The Vacancy
The MTC Operations team are looking for a skilled Senior Research Engineer to join their team in Coventry and/or Liverpool.
Main Responsibilities:
* Technical delivery of digital manufacturing technology projects, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
* Technical leadership of deliverables and projects around Data Science and AI, Digital Manufacturing Systems, Connectivity, Visualisation and Cyber Security.
* Adopt industry best practices and technologies to architect IT and OT solutions that appropriately integrate into the overall technology footprint.
* Lead customer and internal partner liaison activities.
* Lead horizon scanning of technologies and new approaches to solve industrial problems across a range of industrial sectors.
* Generation of new project ideas in alignment with the department's strategy.
* Coaching and mentoring to colleagues as required, is an essential part of your role to support the development of leadership and management capability across the business.
Person Specification
Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience:
* Degree calibre engineer, technologist, computer scientist or mathematician.
* Proven experience in designing and deploying digital solutions in manufacturing.
* Extensive experience in at least one of the following domains: Data Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Connectivity, OT Cyber Security, XR systems, Industrial Vision Systems and/or Manufacturing ICT Systems.
* Expert knowledge of at least one of the high-level programming languages (Python, C#, C++, Java).
* Very good knowledge of data management platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure) for data acquisition, storage, processing, and analysis.
* Very good knowledge of the manufacturing sector and understanding of manufacturing systems and technologies.
* Ability to work with clients to capture and understand current state challenges of a business, from a systems and process perspective.
* Ability to refine client challenges into themes and articulate to stakeholders.
* Experience in technical leadership and coordination of internal teams (subject matter experts) to produce high quality documentation.
* Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills are required for the role; able to demonstrate excellent technical report writing and presentation skills, maintaining appropriate level of detail, linking detailed activities back to project objectives and business visions.
Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience:
* At least 5 years' recent and substantial work experience on relevant manufacturing systems in industrial manufacturing or R&D environments.
* Demonstrable and broad industrial experience with Systems Engineering methodologies, system modelling tools and performing customer requirements analysis from OT and IT perspectives.
* Knowledgeable of the MLOps lifecycle with demonstrable experience in scoping, designing, and developing AI solutions.
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, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.
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.
Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.
Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.
The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.
Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)
Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.
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