The Digital Engineering Team are looking for a skilled Senior Research Engineer to join their team, based in Coventry.
Main Responsibilities:
1. The Senior Research Engineer (SRE) role is primarily focused on the independent technical delivery of projects and leadership in the development of project-related activities across The MTC, working across various technology departments and industrial sectors.
2. To lead project technical deliverables, taking ownership to ensure work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, and is delivered within agreed budgets and timescales. Where delegated, to act as Technical Governance lead for project deliverables.
3. Undertake innovative Engineering research work focused primarily on technology/manufacturing readiness levels (TRL/MRL) 3+, and able to demonstrate industrial project delivery.
4. You will support Senior Managers with a proactive approach in the identification, technical specification, and delivery of new and novel technology capability into the MTC, customers, or industrial member’s premises.
5. You will require involvement in all aspects of the project delivery, taking overall ownership and ensuring compliance with all relevant standards, technical support of commissioning, management of project budget and deliverables.
6. Generation of key project and strategic initiatives in alignment with theme's strategy, actively supporting to develop the theme business and technology strategy in a specific area of expertise.
Person Specification:
1. Demonstrable substantial and recognised expertise in a specific area relevant to the theme. Expert knowledge of the manufacturing sector and deep understanding of manufacturing systems and technologies.
2. Committed to work collaboratively and network effectively, able to recognise the contribution of others and teamwork with a one MTC mind-set.
3. Pragmatic hands-on experience, providing problem-solving approach and who is willing to physically participate in completion of work when required.
4. 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.
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience:
1. Strong knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of these technologies and how different technologies may be more appropriate to specific inspection applications.
2. Degree calibre engineer, technologist, scientist or mathematician.
3. Ideally working towards professional registration; Chartered professional qualification is desirable.
4. The ability to apply this knowledge to lead validation trials to prove a system’s capability for an application.
5. Provide strong technical leadership and support project teams in the delivery of work.
6. Strong knowledge of the manufacturing sector and understanding of manufacturing systems and technologies.
7. Experience working in R&D or project-based environments.
8. Demonstration of experience in providing technical leadership, knowledge transfer and strategic direction.
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