Solutions Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Edinburgh, UK; hybrid with 2+ days per week in-office. Must live within commuting distance or be willing to relocate to the UK before starting.

Company

hirify.global develops mixed-signal processing technologies and solutions for leading consumer brands.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and laboratory setups for robotics and emerging applications.
• Coordinate third-party prototyping houses, mechanical design services, and software providers on proof-of-concept projects.
• Plan and run experiments, including measurement, debugging, and data capture.
• Analyse results and communicate conclusions, limitations, and recommendations through demonstrations, reports, reference setups, and technical notes.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, design, applications, and marketing teams to understand customer systems, perform basic teardowns, and assess technical challenges.
• Explain device-level capabilities, limitations, and trade-offs in the context of wider systems while improving laboratory repeatability and efficiency.

Requirements

• Practical professional experience with electronics or hardware in a laboratory, test, or prototyping environment.
• Experience building or modifying bench setups, prototype circuits, or evaluation hardware.
• Experience with PCB design, schematic capture, or rapid prototyping.
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analysers, signal generators, or power-measurement tools.
• Ability to collect, interpret, and clearly explain technical data in writing and conversation.
• Familiarity with data capture, scripting, or laboratory automation.
• Structured approach to open-ended problems, including deciding what to investigate next.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering, applications, and marketing colleagues.
• Interest in applying electronics and hardware to robotics or other emerging applications; previous robotics experience is helpful but not essential.

Nice to have

• BEng or MEng in electronics engineering or a related discipline; equivalent employment experience is also considered.
• Proven commercial experience in electronics, engineering, laboratory, test, or prototyping work, with the ability to operate independently.
• Mechanical design or practical electromechanical systems experience.
• Experience programming embedded systems and/or FPGAs, including developing, debugging, and integrating hardware-software solutions.
• Ability to break complex problems into clear, actionable questions.
• Experience writing technical reports, notes, or recommendations for internal or customer use.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with at least 2 office days per week, scheduled according to business needs and team preference.
• Collaborative and inclusive workplace that values different experiences, perspectives, and approaches.
• Commitment to diversity, fairness, community engagement, and employee development.

Hiring process

• Candidates must be able to access technical data without hirify.global obtaining an export license; the company cannot sponsor or obtain export licenses for this role.