Engineering & Production Jobs In Essex

The Job:
Our engineers have many responsibilities, and in particular they are involved in all the following:
• Design and development of single board computer products from definition through to introduction to manufacturing.
• Production technical support.
• Project leading and design reviewing.
• Maintaining awareness of new technologies.
• Pre and post-sales backup to our technical support team.
The more senior role will involve additional team management responsibilities, both at the technical level and also in terms of personnel management.
Working in a small company environment means that the majority of each design is completed by an individual engineer, who quickly becomes involved with all aspects of the product design and development. Short design timescales are an important part of our development strategy, which also results in our engineers being involved in many different product designs quite quickly.

Qualifications:
Candidates should be engineering graduates, able to demonstrate practical post graduate experience of digital hardware design, and be familiar with some or all of the following:
• 32/64 bit microprocessors, preferably Intel 80x86 architecture.
• High performance communications peripheral devices, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet or 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
• Complex programmable logic devices.
• High performance bus architectures e.g. PCI-Express, RapidIO, CompactPCI or VME.
• High speed digital logic (400MHz and faster).
• Advanced memory technologies, e.g. DDR or DDR III SDRAM.
The ability to communicate effectively with others within the company at an engineering level is an important additional attribute.

Benefits:
Very competitive salary package with relocation allowance where appropriate. Company-supported private pension scheme. Non-contributory private medical and health insurance schemes.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.

Our client is an internationally known manufacturer of single board computer products, for the VPX, VME, Compact PCI, AMC and other bus architectures. Our products are designed and developed totally in-house, and use leading-edge microprocessors and peripheral components.

We sell into many different markets around the world, but in particular we have a number of high-performance processor and other boards used in aerospace, defence and telecommunications applications, among others. Further products provide solutions for a variety of other data processing and industrial I/O requirements.

Continuing expansion of our product range means that the company requires an additional Software Design Engineer.

The Job

Our engineers are involved in many different activities, and in particular the following:-
• Design and development of system and device driver software for many standard operating systems.
• Porting and testing of the operating systems on new hardware platforms.
• Working with our hardware designers during design to specify the product, and again particularly during the prototyping stage to get the product working This often involves the development of new special-purpose test software.
• Working with other firmware and software engineers to come out with new and innovative ideas for development of new software or enhance the current software to better complement our hardware products along with playing a vital part in implementing the same either individually or as part of a team.
• Backing up our technical support engineers when problems arise in the field or in our in-house production test area.
• Developing and maintaining our PC BIOS and diagnostics firmware.

Working in a small company environment, projects are usually small and of short duration, and in most cases the bulk of the work is done by one individual. The hardware and software platforms vary, but most of the devices used are complex and a good appreciation of the hardware is a pre-requisite for this role.

Qualifications

Engineering graduate, with very good experience in at least the first two of the areas below.
• C/C++ programming, primarily for the Intel 80x86 family.
• Embedded real-time software development.
• VxWorks, QNX or other real-time operating systems.
• Windows or Linux/Unix internals and device driver development.
• Diagnostics, bootloader or PC BIOS development.
• Knowledge in embedded middleware or experience in system level software development would be an added advantage.
• Good logical ability to solve problems by defining and implementing solutions
The successful candidate should also be able to demonstrate:-
• Self motivation and ability to work without direct supervision.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Result orientated, persevering and collaborative.
• The ability to communicate effectively with others within the company at an engineering level both verbally and written manner.
• Working with our hardware designers during design to specify the product, and again particularly during the prototyping stage to get the product working. This often involves the development of new special-purpose test software.
• Working with other firmware and software engineers to come out with new and innovative ideas for development of new software or enhance the current software to better complement our hardware products along with playing a vital part in implementing the same either individually or as part of a team.

Benefits

Very competitive salary package, with generous relocation allowance where appropriate. Company-supported private pension scheme. Non-contributory private health insurance scheme.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.

Office-based in Colchester, Essex, you will work closely with the electronics and board layout engineers at all the different stages of board development, for both rugged and more benign environments. The design team operates in a small company environment which means that most design are completed by an individual engineer. As a result, each engineer rapidly becomes involved with all aspects of the product design and development. Short design timescales are an important part of the development strategy, which also result in our engineers being involved in many different product designs quite quickly.

Essential Skills / Experience:

• Established Mechanical Design Engineer.
• Educated to graduate level and with experience of designing thermal and mechanical solutions for electronic products in harsh environments.
• In all cases, you need to demonstrate an ability to design cost-effective and compact solutions which have excellent thermal transfer characteristics.
• You must be independent and a self-starter, able to plan and carry out your work with little supervision and with the ability to deliver effective results in short timescales.

Desirable Skills / Experience:
• Experience with bus-based modular boards, products dissipating 60W or more, and BGA packaged electronic components.
• Familiarity with VPX, VME or CompactPCI bus systems would be beneficial.
• Practical experience of the thermal and mechanical issues involved in designing for rugged environments such as airborne or ground vehicle mounted equipment would be a significant advantage.
• Familiarity with SolidWorks for mechanical design, and CF Design for thermal analysis.

Benefits:
• Very competitive salary.
• Optional stakeholder pension scheme (with a generous company contribution)
• Life assurance.
• Private health insurance.
• Relocation allowance.

This vacancy is being advertised by NCR (New Century Recruitment Ltd). The services advertised by NCR are those of an Employment Agency.