Test & Development Engineer

CamWebDir; Melbourn; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension contribution 10%

Private medical insurance for dependয়

Job summary

Cellular Origins is seeking a Test and Development Engineer to join our Cambridge-area team. You will help shape the Constellation system through development, integration, testing, and verification of mechatronics hardware and software.

You will create test strategies, protocols and reports, perform fault diagnosis, and contribute to design improvements. The role requires strong documentation, data analysis, and collaboration across disciplines to ensure reliable, compliant systems.

Qualifications

• Engineering background with degree or vocational route.
• Proven testing, verification and troubleshooting of mechatronics.
• Strong documentation and test reporting abilities.
• Ability to apply data analysis, statistics and modelling for insights.
• Root cause investigations and data-driven corrective actions.
• Excellent communication in interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies, plans and protocols for system elements.
• Create test procedures, run tests and evaluate performance and reliability.
• Diagnose faults, feedback to design team and drive improvements.
• Transition to formal verification, maintain traceability and write reports.

Skills

Testing & verification

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Documentation

System troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

ROS

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.

Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• 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.

Cellular Origins is based at Melbourn Science Park, just 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our newly renovated premises offer modern office, laboratory and engineering spaces, surrounded by green spaces. We foster an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture, where ideas are encouraged, innovation thrives, and everyone has the freedom to do their best work.
Our employee benefits include:

• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants