Shadow Robot
Mechatronics Technician
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Are you an experienced Mechatronics Test Technician/Engineer with at least 3 years of experience as a technician?
Skilled with motors, actuators, electronics, software, building and observing test rigs, capturing and communicating data with a thorough approach to testing?
And are you based in London and able to work in London each day?
About the Shadow Robot Company
The Shadow Robot Company is a growing, employee-owned, international and world-leading robotics company, and we’re looking to expand our London-based team.
The company exists to develop awesome robots that make working lives better.
There are 14 different nationalities in our team of 45+ people. We are based in London and Madrid with a handful of remote-based staff too.
Our values here at the Shadow Robot Company:
- We care about each other
- We enjoy challenging the impossible.
- No BS. No a**holes.
- Compassionate.
When we add new people to our team, wherever you’re based and whatever role you’re doing, you’ll see that we all live and breathe these core values.
Our Product Development Team
Our Product Development Team needs a skilled technician to support our robotics engineers. This new role at Shadow will involve taking responsibility for key elements of our development process.
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Tasks would include:
- Making parts in the workshop
- Running tests
- Assembling parts
- Validating modifications
- Supporting the engineering team wherever possible
Ultimately, you will help our team be more productive during the development of our robot systems.
This role is wholly based in the London office (a 2-minute walk from Gospel Oak station), so you can access the hardware and help us develop and test the solutions.
Your Accountabilities as our new Mechatronics Test Technician/Engineer:
- Enable us to capture and prevent issues in robots we develop.
- Assembling robots and contributing to documentation
- Working with the team to devise test plans for new components and systems.
- Running tests on components and systems we design.
- Making sure our development and testing space and equipment is maintained.
Your skills and experience will show many of the following:
Must have:
- Experience working as a Test Technician within an engineering or R&D team developing new technology
- Experience with testing and debugging electronics
- Competence in soldering small wires and electronic components
- Experience of setting up and running tests on electro-mechanical systems
- Accurately recording & analysing data
- Able to assemble prototype electro-mechanical systems
- Able to write clear documentation for tests and processes
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Nice to have:
- Proficiency in reading electrical and electronic schematics
- Experience working with complex miniaturised surface mount PCBs
- Comfortable working on a linux command line
- Experience with scripting/automation
- Some experience of MCAD and ECAD software tools.
- An interest in robotics
The ideal candidate will display the following:
- Curiosity
- Collaborates well/works well in a team
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Maturity in your role so you can be autonomous and proactive
- Structured approach to identifying and solving problems
- The desire to continually learn
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Start Date: ASAP
Salary range: £45,000 to £50,000 - depending upon experience
Based: 100% in the Product Dev Team based at Gospel Oak, London HQ (2 mins from the London Overground station)
Note:
Please note we cannot sponsor work permits for this role. It is also unsuitable for graduates given we need a few years' commercial experience.
Recruiters - if you're keen to explore a possible PSL, please reach out to Helen at HFBAC/TalentJet Group.
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