Senior Technical Project Manager – Robotics

Fieldwork Robotics; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Share option scheme

Company social events

Employee Assistance Program

On-site facilities

Free parking

Gym access

Coffees and snacks

Air-conditioned offices

Job summary

Fieldwork Robotics is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead delivery of autonomous robotics products from planning to field deployment. You will work across engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers, turning priorities into clear plans for UK, Europe, and US customers.

Reporting to the CTO, you will balance speed with safety, manage risks, and drive handover to production, while expanding your project management experience within the Fieldwork Robotics roadmap.

Qualifications

• Proven delivery of complex hardware/software products in robotics or related environments.
• Experience engaging with engineers to discuss system-level trade-offs.
• Strong governance of risks, changes, dependencies and delivery milestones.
• Ability to plan cross‑functional activities and manage field deployments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of integrated hardware and software products from planning through deployment.
• Build cross-functional plans: milestones, budgets, resources, acceptance criteria, dependencies and critical paths.
• Maintain governance: risks, issues, decisions, changes, reporting and escalation.
• Coordinate system integration, verification, commissioning, field trials, suppliers, and customer interfaces.
• Collaborate with technical leads to prioritise defects and balance speed with safety and quality.
• Lead transition from development to repeatable manufacture and leverage field data for continuous improvement.
• Manage grant-funded projects aligned with the technical roadmap.

Skills

Technical project management

Robotics domain

Stakeholder management

Risk and change control

Agile / Scrum

Education

Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Project

ROS 2

Embedded Linux

Job description

Senior Technical Project Manager – Robotics

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Location: Cambridge, UK (Hybrid)

Requirements: Candidates eligible for UK employment

Company Overview:Fieldwork Robotics is a pioneering autonomous robotics company that develops modular, multi-crop, soft, and adaptive robots designed to operate in complex agricultural environments. Our innovative solutions focus on delivering advanced technologies to enhance efficiency and productivity in the agriculture sector.

We have an established R&D team in Portugal to compliment the HQ based in Cambridge and currently work with farms across the UK, Europe, and Australia. Fieldwork Robotics is currently backed by £3M+ in private investment and Innovate UK grant funding, looking to open a Series A shortly.

The Role:Reporting to the CTO, you will lead the delivery of robotic products from planning and integration through manufacture, field deployment, and operational handover. Working across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and field operations, you will turn commercial priorities into clear plans, manage risk and dependencies, and help bring products to market for customers in the UK, Australia, and the USA. The role also offers the opportunity to broaden your product management experience across the Fieldwork Robotics roadmap.

What you’ll be doing:

• Own end-to-end delivery of integrated hardware and software products, from scope and planning through validation, deployment, and handover.
• Build cross-functional plans covering milestones, resources, budgets, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and critical-path activities.
• Maintain proportionate governance, including risks, issues, decisions, change control, status reporting, and escalation.
• Coordinate system integration, verification, commissioning, field trials, suppliers, and customer interfaces.
• Work with technical leads to prioritise defects, remove blockers, and balance speed with safety, quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Lead the transition from engineering development into repeatable manufacture and use field data to improve future delivery.
• Project manage grant funded projects that align with the technical roadmap.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven delivery of complex, integrated hardware and software products in robotics, mechatronics, industrial automation, or a related environment.
• Enough technical depth to engage credibly with engineers, understand systemlevel issues, challenge assumptions, and facilitate trade-offs without replacing technical leads.
• Strong experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, stakeholders, and operational handover.
• Clear written and verbal communication, strong facilitation skills, sound judgement, and comfort working in a fast-changing startup environment.
• Experience using Jira Kan ban timeline to deliver software and hardware projects to agreed outcomes.
• Experience with tools such as Jira and practical Agile, requirements, change, release, and risk-management approaches.
• Degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant discipline.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with agricultural, mobile, autonomous, outdoor, or safety-related robotic systems.
• Experience in new product introduction, manufacturing transfer, commissioning, systems engineering, or regulatory compliance.
• Experience with Microsoft Project.
• Familiarity with ROS 2, embedded Linux, perception, controls, cloud platforms, or fleet operations.

What We Offer:

• Contributory company pension scheme (Employer fixed 5%, Employee minimum 3%)
• 25 days holiday + statutory bank holidays, pro-rated as appropriate + Christmas shutdown
• Individuals may be invited to join the company share option scheme
• Other benefits may be offered from time to time
• Company social events
• Employee Assistance Program
• Casual dress
• On-site:
• Free parking
• Gym (personal contract or pay as you go)
• Coffee shop, Café and 24-hour vending machines
• Free tea, coffee and fruit in the office
• Air-conditioned offices
• On-site games room
• On-site beauty salon

Fieldwork Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.