Senior Research and Development Engineer
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About us
The Company specializes in the development of harsh environment optical sensors for pressure and temperature sensing applications in the global Power Generation, Energy and Aerospace markets. Using optical spectrometry techniques, we work with both blue-chip OEM and small government'funded projects to develop leading-edge sensing solutions.
The role
The successful candidate will support development activities across multiple projects within the company including "hands-on" development of new sensing systems as well as working to transition prototype products to production. You will work with Engineering, Operations, Quality and Test functions.
Day-to-day activities will include:
Transfer to production of interrogator design, including test rig development, in'house training, sub'contract liaison
Software development for production test
Software development for hardware components and integration in larger systems
Execution of qualification and acceptance testing
Execution of test programs and evaluation of 3rd party devices
Hardware prototyping
Consultancy on electronics components, interfaces, general design items
Design and process documentation
You will need:
Degree in relevant discipline (e.g. Electronics, Physics, Engineering) plus > 4 years industrial experience
Experience in NI LabVIEW programming to control test equipment and acquire data
Other software development experience (e.g. C, Python, MatLAB, Julia)
Understanding of electronics design principles including microcontrollers
Awareness of requirements for EMC compliance, ATEX/IECEx
Ability to analyse and present data
Strong communication/presentation skills
Comfortable in cross-disciplinary environment
Desirable experience:
Optoelectronics, photonics, sensing, fiber optics
PCBA manufacturing
Product development (design to production)
We offer:
A supportive, team-focused environment (~30-person team)
Flexible working (with a balance between on-site time and WFH)
Great Work Environment at Harwell Campus (Oxford, UK)
A competitive compensation package
25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
An opportunity for equity in the company
Please send you application to Mrs Donna Mackett
