Robotics Software Engineer
Ardenne Bio · Lab automation
Scheduling and motion for liquid-handling robots that run three shifts a day.
Salary band
£58,000 – £75,000
- Location
- Glasgow
- Pattern
- Hybrid
- Posted
- 21 Aug 2026 (13d ago)
- Process
- 3 stages, listed below
No account needed. One of us reads it before anything reaches the company.
The work
The robot is fast enough. Keeping it busy across competing protocols with different deadlines is the hard part.
Must have
- Robotics or automation software
- Scheduling or planning
- Hardware you can break
Nice to have
- Lab automation
- OPC-UA or SiLA
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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