Test & Development Engineer

Cellular Origins; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Pension contribution 10%

Private medical insurance

Enhanced family friendly leave

Life insurance 6x salary

Electric car leasing

Cycle to work

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Cellular Origins is seeking a Test and Development Engineer to join our Constellation system team. You will work with engineers and scientists to develop, integrate and rigorously test our robotic automation.

You will design test strategies, run protocols, diagnose faults in mechatronics, and contribute to verification and release, ensuring performance and reliability. A strong engineering background and experience with Python/ROS will help you thrive in our fast-paced, impact-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or vocational route required.
• Experience testing and verification of mechatronics in product development.
• Strong analysis and documentation skills including test protocols and reports.
• Ability to identify failure modes and perform root-cause investigations.
• Excellent communication in interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate system elements, create test strategies and protocols.
• Run procedures and evaluate performance for reliability and compliance.
• Diagnose faults in mechatronics systems and feed back to the design team.
• Oversee verification activities and write reports for release.

Skills

Engineering background

Test & verification

Mechatronics

Test Protocols & Reports

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Communication

Robotic automation

Python

ROS

Education

Engineering degree or vocational route

Tools

Python

ROS

Job description

• Technical Discipline: Science or Engineering

Company Description

Cell therapies have been shown to cure devastating diseases like cancer by reprogramming a patient’s own immune system, offering hope where there was none before. Giving more patients access to these life-saving therapies requires a revolution in manufacturing and process automation.

Cellular Origins is leading this revolution. Our proprietary technology tackles the challenges of large-scale production with an elegant robotic automation system that cuts costs, reduces labour, eliminates human error, and boosts efficiency.

Job Description

This is a great opportunity to join our team and play a key role in shaping the future of the Cellular Origins’ Constellation system.

As a Test and Development Engineer, you’ll sit at the heart of product delivery, working closely with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists to bring our vision to life through development, integration, and rigorous testing. You’ll help to ensure our robots and automated systems meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and compliance.

Working together with design teams, you will initially be focused on development and integration of our system elements, creating test strategies, plans and protocols running procedures, and evaluating performance to ensure functionality, performance and reliable operation. Your experience working with mechatronics systems will help you to diagnose faults, provide feedback to the design team and recommend solutions.

In the longer term, you will transition to more formal verification of our system elements, generating protocols, managing changes, maintaining traceability, overseeing verification activities and writing reports. Your attention to detail and strong documentation will make you key to successful system verification and release.

This is somewhere to really make your mark, working in a technically challenging and impact-driven venture, with bright and committed peers, to define the future of cell therapy manufacturing.

Qualifications

• A strong engineering background gained either by degree or vocational route.
• Proven experience of testing and other means of verification, and troubleshooting complex mechatronics systems, preferably within a product development environment.
• Robust technical analysis and documentation skills including generating Test Protocols and Test Reports.
• Capable of applying statistical and data analysis, simulation, and engineering modelling techniques to evaluate product performance, predict behaviour, and generate actionable insights that drive design improvement.
• Ability to identify failure modes, conduct structured root cause investigations, and implement data-driven corrective actions to improve product reliability and robustness.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in interdisciplinary teams and fast-paced environments.
• A solid understanding of robotic automation system and robot integration, control systems, and testing methodologies.
• Familiar with modern programming languages such as Python and robotic software frameworks (ROS).
• Experience working within development of robotic automation systems and robots.

Additional Information

Cellular Origins is currently based on the TTP Campus, within purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge.Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work.

Our employee benefits include:

• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Life insurance worth 6x salary
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan