The Vacancy
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
* Experience with vision systems and advanced signal processing.
About The MTC
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.
The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.
Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.
Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.
The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.
Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)
Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.