Controls Engineer
Kestrel Robotics · Warehouse automation
Close the loop between vision, planning and the arm, at a rate that keeps up with a conveyor.
Salary band
£72,000 – £92,000
- Location
- Bristol
- Pattern
- Hybrid
- Posted
- 22 Aug 2026 (12d ago)
- Process
- 3 stages, listed below
No account needed. One of us reads it before anything reaches the company.
The work
Vision says where the box is, planning says how to reach it, and control has to get there without shaking the frame apart.
Worth knowing
- Three days on site, because simulation only tells you so much.
Must have
- Real-time control in production
- ROS or an equivalent you can defend
- Comfortable with the maths
Nice to have
- Vision-guided picking
- Trajectory optimisation
Interview process
If the client adds a stage after you’ve started, we’ll tell you, and you can withdraw.
- 01
Intro call
30 minTheir questions and yours. No competency framework.
- 02
Technical conversation
60 minWalk through something you built. No live coding.
- 03
Team and offer
45 minMeet the people you would work with, talk numbers.
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