Mechanical Design Engineer
Kestrel Robotics · Warehouse automation
Design the end effector. It has to grip a frozen box without crushing it, ten thousand times a day.
MechanicalMid (2–5 yrs)On-sitePermanentNo sponsorship
Stack
Salary band
£48,000 – £62,000
- Location
- Bristol
- Pattern
- On-site
- Posted
- 28 Aug 2026 (6d ago)
- Process
- 3 stages, listed below
No account needed. One of us reads it before anything reaches the company.
The work
Grippers wear out and the current one wears out faster than we would like. You would own the next generation from concept to production drawings.
Worth knowing
- Machine shop on site, so you can have a part in your hands the same week.
- Weekly design reviews with firmware and controls, not in isolation.
Must have
- Mechanism design through to production
- GD&T and tolerance stacks
- Worked with a machine shop
Nice to have
- Compliant mechanisms
- Food-safe or cold-chain materials
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.