Senior Research Engineer - PhD

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Role: Senior Research Engineer

Location: Wrexham, Chester (Area)

Salary: £30,000 -£40,000 (DOE) + Benefits

Key Skills: Rotating Drives, Gear, electric motor design, motor design

Can you picture yourself working for a forward thinking, industry leading manufacturer of automotive software, supplying to the biggest names in the industry?

Do you like the sound of career with a well-established company that values its employees?

Would you like to be part of a growing, ambitious team that are proud of their work?

Company

World leading development team, providing tools for thermal and electrical motor design.

Coming in to the established team as a senior design engineer it's a great role for those seeking a long term career and to progress/ learn as you do so.

Ideal Requirements

As a recent PhD graduate in the field of electric motors, you will join a growing and dynamic

team working on the cutting edge of research and development. Reporting to the Head of

Technology, your work will be focused on the design, modelling and analysis of the

electromagnetic and thermal characteristics of electrical machines.

- You will be a self-starter, responsible for managing your own tasks and work

collaboratively.

- You will mainly work on consultancy and research projects to design or analyse

electrical machines and work on the development of new modelling methods and

techniques.

- You will have the opportunity to expand your expertise to learn about a range of motor

technologies, applications and modelling approaches.

- You will be involved in the development and testing of the comapnies software and

the implementation of new features.

- You will also assist in the support and training of engineers using the software product.

- There are opportunities for international travel to IEEE conferences, industry seminars

and customer visits.

Job Description

Your tasks may vary based on the priorities of the business. Main responsibilities will include:

1. Development of modelling techniques and design methods for electrical machines.

2. Design of electrical machines and modelling of existing machines.

3. Working with experimental data to compare against modelling results.

4. Writing technical reports, papers and presentations.

5. Support and training of engineers using software through e-mails, web

meetings and f2f meetings where required.

6. Development of technical materials to support the promotion of the software

such as presentations, papers and tutorials.

7. Presentation of technical content at conferences and seminars.

8. Demonstration of the software product to potential customers.

9. Use of other engineering software's such as Ansys Maxwell & Fluent.

10. Testing of the latest Motor-CAD releases

Skills Required

Essential:

* A PhD in electrical machines or an MEng/MSc and minimum of 3 years relevant

experience working with electrical machines.

* Experience in electrical machine design using electromagnetics and thermal modelling

* Experience with FEA modelling (e.g. Motor-CAD, FEMM, Ansys Maxwell, JMAG etc.)

* Experience with programming (e.g. Python, Matlab etc)

* A professional approach towards work relationships and customer engagement

* Good written and verbal skills in English

* Competent in using Microsoft office or similar

* Self-motived and can manage one's own workload

* A passion for creating something new and exciting

The company are ready to meet candidates immediately - If you would like to discuss this role with me please contact Milo on 0117 4280600 or email [email protected] -

From previous experience this position will be competitive and urgent action is recommended.

Key Skills: Rotating Drives, Gear, electric motor design, motor design

ISL (Incite Solutions Ltd) is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.