Job Title: Autonomous Vehicle Application Field Engineer
Company: Richmond Design & Marketing Limited (t/a Aurrigo)
Team: Operations
Reports to: Operations Manager
Location: Global Field Team / HQ Coventry UK
Hours: Full-time
Salary: Competitive + bonus
About the role
Aurrigo is a leading international provider of smart airside solutions and automotive products and designs, builds and deploys autonomous vehicles in the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America. Aurrigo deploy autonomous vehicles in real-world environments and specialise in first and last mile transportation of goods, cargo and people with a focus on the aviation industry and city streets.
We're looking for talented newly qualified, mid-career, and experienced engineers, computer scientists, and technologists to join our global operations team as an Autonomous Vehicle Application Field Engineer, reporting to the Teesside Site Manager. You'll primarily be working at airports in the secure area after security search as well as some of our non-aviation projects e.g. on public city streets or private land such as leisure facilities.
You'll use your skills to diagnose problems, create new processes, solve customer issues in diverse fields such as electrical, electronic, software, mechanical, and process engineering. If you think you've got what it takes to work with autonomous vehicles in the fast-moving aviation industry, we want to hear from you.
Aurrigo is based in Coventry, and you'll spend some of your time at HQ but expect most of your time to be spent on customer sites, these could be in the UK or Europe, and on occasion at our deployments further afield such as Singapore or the USA. This means that as long as you live in the United Kingdom and have right to work here, you are eligible to apply. The job will demand a lot of travel, but we'll make sure that there is time spent in the UK as part of a rotation, and at home to keep a good balance. Travel will be largely Monday to Friday, but for long haul destinations such as the USA or Asia, we might ask for up to two weeks. All travel and accommodation is fully paid, along with all expenses, and in line with current policies, a deployment bonus is available depending on the deployment location and length of deployment, this will be explained at interview and as part of any offer letter. You'll work a full time 38-hour week, but this could include early starts, late finishes, and occasional weekend work.
You will be fully trained to operate the latest in autonomous vehicle technology, including our autonomous pods, shuttles, and the aviation equipment which is where you'll spend most of your time.
What you will do
As an Autonomous Vehicle Applications Engineer your typical day would be:
* Working at one of our airport partners you'll pass through staff security to the airport airside environment.
* Using your technical skills to solve issues and develop new process and procedures that might be required for a successful deployment.
* Be responsible for developing new technology to solve complex engineering challenges to improve the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of autonomous vehicles.
* Perform any routine maintenance and perform a daily or monthly safety check before setting out. You will also ensure the vehicle is clean and presentable.
* With reference to the work plan and daily briefing, you'll be responsible for monitoring an autonomous baggage vehicle as it performs operations around the airport. This might include driving the airside roads, picking up passenger bags, loading an aircraft, or performing other tests alongside colleagues from the operations and engineering team.
* You will record daily running data and reporting back to the project team.
* You will work in close partnership with stakeholders from the airport, ground handling agents, airlines, and other project partners.
* As well as monitoring autonomous driving, you'll be responsible for manually driving the vehicle around for engineering, testing or other purposes.
* Support customer and stakeholder demonstration events.
* Contribute to a safe working environment.
What we require from you
* Degree, professional qualification, or extensive experience in engineering, computer science, technology, or related fields.
* Strong problem-solving skills.
* Technical skills that can be utilised such as vehicle mechanic, game development, knowledge of programming languages.
* Ability to gain a full airside security pass in the UK and other countries which involves strict police and security service vetting.
* Current and full UK Licence with a minimum of 5 years driving experience, no more than 3 penalty points and no prior disqualifications or prior offences for dangerous driving, driving whilst unfit, etc.
* Access to a car with appropriate business use insurance.
* Good communication skills.
* Able to perform well under pressure.
* Perform with a high level of concentration over long periods of time.
* Ability to travel and stay away from home for 2-3 week periods.
* Ability to travel to the USA, Canada, Singapore, Europe, and Australia.
* Basic MS Office skills, e.g. MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, etc.
* Don't meet these requirements, but think you'd be a fit? Tell us why.
What we prefer from you
* Previous experience developing technology or supporting technology development.
* Interest in technology, computing, or automotive.
* Previous experience at a start-up or scale up.
* Worked for an airport, airline, or ground handling agent.
* Worked for an autonomous vehicle or adjacent tech company.
How to apply
Please read the full advert before applying. We cannot accept applications from anyone who cannot meet the criteria to pass police vetting to get an airport security pass, or those who do not possess a driving licence, or with prior disqualifications. Due to the volume of enquiries we receive, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of applying, your application has not been successful.
Send your CV and a short covering letter to with the subject 'Applications Engineer'
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £45,000.00-£60,000.00 per year
Application question(s):
* Are you able to commit to extensive travel?
Licence/Certification:
* full UK driving licence (required)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person