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Contract

Mechatronics Engineer

Futura Design
Gaydon
money-bag Negotiable
Posted: 29 June 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 29 July 2026
Ref: 225304847

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Mechatronics Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a maternity cover contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £35.80 per hour.

Duties:

  • Designs, analyses, modifies, and integrates robotics, automation, technologies and processes related to equipment and tooling for applicability to programs and products.
  • Develops, implements, and tests preventative maintenance plans, interim solutions for damaged and unsafe equipment, and tooling.
  • Investigates and documents engineering changes and controls equipment and tooling configuration in accordance with standard operating procedures.
  • Develops and recommends equipment reliability improvements through the application of reliability engineering tooling.
  • Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
  • Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals.
  • Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

  • Practical experience building verification and validation rigs for formal approval / sign off.
  • Knowledge of using SysML and Matlab/Simulink for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
  • Experience in network architecture design/communication networks.
  • Solid understanding of requirements definition and interface documentation required to support the development and acceptance of solutions.
  • Complex issue resolution across various functional commodities for testing.
  • Positive attitude, and willingness to get involved with tasks across the System Engineering lifecycle.
  • Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on sometimes complex issues, topics and engineering principles and practices.
  • Ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

  • Ability to analyse technical problems and provide pragmatic solutions.
  • Experience of building and managing multiple relationships in complex stakeholder environments.
  • Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, TRM, CATIA Magic System of Systems (MSOSA).
  • Experience of working in the automotive industry. · Experience of dealing with safety critical systems especially automotive.
  • Knowledge / experience of Cucumber / Gherkin / Gitlab etc…
  • Experience in complex electronics rig build preferred.

Essential Education Required:

  • Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects.
  • Minimum: Degree in Electronics / Systems engineering.

Desirable Education Requested:

  • Degree in System or Mechanical Engineering.

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