Head of Control Software is required for a Design and Development solutions organisation company, based in a popular Cheshire location.
This role can be fully remote as long as you are located in the UK.
Responsibilities:
1. Leading the team of software and control electronics engineers
2. Providing technical direction for the software and control electronics at an architecture level
3. Product lifecycle management for software and control electronics
4. Owning the requirements for software and control electronics, and automated test equipment
5. Supporting detailed design decisions (datatype, sampling rate, processor selection)
6. System architecture and design of embedded systems
7. Software and electronics modelling and model design
8. Implementing and managing a CI / CD pipeline
9. Creating full test plans to validate the software into the system
10. Ownership oftest plans for control electronics
11. Defining and agreeing interfaces and requirements with other engineering disciplines
12. Owning technology roadmaps and new ideas generation
13. Interfacing with customers to gain market insight
14. Interfacing with customers and certification agencies to gain product approval
15. Understanding customer, market and regulatory requirements for software control
16. Chairing design reviews of the software and control systems
17. Performing system level product testing and customer demonstrations of power electronic systems at 1 MVA and above
Skills:
18. Senior /Principal engineering experience in software and electronics product development
19. Bachelor’sDegree in relevant Engineering discipline: Electronic & Software
20. Strong technical leadership and influencing skills
21. Experience in simulation tools i.e. Matlab / Simulink, PSPICE
22. Requirements capture and management
23. Experience in formal methodologies and V-cycle for Systems Engineering
24. Knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence system
25. Experience designing and certifying Safety Critical Systems (SIL 1 + )
26. Project management experience (agile and waterfall)
27. Senior level experience of software and electronics development tools, techniques andmethodologies
28. Expertise of software, C, C++, Matlab, Simulink
29. Experience of designing microprocessor-based systems
30. Experience of NI equipment, Labview and python scripting would be a distinct advantage
This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Control Software to join a