Software R&D / Robotics

Are you an experienced Engineering Project Manager with a strong background in software development, product R&D, and integrated hardware and software systems? Do you want to take ownership of complex development projects within an innovative robotics company developing cutting-edge autonomous technology for real-world agricultural environments?

If so, our client is looking to hire an Engineering Project Manager based in Cambridge, leading the delivery of complex software-driven products across multidisciplinary engineering teams.You will be responsible for coordinating software R&D, hardware integration, product development, and validation, supporting the development of autonomous technology for customers in the UK, Australia, and the USA.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product development projects, from initial requirements and concept development through software R&D, prototyping, system integration, testing, and validation.
• Develop and manage project plans covering milestones, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and critical-path activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across software development, embedded systems, electronics, mechanical engineering, and systems engineering.
• Manage project governance, including risks, issues, change control, status reporting, stakeholder communication, and escalation.
• Work closely with software developers and technical leads to resolve blockers, manage development priorities, and ensure product functionality, quality, reliability, and performance.
• Oversee software and hardware integration, verification, validation, and product trials, ensuring successful progression from R&D into a fully validated product.

To be successful, you should have:

• Proven experience as an Engineering Project Manager delivering complex software R&D or software-intensive product development projects within robotics, automation, autonomous systems, or a related engineering environment.

• Demonstrable experience managing product development lifecycles involving software and integrated hardware, with responsibility for project delivery from development through to testing and validation.

• Strong experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

• A solid technical understanding of software development lifecycles and integrated engineering systems, with the ability to work effectively alongside software developers and engineering leads.

• Experience using Jira, Kanban boards, and project timelines to manage software development activities, engineering backlogs, and project delivery.