Technical Specialist - Mechatronics

Manufacturing Technology Centre
Coventry
2 weeks ago
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Technical Specialist (Mechatronics)

Location: Coventry or Liverpool
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 36 hours per week (4‑day week + WFH options)
Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary + private medical, double pension contribution, electric vehicle lease scheme, cycle‑to‑work scheme, 20 days holiday plus bank holidays, and more.


Join the MTC – A Home for Innovators

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.


About the Role

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.


Key Responsibilities

  • 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.

What You’ll Bring
Essential skills & experience

  • 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.


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