Job Title: Systems Engineer
Location: Bournemouth
Salary: £40k – £50K
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Spherea UK, part of the Spherea Group of Companies, is a cross-industry provider of complex test systems; providing solutions to the major Aerospace, Defence & Space Primes as well as the platform manufacturers and defence contractors.
Our mission is to test the world and enable our clients to validate their new products & technologies and commercialise them more quickly and more cost-effectively. With an outstanding pedigree and test in our DNA we are involved in an unlimited field of applications and industries that can range from commercial aircraft, light armoured military vehicles, helicopters, battle tanks, space platforms, nuclear power stations control systems and even complete metro systems. Whether our customers are at the qualification, production or maintenance stages we deliver the right solution to meet the requirements of their ambitious programmes.
Spherea has headquarters in Bournemouth, with its Head Office in Toulouse (France). Our working environment is safe, inclusive, promotes growth and is Carbon Neutral.
The Opportunity
We require a Systems Engineer with LabVIEW / TestStand experience, else a LabVIEW / Teststand developer aspiring to be a Systems Engineer, to support our Strategic Programmes Business Unit with all of our day-to-day design and development requirements.
The Role
This role requires an individual with a logical & analytical mind-set who is always keen to learn and who will enjoy having a diverse range of engineering projects. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and result driven. Coaching and mentoring will be provided with the objective of developing the candidate to become autonomous in their day-to-day activities and to support their career aspirations.
The candidate will be involved with the development of LabVIEW / TestStand application test packages to provide data acquisition and interfacing to sensors and instrumentation.
This Engineering role is a great chance to enhance your career and gain huge experience solving problems.
Missions & Responsibilities
- Designing modular test systems used across a number of industries such as Space, Air, Military and Nuclear.
- This is a unique opportunity to work on projects from start to finish:
- Requirements capture :concept, specification and feasibility of solution
- Design and development
- Supporting production (during manufacturing phase)
- Drive the commissioning and validation of the system
- Play key role in the final acceptance of the equipment
- Working closely with our customers and contribute to their overall test strategy
Key Skills
- Systems architecture of Automatic Test Equipment
- Software, design, development and coding (LabVIEW, TestStand)
- High level of Hardware Design and knowledge of Analog/Digital electronics
- Qualified to Bachelor Degree or higher in one of the following: Software, Electronics or Physics
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience, at least 2 years in Systems Design role
- Experience in using high speed technologies and COTS instruments
- Ability to quickly process the information and adopt approach to solving problems
- Where necessary, work with partners to build the solution
- Good understanding of the life cycle of industrial projects
- Excellent communicator
- Very driven and performing well under pressure
Desirable Skills
- Ability to lead a small team
- Previous experience in a similar engineering role with an advanced electrical engineering company would be a distinct advantage
- Software, design and coding in other languages such as Python, C++/ JAVA and Windows programming including .NET
- Knowledge in digital buses (A429, RSxxx, CAN, Ethernet, AFDX)
- An understanding of other engineering domains; e.g. Control systems/Power/Electro-mechanic/Physics/Radio-comms.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Training Budget and opportunities for advancement
- Annual Bonus
- Generous Pension Scheme (4% EE & 8% ER)
- Full Family Healthcare Plan
- Family Cash Plan
- Cyclescheme
- 27 Days Holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- The ability to work remotely (after a qualifying period)
Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK
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