Engineering Project Manager – Software R&D / Robotics
Are you an experienced Engineering Project Manager with a strong background in software development, product R&D, and integrated hardware and software systems? Do you want to take ownership of complex development projects within an innovative robotics company developing cutting-edge autonomous technology for real-world agricultural environments?
If so, our client is looking to hire an Engineering Project Manager based in Cambridge, leading the delivery of complex software-driven products across multidisciplinary engineering teams. You will be responsible for coordinating software R&D, hardware integration, product development, and validation, supporting the development of autonomous technology for customers in the UK, Australia, and the USA.
Key responsibilities:
Lead end-to-end product development projects, from initial requirements and concept development through software R&D, prototyping, system integration, testing, and validation.
Develop and manage project plans covering milestones, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and critical-path activities.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across software development, embedded systems, electronics, mechanical engineering, and systems engineering.
Manage project governance, including risks, issues, change control, status reporting, stakeholder communication, and escalation.
Work closely with software developers and technical leads to resolve blockers, manage development priorities, and ensure product functionality, quality, reliability, and performance.
Oversee software and hardware integration, verification, validation, and product trials, ensuring successful progression from R&D into a fully validated product.
To be successful, you should have:
Proven experience as an Engineering Project Manager delivering complex software R&D or software-intensive product development projects within robotics, automation, autonomous systems, or a related engineering environment.
Demonstrable experience managing product development lifecycles involving software and integrated hardware, with responsibility for project delivery from development through to testing and validation.
Strong experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
A solid technical understanding of software development lifecycles and integrated engineering systems, with the ability to work effectively alongside software developers and engineering leads.
Experience using Jira, Kanban boards, and project timelines to manage software development activities, engineering backlogs, and project delivery.
To apply for this Engineering Project Manager – Software R&D / Robotics opportunity based in Cambridge, please send your CV to NDrain@redlinegroup.Com or call 01582 878828.
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Shop Manager – Cambridge | Seasonal Christmas Retail
Location: Downing Place United Reformed Church, Cambridge, CB2 3EL Contract: Temporary – October to December 2026 Hours: Two part-time positions available to share a 6 day working week. Pay: £12.71 per hour
Are you an experienced Shop Manager, Store Manager or Retail Supervisor looking for a rewarding temporary retail role this Christmas?
Our client is looking for two enthusiastic and organised Shop Managers to join their Cambridge team for the 2026 Christmas season.
This is a hands-on seasonal retail role where you will help manage the day-to-day running of the shop, lead and support volunteers, deliver excellent customer service and help maximise sales and income for charities and good causes.
About the Role
As Shop Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring the successful operation of the Colchester shop throughout the Christmas trading period.
Your responsibilities will include:
Managing the day-to-day running of the shop
Leading, motivating and supporting a team of volunteers
Organising volunteer rotas and ensuring appropriate shop cover
Delivering excellent customer service and maintaining a welcoming shop environment
Helping achieve sales targets and maximise income
Supporting shop set-up, deliveries, merchandising and stock management
Operating EPOS and overseeing cash handling, reconciliation and banking
Building positive relationships with volunteers, the venue and Regional Manager
Promoting the shop within the local community to increase awareness and footfall
Supporting local events, promotional activity and marketing opportunities
Ensuring the shop remains well-stocked, attractive and commercially focused
About You
We are looking for a Shop Manager, Store Manager, Retail Supervisor or experienced retail professional who enjoys working with people and can confidently take responsibility for a busy seasonal shop.
You will ideally have:
Experience in a customer-facing or retail environment
Strong organisational and time-management skills
Experience leading, managing or supporting a team
Excellent communication and customer service skills
The confidence to work independently and use your own initiative
Good commercial awareness and a focus on achieving sales
The ability to build positive relationships within the local community
A flexible and positive approach to the changing needs of a busy seasonal shop
Previous retail management, charity retail or volunteer management experience would be an advantage, but the right attitude, enthusiasm and ability to work with people are equally important.
A Seasonal Role That Makes a Difference
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine retail management and community engagement with the chance to support charities and good causes during the important Christmas trading period.
This temporary Shop Manager role could suit an experienced retail manager, supervisor or customer-focused professional looking for seasonal employment in Cambridge.
If you’re organised, enthusiastic and enjoy leading people in a busy retail environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today for this Shop Manager opportunity in Cambridge, CB2 3EL
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GIS Enterprise Software Services Consultant required to help build, migrate and support enterprise system environments.
Requirements
GIS Consultant, Support, Analyst or similar commercial experience.
Degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science or related.
Willingness to travel and work onsite with customers when required.
Responsibilities
Install, configure and optimise GIS Enterprise solutions, including federation, web adapters, authentication, networking and more.
