Robotics Engineer, Machine Vision Specialist

About the role

Youll join our Robotics team working closely with engineers across hardware software and robotics. This is a hands-on role at either Engineer or Senior Engineer level shaped around your machine vision expertise and how it meets our current robotics integration challenges.

Right now that means improving how our robots localise to sub 200 µm precision extending vision into complex tube loading and QC operations and thinking carefully about where AI genuinely beats classical methods and where it doesnt. This isnt a research position but it isnt a purely execution role either. Youll be expected to dig into the first principles when a problem demands it and to move pragmatically when it doesnt.

What youll get to do

Youll be turning real-world sensing into reliable robotic behaviour then proving it holds up again and again in a regulated high-consequence environment.

• Youll get to push robot localisation precision to sub 200 µm performance getting deep into optics and algorithms to get there
• Youll develop machine vision approaches for robot task verification so the system can confirm what its done with genuine confidence
• Youll extend vision capability into complex tube loading operations and QC use cases balancing robustness with the realities of practical integration
• Youll explore AI-based approaches where they genuinely outperform classical methods and youll know when to say they dont
• Youll write and maintain production-quality Python code that your colleagues rely on daily
• Youll help shape a vision capability thats still growing with real influence over the direction it takes

Qualifications :

About you

You enjoy getting close to the real problem. You like the maths the calibration the fiddly realities of sensors and the satisfaction of making something reliable in the real world not just under ideal conditions.

Youll bring:

• Industrial machine vision and youll be familiar with smart camera solutions like Keyence Cognex or SensoPart.
• Camera calibration including intrinsic and extrinsic calibration.
• Robot hand-eye calibration experience and how error propagation effects calibration.
• The mathematics and detailed understanding of vision sensors that sits underneath the tooling.
• Robotics familiarity especially manipulators and a working knowledge of ROS2 is advantageous.
• Programming capability with intermediate Python skills.
• Breadth meaning youre happy working across a range of topics including general robotics tasks while also being our go-to specialist for machine vision.

Additional Information :

Benefits

Cellular Origins is 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
• Free lunch and all-day refreshments
• 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
• Activities and community that supports healthy activities that bring colleagues together; whether its lunchtime squash or football Zumba or our own rock band. Colleagues initiate new clubs and outings whenever they feel theres something missing!
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships.

Ready to make it real

If you want your work to show up in the real world in systems that help therapies reach more patients faster wed love to hear from you. Apply now and tell us what youve built what youve learned and what youre excited to improve next. .

Apply now. Every application will be reviewed by the hiring team and will receive a response.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time