Research Engineer

The MTC; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology center in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to lead technical projects and manage a team within the Modelling and Simulation Department. This role will involve delivering innovative solutions and mentoring colleagues. Candidates should possess strong analytical and project management skills, along with substantial industrial experience in simulation and modelling. The position offers flexible working and various professional development benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Option to buy/sell holidays

Financial support for professional memberships

Life Assurance

Company Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive industrial experience leading simulation and analytical studies.
• Experience in managing teams and performance reviews.
• Focused on solution development for industrial end users.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical excellence across projects and innovative solutions.
• Mentor and coach colleagues effectively.
• Manage project proposals and identify funding opportunities.

Skills

Strong logical reasoning

Analytical skills

Experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Project management

Coaching and mentoring

Education

Degree in Engineering, Technology, Science, or Mathematics

Job description

The Vacancy The Role 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 Senior Research Engineer (SRE) 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. In addition, this role is focused on leading a small number of colleagues in the Modelling and Simulation Department. You will be required to understand the skills of your team, their capacity and help manage their workload as well as communicating effectively with stakeholders and wider business.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical excellence across a portfolio of projects, provide thought leadership on the delivery of innovative technical solutions in maturing, promising research ideas and into impactful manufacturing capability, as well as play a leadership role in the delivery of innovative project outputs.
• Raise the Technology and Industrial Sectors’ awareness of the existing capabilities and emerging technologies and support in the development of their pipelines and project proposals.
• Contribute to technical and business strategies by developing specific technical – and contribute to multi-theme – roadmaps that define how technology-based value propositions can be developed to meet the modelling and simulation challenges identified by the Industrial Sectors.
• Identify collaborative research and development funding opportunities and develop winning proposals to fund the development of the value propositions you lead.
• Ensure that your colleagues receive the most appropriate technical guidance and governance in the delivery of their project work.
• Mentor and coach colleagues in an empathetic manner.
• Provide technical governance as required for all aspects of MTC’s proposal and project delivery processes.

For further duties and responsibilities, these can be found in the job description attached.

Person Specification

• You will be a degree-calibre engineer, technologist, scientist or mathematician.
• Strong logical reasoning, abstraction and analytical skills.
• Demonstrate extensive industrial experience leading simulation, modelling and analytical studies, including Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Thermodynamics, Simulation of Electromagnetic systems or Discrete Event Simulation (DES).
• 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.
• Focused solution/application development for industrial end users.
• Collaborative R&D bid development including ideas creation, identification of funding routes, consortium building and bid writing.
• Providing Modelling and Simulation technical training.
• Leading and managing small teams of engineers.
• Supporting development of engineers through activities such as coaching, mentoring and objective setting.
• 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 and Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification frameworks.
• Proven ability on project and time management.

Benefits

• 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, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence.