An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Systems Integration Engineer to join their world-class engineering team — contributing to the development of bespoke motion control and simulation systems used across aerospace, automotive, defence, and industrial applications worldwide.
Position Overview
This is an important role within the engineering team, requiring a working knowledge of both overall systems and their components and is central in validating the needs of the customer, from pre-sales, through to customer sign off. The role requires good working knowledge of control systems used for medium to large industrial mechanical / hydraulic products.
The Systems Engineer, working collaboratively with other engineering managers, is responsible for ensuring the customer needs are understood and met, and at a systems level manages aspects such as system risk, validation and verification circles, and compliance to regulatory needs.
Must be willing to travel to customer sites around the world as required to provide support and excellence.
Responsibilities:
* Manages their workload / output to ensure that customer projects meet or exceed the desired performance, function and regulatory requirements
* Utilise tools and methods, such as system architecture, system modelling and simulation (MATLAB / Simulink), optimisation, system dynamics, systems analysis, reliability analysis, risk analysis and system safety analysis
* Provide technical support to plan, implement and deliver overall engineering solutions for all customer project lifecycle stages
* Pre-sales in turning customer requirements into an a technically sound, cost effective system proposal and safety concept(s), to provide an achievable specification
* Provide engineering assistance to design teams to ensure a successful test system
* Prepare control databases and test plans for commissioning and acceptance testing
* Attend project milestone meetings where required to ensure system level parameters are correctly covered and in keeping with the original customer specification
* Provide engineering assistance to the purchasing department to better meet the needs of the business
* Provide engineering assistance to production department where needed
* Carry out and support commissioning activities both in-house and on site
* Ensure each project’s design and technical documentation is co-ordinated, complete, and compliant with state regulations
* Provide product training and support to customers and engineers
* Follow quality management procedures, raise NCR’s where necessary and close out in a timely manner
* Provide support towards continuous improvement activities
* Lead some New Product Introduction R&D projects
* Provide support for European and American sales / service needs
* Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders, key partners, and team members
* Anticipates and overcomes obstacles with a pragmatic approach to achieve goals and commitments
* Provides technical guidance and support external and internal customers throughout the product life cycle
* Maintains a high level of technical proficiency in the specific knowledge of engineering practices and business principles
* Looks to support wider team members with product training and coaching
Experience Required:
* A minimum of 5 years’ experience operating in an engineered-to-order industry
* A minimum of 5 years’ hands on experience in machine hardware / software systems engineering
* Experience with dynamics (mechanics)
* Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronic engineering
* Use of MATLAB and Simulink
* Basic understanding and capability to use C# code for testing routines
* Organised with the ability to plan and meet strict deadlines
* The ability to read, analyse and interpret technical data
* Software skills: Proficient with Microsoft packages; Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, PLM
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