Autonomous Marine Commissioning Lead

SYOS Aerospace; Fareham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SYOS Aerospace for our UK maritime team seeks a Commissioning Team Leader to lead the technical commissioning, integration, testing and readiness of vessels, USVs and associated systems from production through acceptance and handover.

Reporting to the Maritime Operations Manager, you’ll coordinate engineering, production and operations resources, plan commissioning activities, and drive safe, professional delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Engineering or related field.
• Proven experience in autonomous systems or robotics projects.
• Experience with DC motor controllers, RF equipment, PLCs and LAN integration and networking.
• Excellent troubleshooting experience and problem solving skills.
• Understanding of data comms (analogue/digital I/O, RS232/422/485 CANbus).
• Excellent communication skills with other engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Commissioning Team, providing clear technical direction and support.
• Plan and manage commissioning activities, ensuring the right people, vessels, USVs, equipment and facilities are available.
• Develop and maintain commissioning plans, test schedules and readiness trackers; lead system integration across hardware, software, communications, propulsion, navigation and sensors.
• Oversee power-up testing, calibration, communications setup and system verification; ensure vessels meet requirements before release.
• Lead technical fault finding and troubleshooting, coordinating corrective actions to completion.
• Work with Engineering and Production to resolve defects, NCRs and technical issues.
• Maintain commissioning records, test reports and sign-off documentation.
• Monitor readiness and communicate risks, defects and actions.
• Support factory acceptance testing, harbour/shores tests, sea trials and handover.
• Collaborate with Maritime Operations Team Leader and Chief USV Pilot for asset transition to operations.
• Provide commissioning feedback to Engineering and Production for improvements.
• Identify and implement improvements to processes, tests and documentation.
• Capture lessons learned and develop scalable commissioning capability.
• Represent the company professionally with customers, suppliers and stakeholders.

Skills

Autonomous systems experience

DC motor controllers, RF equipment,PLC

LAN integration

Troubleshooting

Data comms, RS232/422/485 CANbus

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics or Engineering

Tools

Linux

Drone software configuration

Job description

SYOS Aerospace for our UK maritime team seeks a Commissioning Team Leader to lead the technical commissioning, integration, testing and readiness of vessels, USVs and associated systems from production through acceptance and handover.

Reporting to the Maritime Operations Manager, you’ll coordinate engineering, production and operations resources, plan commissioning activities, and drive safe, professional delivery.