Advanced Research Engineer (Modelling and Simulation)

Manufacturing Technology Centre; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research organization in Coventry is looking for an Advanced Research Engineer to drive technical delivery and support project activities across various technology departments. The role requires strong analytical skills, experience in simulation and modelling, and a degree in engineering or related fields. You will oversee technical deliverables, contribute to innovative research, and mentor junior team members. The organization offers a flexible work environment and various professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Option to buy or sell up to a week's holiday

Flexible working

Wellbeing hub access

Corporate discounts

Financial support for professional memberships

Professional development opportunities

Enhanced family leave

Group Income Protection

Life Assurance

Company Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Degree-calibre engineer, technologist, scientist or mathematician.
• Demonstrate industrial experience leading simulation and modelling studies.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for the team.
• Execute complex project's technical deliverables.
• Undertake innovative engineering research work.
• Support senior colleagues with customer liaison.
• Contribute to technical specification and delivery of new technologies.

Skills

Strong logical reasoning

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in engineering, technology, science, or mathematics

Tools

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Discrete Event Simulation (DES)

Job description

The Vacancy

We currently have x2 positions available within our Modelling and Simulation Team in Coventry for an Advanced Research Engineer and a Senior Research Engineer. This role is for the Advanced Research Engineer (ARE) which will be working on the technical delivery of projects and supporting the development of project related activities across the MTC, working across various technology departments and industrial sectors.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for the team, ensuring that it can work in an environment that aligns to the MTC standards by collaborating closely with the Department Resource and Technology Managers, contributing to the skills strategy of the team and communicating clearly as to the needs & wellbeing of your team. As such you will be required to support your team in professional development, understanding their skills and needs of the individual and those of the business. Understanding the link between skills and capability offerings and assisting development at both levels to enable success in achieving department strategies.
• Execute complex project's technical deliverables, and act as Technical Lead for smaller projects where required; ensuring work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Undertake innovative Engineering research work focused primarily on technology/manufacturing readiness levels (TRL/MRL) 3+, and able to demonstrate industrial project delivery.
• Contribute to the identification, technical specification and delivery of new and novel technology capability into the MTC, customers, or industrial members premises. Supporting of proposal of new capability development projects that align with the Department, Technology Theme, and overall MTC strategy, and able to explore different routes for project funding (internal, industrial, or CR&D funding).
• Support senior colleagues with customer and internal partner liaison in collaborative projects, able to lead technical liaison with customers during project to ensure on time and on cost delivery.
• Support colleagues and transfer knowledge in area of expertise to others in the department, and to wider MTC colleagues.
• Be involved in all aspects of the project delivery including but not restricted to: concept generation, detailed design, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, technical support of commissioning, awareness of project budget and deliverables.

Person Specification

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• You will be a degree-calibre engineer, technologist, scientist or mathematician.
• Strong logical reasoning, abstraction and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate industrial experience leading simulation, modelling and analytical studies, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Thermodynamics, Simulation of Electromagnetic systems or Discrete Event Simulation (DES).
• Experience of engineering problem solving driven by a customer/end user’s requirements.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills are required for the role; able to demonstrate a high standard of report writing and presentation skills.
• Demonstrate ownership of career development through mentoring coaching and training courses through personal development plan.

Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• Demonstrate experience in the management of others; setting and continuous review of objectives, managing and maximising performance in a constructive manner, communicating effectively, with candour and in a timely manner. In addition, displaying capability in managing the development of others; coaching and mentoring your team, supporting in personal development plans and organising training.
• The candidate should have manufacturing, object-oriented programming, data analytics experience.
• Knowledge of one or more industrial sector and / or understanding of manufacturing systems and technologies.
• Understanding of Lean and Six Sigma.
• Application of general analysis methodology (GAM) and VVUQ frameworks.
• Proven ability on project and time management.

What we offer you

• Option to buy or sell up to a week’s holiday, plus long service holidays
• Fully Flexible working offering
• Wellbeing hub incl. Vitality PMI, access to Wellbeing champions
• Corporate Discounts e.g. up to 50% selected gyms
• Financial support for Professional memberships
• Professional development opportunities
• Opportunities to join and create clubs/societies
• Enhanced family leave
• Group Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• Company Pension Scheme and access to pension advice

Please note we may close this vacancy earlier than the planned expiry date should we receive suitable applications.