Graduate Engineer Electronics Engineer

C-Tech Automation is seeking to expand their mechanical design and development capability, with a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with interests and competencies in design and build as well as an interest in mechatronic systems.

We would like you to join our rapidly expanding team to support our current and future equipment designs from simple hand-operated manual line-side systems through to complex production equipment.

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Full Time (37.5 Hours per Week)

Key Requirements:

• 2:2 or above BEng degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Engineering Electronic Systems: Supporting our mechanical and software team, you will be working alongside them to develop the electronic control systems capable of connecting the software to the hardware. You will undertake the electrical design of the machines from the incoming power to the 24VDC sensors on our actuators, ensuring everything is designed, ordered, installed, and connected in a safe and ordered way.
• Design Control Panels: You will design our control panels, in-machine mounted back-planes, and small control systems like our new IIoT device Plankton. You will also design the communications networks around our machines based on Ethernet connections, using EtherCAT, ModBUS TCP, TCP/IP, and FTP on many of our solutions.
• Development Tracking: You will be responsible for tracking development, bug-fixing, and testing your own designs. You will also build some of the hardware to become familiar with sensors, sensing systems, smart cameras, cabling, and connectivity.
• Documentation: You’ll be responsible for your own documentation and generating your designs. Currently, we use Fusion360 for all our designs.
• Project Engineering Control Cabinets: You will develop skills in assembly, wiring, and testing of control cabinets or control back-planes that are suited to the application and safe.
• Project Engineering Safety, CE/UKCA, Risk Assessments and PUWER: You will design with safety and risk-mitigation in mind and create the system Technical File which will include calculations, bills-of-materials, and risk assessments.
• Sales Support: Support C-Tech in generating commercial revenue by assisting with customer visits, attending tradeshows, presenting the C-Tech business, and creating case studies of significant project work.
• Administration: Work with the C-Tech team in generating commercial proposals, project quotes, and project plans using SCRUM or agile methodology. Maintain project files and folders using MS Teams and use the C-Tech Git to safely store your software, comments, and control versions.

About C-Tech: C-Tech is unique, solving automation challenges in the chilled food manufacturing sector by designing and developing novel, simple systems that aim to reduce reliance on manual labour. We are linked to the Seafresh Group, providing access to chilled food manufacturer Blue Earth Foods, a top-tier supplier to market-leader Marks and Spencer.

We’re an equal opportunity employer, keen to change the face of Engineering in the Food sector. If you’re interested in food, software Engineering, and want freedom to work and control your destiny, then C-Tech is the place to be!

What You Get: All the experience and exposure you can handle. With an array of 3D printers and a well-set-up workshop, you will be at the cutting-edge of development, working in real-time with the rest of the team.

Technical Approach: We focus on simple, easy to use, low-cost machines that utilise off-the-shelf automation components along with a mix of 3D printed and machined parts. We design, develop, and build all our own equipment, as the projects we work on have no off-the-shelf solutions.

Your Development: You will get exposure on everything, led by a Chartered Engineer (IET). C-Tech has experience in the professional registration process and can support your professional development from Incorporated through to Chartered Engineer for the IET and IMechE.