Five open positions across Britain's hard tech sector this week, two software, two hardware, one ops.
Software Engineering & AI
Principal Software Engineer - Autonomy — Kraken Technology
Kraken Technology builds uncrewed surface vessels for defence, backed by the NATO Innovation Fund and a £12.3M Royal Navy order. This principal role leads autonomy software across its K3, K4 and K5 vessel platforms.
- Location: Fareham
AI Engineer (Agents) — Arondite
Arondite, founded by Palantir, Helsing and BAE Systems alumni, builds software that connects drones, ground robots and sensors from any manufacturer. This role develops AI agents that support human operators overseeing autonomous systems.
- Location: London (Hybrid)
Hardware Engineering
Photonics Design Engineer — Salience Labs
Salience Labs, an Oxford spinout that has raised $88M, builds silicon photonics optical switches for AI data centres. This role designs the photonic circuits behind its low-latency, all-optical switching products.
- Location: Abingdon (Hybrid)
Aircraft Design Engineer — Greenjets
Greenjets builds electric and turbofan propulsion for uncrewed aircraft, supplying NATO and the UK MoD after a $40M Series A. This role designs airframes for its growing product line in Milton Keynes.
- Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid)
Commercial & Operations
IT Systems Engineer — Olix
Olix is developing the Optical Tensor Processing Unit, a photonics-based AI inference accelerator, and has grown past 70 staff. This on-site role runs the IT systems supporting its London engineering team.
- Location: London (On-site)
Browse the full board at hardtechuk.com/jobs. New roles added throughout the week.