Robotics Engineer Manager

Wave Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an Engineering Manager for Robotics in Greater London. In this role, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for building embedded and full-stack systems for advanced robotics. Key responsibilities include managing functional safety across software, hardware, and AI, as well as driving project delivery from concept to field deployment while ensuring compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate should have strong leadership and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead an engineering organisation across embedded software, electronics, mechanical systems, AI / ML and full-stack.
• Set engineering direction: architecture, development practices, release processes, testing, reliability and safety.
• Drive delivery of robotics platforms from concept through to field deployment, ensuring the system is safe, stable and maintainable.
• Make clear technical trade-offs between performance, complexity, deadlines and safety constraints.

Job description

Job Description

Engineering Manager – Robotics (Software, Hardware, Systems, AI & Functional Safety)

Role Overview

You’ll lead a new multi-disciplinary engineering group building embedded and full‑stack systems for advanced robotics. This includes direct responsibility for functional safety across software, hardware, systems and AI. The role blends people leadership with technical judgement, ensuring the entire robotics stack is engineered to behave predictably, safely and reliably in real‑world environments.

Core Responsibilities

Leadership & Delivery

• Build and lead an engineering organisation across embedded software, electronics, mechanical systems, AI / ML and full-stack.
• Set engineering direction : architecture, development practices, release processes, testing, reliability and safety.
• Drive delivery of robotics platforms from concept through to field deployment, ensuring the system is safe, stable and maintainable.
• Make clear technical trade‑offs between performance, complexity, deadlines and safety constraints.

Robotics Functional Safety (Key Additions)

Own functional safety for the robotics platform, ensuring compliance with relevant standards (e.g., ...)