Hardware Engineering Placement: Embedded Systems

Sensata Technologies; Newtownabbey; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Intern programme

Friendly culture

State-of-the-art tools

Onsite parking

Enrolment onto placement programme

33 days holidays pro-rata

Job summary

Sensata Technologies is seeking placement students to join our Newtownabbey engineering teams. You will gain hands-on experience in hardware and software development, testing and lab activities within automotive-sensing projects.

Work with embedded software, EMC and PCB design topics, learning from experts and using state-of-the-art tools. The program values collaboration, initiative and a proactive, 'OneSensata' mindset.

Qualifications

• Currently working towards any relevant engineering degree.
• High calibre students with drive, enthusiasm and ambition.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work both individually and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Understand how hardware blocks within our products work together to provide a system-level solution.
• Perform testing on our current and future products portfolio using laboratory measurement equipment and our fleet of test vehicles. Full training will be provided.
• Appreciation that specification and testing have a key relationship in a successful product – defining tests to exercise new hardware.
• Testing sensors using our full suite of laboratory equipment.
• Provide support to other teams, liaising with ASIC software and verification teams.
• The opportunity to undertake a long-term Research & Development project to increase your knowledge base and add a current gap within the team.
• An element of coding to facilitate automated testing
• Planning and execution of testing designs and efficient recording and communication of the results to remove defects.
• Training of PCB Layout Techniques and core EMC Design Principles you will be given an invaluable toolset for your future career. After which you’ll understand best practices, e.g. to mitigate a speaker crackling when receiving a text message.
• Embedded software design
• Component sourcing
• PC Application Development

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Enthusiasm and ambition

Analytical thinking

Coding for automated testing

Education

Pursuing engineering degree

Tools

Laboratory equipment

PCB design basics

EMC testing tools

Job description

Sensata Technologies is seeking placement students to join our Newtownabbey engineering teams. You will gain hands-on experience in hardware and software development, testing and lab activities within automotive-sensing projects.

Work with embedded software, EMC and PCB design topics, learning from experts and using state-of-the-art tools. The program values collaboration, initiative and a proactive, 'OneSensata' mindset.