Mechatronics Development Engineer

Salary: £38,400 – £48,000 per year

Mechatronics Development Engineer – Chester

£32,000 – £40,000 | Flexi-time & Work From Home

• Concept design, development and product test.
• Someone with a mix of electrical/electronic and mechanical background (possibly mechatronics).
• Programming using Python, Java, C# etc.
• Split between office and the state-of-the-art R&D test facility.
• Working with highly technical products and automation.
• Excellent benefits package including flexi-time and working from home (60/40 split).

The Company

Our client is part of a prestigious global engineering group and are considered as the market leader. Specifically, they design, develop and manufacture bespoke equipment and automation (please contact JMT for more detail).

Job Purpose

Responsible for on-time delivery of controls-related outcomes to ensure the lean-agile development of smart and sustainable products capable of exceeding customer expectations

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Responsibilities

• To develop innovative, sustainable, and value enhancing features and products that help deliver the SPR product roadmap
• To contribute developed code (for products and business scripting) into DVCS repositories
• To actively participate in agile events (e.g. scrums, sprint planning and retrospectives) that support our agile product development mindset
• To support the Group Controls Manager, engender a culture of empowered local decision making and mutual trust that increases the flow of work, promotes team agility, and helps rapidly generate customer value
• To understand and apply regional and customer standards and specification as appropriate
• To support root cause analysis and reproduction of reported opportunities for efficient issue resolution
• To work with the Group Controls Manager to optimise testing efficiency and resource utilisation and ensure the company adopts a global approach to where and how products under development are tested
• To work with the Agile Product Delivery (APD) team to help plan, prepare and deliver program increments that deliver globally aligned features, capabilities, and enablers to a defined cadence
• To promote a global R&D mindset by working closely with colleagues and the APD team to ensure product development activities are conducted in accordance with the global ‘new product introduction’ governance framework

Education / Qualification / Skills

Essential

• Post-graduate education in electrical / computer engineering or computer science
• Membership of a recognised professional body in a relevant engineering discipline
• Awareness of hardware components comprising industrial control systems and their IEC schematic utilisation
• Ability to interface with other departments across the business to collect, interpret, and complete deliverables as required
• Familiarity with OOP design and application plus support procedural scripts and legacy solutions (e.g. C#, C++, Java, Python and ST).
• Ability to demonstrate an involvement with physical testing of components / assemblies with knowledge of instrumentation suitable for this purpose
• Familiarity with agile mindset and agile approaches applied to a product development or controls engineering context
• Communication skills to inform and influence including the ability to produce accurate and high-quality technical reports Ability to conduct limited travel to customer sites, global engineering centres, or training providers

You will be part of an exciting and collaborative environment which is designed to enable you to reach your optimum potential. Our offices are modern and our benefits reflect that we are a cohesive team where your physical and mental wellbeing is nurtured.