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JavaScript Developer required to join a geospatial software development team.
Requirements
JavaScript, React, Typescript, HTML, CSS, Python and C# experience.
REST APIs knowledge.
Interest in mapping, geospatial, cloud and web technologies.
Automation, code management, and deployment technology exposure to Git, Azure services, Azure DevOps, Notebooks, serverless computing
Responsibilities.
Design, development, documentation, release and maintenance of software.
Electrochemistry Battery Lab Technician required to help prepare tests, and evaluate battery materials, prototype cells, and energy storage systems for research, NPI and NPD manufacturing.
Requirements
Relevant degree or equivalent experience in chemistry, materials science, physics, chemical engineering, or battery lab environment.
Practical laboratory experience ideally of cell prototyping or electrical testing equipment.
Responsibilities
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Prepare materials electrodes and electrolytes.
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Requirements
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Responsibilities.
Design, development, documentation, release and maintenance of software.
GENERAL MANAGER – CASUAL DININGCambridge£52,000 – £55,000 + BonusI’m working with a brilliant, high-energy restaurant concept in Cambridge that is looking for an experienced General Manager to take the lead at one of its key sites. This is a busy, quality-led operation, so I’m looking for someone who loves being on the floor, knows how to build a great team and can balance brilliant hospitality with strong commercial performance.THE ROLE
You’ll have full ownership of the restaurant, from the people and guest experience through to sales, labour and overall profitability.You’ll be visible on the floor, setting the pace during busy services and making sure standards are consistently high.People will be a huge part of the role. You’ll recruit, coach and develop your team, creating a positive culture with clear expectations, accountability and opportunities to progress.Commercially, you’ll own the P&L and understand what drives your business – managing labour and costs, protecting margin and finding opportunities to grow sales.
THE PERSONI’m looking for an established General Manager with experience in a busy, quality-led casual dining.You’ll be:
A strong, hands-on operator who genuinely enjoys being on the floorConfident managing a high-volume restaurant and a sizeable teamCommercially switched on with solid P&L experienceBrilliant with people – able to recruit, develop and retain a strong teamGuest obsessed, with a real understanding of what great hospitality looks like
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Remote (UK or Spain only) / Cambridge hybrid (UK)Lead our QA team and shape the move to automated testing.Arcus is looking for an experienced QA Lead to take ownership of product quality across our product suite. Joining our Product Development department, you’ll define our long-term QA strategy, develop our testing team and lead the transition from manual to automated testing on the Salesforce platform.This role is open to candidates based in the UK or Spain who have the right to work in their respective country.Our people are at the core of what we do. We value diversity and different perspectives as essential to creativity, and want everyone to feel welcome, respected and able to thrive.This is a hands-on leadership role. Initially, you’ll combine team management with manual testing, building your understanding of our products, user journeys and architecture while planning the automation roadmap. You’ll then lead its delivery, designing and developing automated testing that supports our products, customer upgrades and implementations.Our benefitsEveryone receives Life Assurance and volunteering days. UK-based employees also receive Private Medical Insurance, Pension and health and wellbeing benefits.What you’ll do
Lead and develop the team: Line manage, mentor and coach our existing manual testers, setting clear performance goals, balancing workloads and supporting their development.Own the QA strategy: Define and deliver the transition from manual testing to a robust automated testing framework, including AI-driven test generation.Stay hands-on: Carry out manual regression, functional, UX and integration testing to build product knowledge and help address testing backlogs.Build automation: Design, develop and optimise scalable automated test suites using frameworks such as Playwright and UTAM.Manage Salesforce testing challenges: Ensure stability across managed packages and custom configurations, addressing the platform’s particular automation constraints.Work across teams: Partner with Implementation and Release colleagues to extend automation to customer upgrades and implementations, and communicate QA progress.Support documentation: Help write and review product documentation, changelogs and policies alongside the Product team.
What you’ll bring
Significant experience in a senior QA role, including direct line management of testing staff.Demonstrated success moving a QA function from manual to automated testing.Hands-on proficiency with modern automation frameworks such as Playwright or Selenium.Practical experience of automated testing within Salesforce, including challenges such as shadow DOM, dynamic IDs and locators, and conditional rendering.Strong coding skills in languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript or Java, alongside confidence working with HTML, CSS and JSON payloads.Strong logical reasoning and system-level troubleshooting skills across interconnected cloud environments.A thorough understanding of agile delivery and CI/CD pipelines, with experience of tools such as Bitbucket and Jira.Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical matters and write clear documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.Fluent written and spoken English.
It would also be helpful to have
Management training or qualifications.Experience using UTAM (Salesforce UI Test Automation Model).Experience implementing AI-driven test generation.
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