Electronics / Electrical Engineer – Robotics in Cambridge

Electronics / Electrical Engineer – Robotics

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

Location: Cambridge, UK

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&Dteamin Portugalto compliment the HQ based in Cambridge and currently work with farms across the UK, Europe, and Australia.Fieldwork Robotics is currently backed by£3M+ inprivate investment and Innovate UK grant funding, looking to open a Series A shortly.

The Role:
Fieldwork Robotics arelooking fora talentedandenthusiasticengineer tojoin the teamindevelopinga unique autonomous robotics platform that will disrupt the robotic harvesting industry.You will be responsible for taking the current robot platform through manufacture and small-scale production, alongsidedesigning the next generation system from the ground up–aimingto startscale up production in 2027/2028.Inthisfast-paced growing company,thisrolecanchange and evolvedepending on your skills and ambitions.In the areas outside your current experience,specialist contractorscan bebroughtintosupportyou.

Key Responsibilities:

These are the areas youwill own,with specialistcontractorsbrought in to supportyou in the areas outside your current experience.

• Schematic capture and PCB design
• Progress existing prototype designs to manufacture/small-scale production
• Reduce the electronics/electrical BoM cost
• Achieve Machinery Safety and EMC compliance (UK and EU, followed by Australia and US)
• Rapidly develop and test proof of concept solutions and new features
• Develop verification and validation plans
• Work closely with the Mechanical, Software, and Machine Learning / Machine Vision teams
• Technical documentation (e.g. requirements, design, test, reports, and manufacture)
• Debug issues at PCB and system level
• Work with external manufacturing partners
• Product roadmap (in terms of electronics/electrical)

What You’ll Be Working On:

• Take the Fieldworker v3 robot into production and achieve UK CA / CE marking working with our UK safety consultant and our UK manufacturing Partner
• Take the Fieldworker v3 robot into production and achieve Australia safety compliance with an Australian safety consultant and our Australian manufacturing Partner
• Working collaboratively with the engineering team and ops teams to Develop the Fieldworker v4.0 architecture
• Working collaboratively with the engineering team to design, build and deploy the Fieldworker v4.0 into global production
• Contribute the IP strategy and portfolio
• Contribute to the Fieldwork Robotics product roadmap, own the electronics, electrical and safety roadmap
• Understand the commercial drivers for the Fieldwork Robotics solution offering and contribute to their success through design, cost down, reliability and innovation
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in electronics / electrical engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 4+ years of industry experience in electronics design
• Experience designing electronics to interface with:
  • motors, actuators, and encoders
  • sensors
  • application processors (e.g. NVIDIA Jetson, Raspberry Pi)
• Experience with:
  • Communication interfaces and standard busses (e.g. serial, CANbus, Ethernet)
  • power circuitry
  • simple safety circuits
  • machinery safety
  • compliance testing
• Able to work on own initiative with minimum supervision to drive work to completion
• Ability to work on multiple projects while managing own time and priorities to achieve agreed timelines and outcomes
• Excellent communications skills
• 3+ years of industry experience in the robotics/automation/machinery environment
• Experience designing electronics to interface with robot odometry (e.g. IMU, GPS, RTK)

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
• Company social events
• Employee Assistance Program
• On-site
• Free parking
• Gym (personal contract or pay as you go)
• Air-conditioned offices

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