Mechatronics Engineer

Location Warwickshire
Job type: Contract
Salary: ££35.80
Contact name: Laura Hopson

Contact email: lhopson@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245403560
Job ref: 37305424
Published: 27 days ago
Duration: 9 months (rolling)
Expiry date: 31 Dec 2026 23:59

Duties:

  • Designs, analyzes, 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.

Responsibilities typically include:

  • 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Essential:

  • Degree in Engineering or other STEM subjects.

  • 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:

  • Degree in System or Mechanical Engineering.

  • 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.

Education:         

  • Minimum: Degree in Electronics / Systems engineering

  • Experience in complex electronics rig build preferred.