# Lead Automation Software Engineer

Job Description Lead Automation Software Engineer Wotton under Edge up to £55,000 depending on experience Renishaw’s Encoder Products Division (EPD) designs and supplies cutting-edge position feedback technology to the world’s precision measurement, automation, and manufacturing industries. It is highly likely that something you own contains a part or device that was manufactured with the help of one of Renishaw’s encoder products. EPD is made up of engineers, scientists and technicians all working together to produce market leading products for sale around the world. We start with cutting edge optical, algorithm and circuit design, developing our own ASICs and sensors where required; we then use innovative mechanical engineering to turn our core technology into a range of desirable products for our broad customer base. Working closely with colleagues in our manufacturing division, we develop manufacturing and assembly processes and software to deliver quality products by the hundreds of thousands that in turn, perform reliably and repeatedly to sub-micron accuracies for our customers. The Lead Automation Software Engineer provides technical leadership for the design, development,

- **Id**: 4057764
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/renishaw-lead-automation-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Wotton-under-Edge, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T06:16:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6435
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Automation, 3D Printers & Additive Manufacturing, Test & Measurement Instruments

## Company

- **Id**: 51547
- **Name**: Renishaw
- **Domain**: renishaw.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/renishaw>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 24
- **Ghost share**: 0.042
- **Stale share**: 0.875
- **Repost share**: 0.042
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Max**: 55000
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 73245

## Technologies

- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: yes
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T06:16:22Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T08:11:01Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 73245
- **Is top pay**: no

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