Systems Development Engineer (fixed term for 24 months)

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Based in Castleford, West Yorkshire

Salary £25,000 - £27,000

Plus the opportunity to study for a fully funded higher degree (e.g. MRes, MPhil or PhD) all fees waived

Plus £4k personal development budget

Plus management training programme

Access to a wide range of university staff benefits

Are you looking for a challenge and an opportunity to gain hands on experience of a new product development life cycle? This 2 year role offers you a chance to gain commercial experience at one of our strategic partners, Abbey Industrial Solutions, whilst being mentored by leading academics from Leeds Beckett University. If you’re interested in a higher degree (MRes or PhD) then you’ll also get the opportunity to apply to study alongside your employment - all fees waived.

We need someone with a background in engineering and a can-do attitude. You’ll need good software programming skills and preferably have experience of embedded software design. You will use this expertise to develop and deliver new products and embed a new product development capability at our strategic partner Abbey Industrial Solutions.

You will gain experience of working on products for the wide range of Abbey’s clients including those in the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, defence and rail industries. Throughout the project you’ll work closely with staff at the university to apply the latest research and technical skills to deliver new products.

Abbey Industrial Solutions is one of the UK’s leading independent providers of industrial power tools, accessories and consumables. Working in partnership with the university Abbey Industrial is seeking to enhance its product base and services to its nationwide range of clients.

The successful candidate will be employed by the University but be based full-time at Abbey Industrial Systems’ offices in Castleford and other nationwide locations as required. The role is fixed term for 24 months with the opportunity to study a higher degree part-time (fees waived), and a genuine potential of permanent employment with Abbey on completion of the project. The University will provide academic and technical support to the project.

Applicants should have:

A Bachelor’s degree* in a numerate discipline e.g. engineering; software, electronics, mechatronics or embedded systems

Good software programming skills e.g. C/C++, Python

Practical engineering/system integration skills

Experience of embedded software design

Understanding of sensors, data acquisition systems and digital circuit design

Evidence of the ability to lead and deliver a project

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

*Applications will be considered from final year students who will have received their final results by the time their employment commences

To apply for this role and visit our website please click the APPLY button.

Closing Date: 4 May 2017 (midnight)

Please note interviews are likely to take place on 22 May 2017

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - This full-time post is part-funded by the UK Government’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. A KTP is a three-way project between a graduate, an organisation and a university. KTP is one of the UK’s largest graduate recruitment programmes and has been placing graduates on challenging, high profile projects for over forty years

Work Permits For Non EU Applicants - Please note that under Home Office Regulations, the University is unable to issue a Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship in respect of this post.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from all individuals but as members of minority ethnic groups are currently under-represented at this level of post, we encourage applications from black and minoritised ethnic candidates. All appointments will be based solely on merit.