Mechatronics Engineer

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Mechatronics Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a maternity cover contract position with a proposed end date of 31^st March 2027.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £35.80 per hour.

Duties:

• Designs, analyses, modifies, and integrates robotics, automation, technologies and processes related to equipment and tooling for applicability to programs and products.
• Develops, implements, and tests preventative maintenance plans, interim solutions for damaged and unsafe equipment, and tooling.
• Investigates and documents engineering changes and controls equipment and tooling configuration in accordance with standard operating procedures.
• Develops and recommends equipment reliability improvements through the application of reliability engineering tooling.
• Managing large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager.
• Coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals.
• Problems faced are difficult and often complex.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Practical experience building verification and validation rigs for formal approval / sign off.
• Knowledge of using SysML and Matlab/Simulink for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Experience in network architecture design/communication networks.
• Solid understanding of requirements definition and interface documentation required to support the development and acceptance of solutions.
• Complex issue resolution across various functional commodities for testing.
• Positive attitude, and willingness to get involved with tasks across the System Engineering lifecycle.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences on sometimes complex issues, topics and engineering principles and practices.
• Ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Ability to analyse technical problems and provide pragmatic solutions.
• Experience of building and managing multiple relationships in complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, TRM, CATIA Magic System of Systems (MSOSA).
• Experience of working in the automotive industry. · Experience of dealing with safety critical systems especially automotive.
• Knowledge / experience of Cucumber / Gherkin / Gitlab etc…
• Experience in complex electronics rig build preferred.

Essential Education Required:

• Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects.
• Minimum: Degree in Electronics / Systems engineering.

Desirable Education Requested:

• Degree in System or Mechanical Engineering.