Technical Specialist - Mechatronics

We are seeking a Mechatronics Technical Specialist to join our Mechatronics & Machines department. This role is central to the technical leadership of projects and plays a key part in coaching, mentoring, and capability development across the team.

You will be responsible for delivering high-quality technical work, shaping team strategy, enabling innovation, and ensuring best-practice technical governance-while acting as a role model for excellence, collaboration, and safety., * Lead technical projects, ensuring delivery meets or exceeds customer requirements, budgets, and timelines.

• Work with Technology Managers, Engineering Managers and Product Development teams to develop and deliver capability roadmaps aligned with industry demand.
• Provide technical governance and champion MTC best practices in your area of expertise.
• Foster a culture of innovation, entrepreneurial thinking, and continuous improvement.
• Promote and uphold health and safety, demonstrating proactive responsibility for team wellbeing.
• Mentor and coach colleagues, sharing knowledge and supporting their growth.
• Lead with awareness of your impact on others, promoting collaborative, one-MTC working.

Do you have experience in System design?, * Proven experience developing technical themes and improving performance/standards.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels of the business.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and coaching colleagues.
• Mechatronics Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Experience in electro-mechanical system design and testing.
• Competence in sensing, instrumentation, signal processing, data logging and analysis.
• Experience integrating actuators into electro-mechanical systems.
• Proficiency with microcontrollers and programming languages (C/C++/Python).
• Structured problem-solving approach and strong system design/optimisation capability.
• Hands-on, pragmatic engineering experience.
• Experience delivering industrial projects including concept generation, detailed design, compliance, commissioning and budget awareness.

Desirable skills:

• Knowledge of automation cell functional safety standards.
• Awareness of Industry 4.0 / 5.0.
• Hydraulics or pneumatics experience.
• High-level programming experience.
• PLC programming (IEC 61131).
• Experience with vision systems and advanced signal processing.

At the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), we're driven by curiosity, creativity, and a passion for redefining what's possible in manufacturing. With world-leading facilities across Coventry, Liverpool, and Oxford, and backed by major public investment, we work with clients across automotive, aerospace, energy, food & beverage, construction and more to help advance their engineering and technological capabilities. Our teams bridge the gap between academia and industry, turning ambitious ideas into proven, real-world solutions., The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) was established in 2010 as an independent Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) with the objective of bridging the gap between academia and industry - often referred to as 'the valley of death'. It represents one of the largest public sector investments in UK manufacturing and, after four years of planning and a 16 month build, the facility opened at Ansty Park in Coventry at the end of 2011. In December 2011, there were 16 industrial members, 44 staff and just a few key pieces of equipment in the 'workshop'. Over the following seven years the MTC's rapid growth has seen the expansion of our campus with the construction of three more facilities, including the opening of the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre and the National Centre for Additive Manufacturing. Our role has also increased to cover not only R&D but also Training, Advanced Manufacturing Management and Factory Design. We now have over 700 talented employees working with us. During this time we have helped hundreds of companies across a range of industries and over 100 of them have become members of the MTC.     If you require alternative methods of application or screening, you must approach the employer directly to request this as Indeed is not responsible for the employer's application process.