Senior Research Engineer - Controls in Coventry

Location: Coventry

Job Type: Permanent

Start Date: As soon as possible

Working hours: 36 Hours per week (4 Day week and WFH available)

Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary. Benefits include private medical, 2x pension contribution, electric lease car scheme, cycle to work scheme, 20 days holiday (plus bank holidays) and more.

About Us: MTC is a leading research and technology organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation. We work with a large portfolio of industrial clients across a diverse range of sectors including Automotive, Aerospace, Infrastructure, Food & Beverage, Construction, Power & Energy and Defence. We help our clients to advance their technological and engineering capabilities in order to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness by bridging the gap between academia and industry.

The role: We are looking for a Senior Research Engineer to join our Automation team based in Coventry. The Senior Research Engineer (SRE) role is focused on the technical leadership of projects and on the mentorship of more junior engineers within the Automation team.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead project technical deliverables, taking ownership to ensure work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, and is delivered within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Lead Technical Governance for project deliverables within the area of expertise, ensuring adherence to and championing MTC best practices.
• Proactive approach in defining and leading a mentoring strategy for the Automation team.
• Proactive approach in the identification, technical specification, and delivery of new and novel technology capability into the MTC, undertaking innovative Engineering research work focused primarily on technology/manufacturing readiness levels (TRL/MRL) 3+.

Essential Skills/Qualifications:

• An Automation Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in automation control systems.
• Experience with ethernet based and field bus networks.
• Experience in IEC PLC programming languages.
• Experience with multiple PLC vendor platforms to include Siemens or Beckhoff.
• Experience with HMI and SCADA applications.
• Structured approach to identifying and solving problems.
• Self-motivated and a self-starter, with the ability to work autonomously to meet deadlines, budgets and quality expectations, both within a team, or independently.
• Experience working where subsequent adherence to associated process and policy is critical to maintain customer confidentiality.
• Pragmatic hands-on experience, providing problem solving approach and who is willing to physically participate in completion of work when required.
• System design & optimisation.
• Able to demonstrate industrial project delivery including, but not restricted to: concept generation, detailed design, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, technical support of commissioning, awareness of project budget and deliverables.
• Good effective communication skills.
• Able to work well as part of a collaborative team.

Desirable Skills/Qualifications:

• Knowledge of automation cell functional safety and associated standards.
• Knowledge of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0.
• Knowledge of sensing and pneumatics.
• Knowledge of high-level programming languages.
• Knowledge of Robots and robot programming to include ROS2.

Interview Process:

Once you submit your application, this will be passed on to our Talent Acquisition team for review. If you are successfully shortlisted, the next steps will be a 2-stage interview process.

Reference and Security Checks:

Willing and able to apply for Developed Vetting security clearance by the UK Government and undertake duties associated with this level of clearance. All employment offers will be subject to us obtaining satisfactory employment references. As part of your role, you will be required to undergo a DBS Check.

About The MTC:

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing. The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.