Vehicle Integration Technician

Hive Autonomy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Hive is seeking a Vehicle Integration Technician to build and install hardware for retrofitting industrial vehicles. You’ll work with integration engineers to turn new designs into safe, repeatable installations across customer sites.

The role involves assembling wiring harnesses, installing sensors and controllers, and performing electrical and mechanical work. Travel to customer sites is required, with emphasis on safety and precise workmanship.

Qualifications

• Experience with automotive, industrial equipment, robotics, or heavy machinery.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.
• Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Assemble wiring harnesses, cabinets, cables, and connectors.
• Install sensors, compute hardware, controllers, actuators, brackets, and wiring on vehicles.
• Perform crimping, soldering, labeling, and mechanical installation.
• Read BOMs and installation procedures; follow tests and checks.
• Troubleshoot installation problems and assist with root-cause analysis.
• Document build issues and support field repairs.
• Maintain tools, equipment, inventory, and records.

Skills

Wiring harness assembly

Crimping

Electrical troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Reading mechanical drawings

Field installation

Willingness to travel

Attention to detail

Safety compliance

Tools

Multimeters

Power supplies

Hand tools

Workshop equipment

CAN wiring

Job description

At Hive, we're building the defining physical AI platform of the next decade.

Industrial labor is one of the most acute bottlenecks in the global economy. Operators are expensive, hard to retain, and working in environments that are increasingly unsafe. The shortage is structural. The window to solve it is now.

Our answer is a machine-agnostic intelligence platform that lets any machine, on any site, perceive, decide, and act autonomously. One platform. Any machine. No fleet replacement.

Already live across multiple sites and customers in Europe - spanning logistics and warehousing, industrial manufacturing, and large-scale chemical production - with a US expansion underway.

The vision: one operator managing hundreds of machines simultaneously. Productive machine-hour cost dropping by 80x, and unlocks the next productivity revolution in physical work.

The mission is to make productivity limitless. Come and help us build it.

About the Role

The Vehicle Integration Technician builds, installs, tests, and repairs the hardware used to retrofit industrial vehicles with the company systems.

The technician works closely with integration engineers and helps turn first-of-kind engineering designs into safe, repeatable installations.

Responsibilities

• Assemble wiring harnesses, electrical cabinets, cables, and connector systems.


• Install sensors, compute hardware, controllers, actuators, brackets, and wiring on vehicles.


• Perform crimping, connector assembly, soldering, wiring, labeling, and mechanical installation.


• Read and follow electrical schematics, harness drawings, BOMs, and installation procedures.


• Perform continuity, insulation, voltage, power, CAN connectivity, and functional checks.


• Support machine bring-up, commissioning, debugging, and acceptance testing.


• Troubleshoot installation problems and assist engineers with root-cause analysis.


• Perform field repairs, engineering changes, and electrical or mechanical rework.


• Document build issues and provide feedback to improve Vehicle Adapter Kits.


• Maintain workshop tools, calibrated equipment, inventory, and build records.


• Follow electrical, mechanical, customer-site, and lockout/tagout safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Experience with automotive, industrial equipment, robotics, heavy machinery, or similar systems.


• Strong wiring harness assembly, crimping, connector, and troubleshooting skills.


• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.


• Experience using multimeters, power supplies, hand tools, and standard workshop equipment.


• Basic understanding of CAN wiring and vehicle electrical systems.


• Strong attention to detail and workmanship.


• Ability to work safely and independently in workshop and field environments.


• Willingness to travel regularly and support installations at customer sites.