Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

Element Materials Technology Ltd.; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a versatile C&I Engineer to support diverse projects in aero, defence, energy, and space industries. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate client needs into effective solutions. You will develop requirement specifications, define system architecture, and ensure the viability of designs while managing queries. The company prides itself on its rapid growth and commitment to safety, providing an empowering environment where your contributions can significantly impact various industries. If you are passionate about engineering and looking to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams and communicate effectively.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering lifecycle and processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve requirement specifications and system architecture.
• Support design reviews and generate technical documentation.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Flexibility

Collaboration

Technical report writing

Systems Engineering lifecycle appreciation

Tools

LabVIEW

Job description

Overview

Filton Systems Engineering requires a versatile and innovative C&I Engineer to help support various projects covering several different industries (aero, defence, energy, space). Candidates will be required to effectively translate the client’s needs and requirements, whilst working alongside the wider team to generate concepts and to develop and verify deliverable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Development and improvement of requirement specifications.
• Requirements definition at system, sub-system, and equipment levels.
• C&I System architecture definition.
• Management and resolution of problems/queries that arise from development and qualification activity.
• Understand the impact of proposed changes to current designs and perform studies to eliminate risks and ensure continued viability.
• Coordinate/support in design reviews.
• Generation and review of technical documentation to support verification activity.
• Support to other parallel programmes as required.
• Assembly and build of control systems hardware for test rigs.
• Labview and other control software programming.
• Support to install/commissioning teams to resolve queries/issues during install, set to work and commissioning.

Skills / Qualifications

• Ability to work and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Resilience and flexibility.
• Strong interpersonal communication and influencing skills.
• Effectively communicate written technical information and produce concise and detailed technical high-quality reports.
• Appreciation of the Systems Engineering lifecycle and processes, including requirement elicitation and interface definition, identifying and managing key design drivers, modification development, and formal verification and certification processes.
• An ability to work proactively and flexibly across several variant programmes.

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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