The Company A market leading engineering company undergrowing a significant period of growth now require a Controls Engineer (Automated Test Equipment Engineer). The Role The Engineer will work as part of a team developing software and hardware applications that support the needs of manufacturing. These will include in-house developer solutions for automated assembly, functional test and production monitoring. The Engineer will develop expert knowledge of the company’s products and systems in order to best support these developments. To design, realise, document, and maintain robust, user friendly, software and hardware solutions that provide the required functionality and performance levels to support manufacturing processes. Liaise with project, manufacturing, test equipment, in-service personnel and other stakeholders to capture requirements. Generation of software and hardware requirements and specifications. Develop schedules and costs for test systems solutions. Design instrumentation implementations and generate LabVIEW software code in accordance with own or other engineers’ schedule requirements, utilizing standard revision control and review procedures. Propose and implement new/best practice production development techniques. Contribute to creation of future strategic targets. Assist with the training and guidance of apprentices, operators and others where appropriate. Undertake training and development activities where appropriate. The Person Bachelor's degree or relevant experience in software engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a similar field. Previous employment within a Manufacturing environment. Lean Manufacturing techniques. LabVIEW Real-Time and LabVIEW FPGA. Pneumatic systems and integration. Awareness of Industrial PLC programming. Willingness to learn LabVIEW to interface with 3rd party hardware, integrate with existing systems, acquire, and analyse data, database interaction and user interface design. A range of automation hardware. Electronics and instrumentation. Experienced in developing test software for automatic execution. Other programming languages. SQL database implementation. LabVIEW programming to CLD level or higher. The Benefits You will be working for a well-established growing employer. An excellent salary. Hybrid working (3 days onsite 2 home) A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment. The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices