Job Description
Head of Control Software is required for a Design and Development solutions organisation company based in a popular Cheshire location.
This role can be fully remote as long as you are located in the UK.
Responsibilities:
- Leading the team of software and control electronics engineers
- Providing technical direction for the software and control electronics at an architecture level
- Product lifecycle management for software and control electronics
- Owning the requirements for software and control electronics and automated test equipment
- Supporting detailed design decisions (datatype sampling rate processor selection)
- System architecture and design of embedded systems
- Software and electronics modelling and model design
- Implementing and managing a CI / CD pipeline
- Creating full test plans to validate the software into the system
- Ownership oftest plans for control electronics
- Defining and agreeing interfaces and requirements with other engineering disciplines
- Owning technology roadmaps and new ideas generation
- Interfacing with customers to gain market insight
- Interfacing with customers and certification agencies to gain product approval
- Understanding customer market and regulatory requirements for software control
- Chairing design reviews of the software and control systems
- Performing system level product testing and customer demonstrations of power electronic systems at 1 MVA and above
Skills:
- Senior /Principal engineering experience in software and electronics product development
- BachelorsDegree in relevant Engineering discipline: Electronic & Software
- Strong technical leadership and influencing skills
- Experience in simulation tools i.e. Matlab / Simulink PSPICE
- Requirements capture and management
- Experience in formal methodologies and Vcycle for Systems Engineering
- Knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence system
- Experience designing and certifying Safety Critical Systems (SIL 1
- Project management experience (agile and waterfall)
- Senior level experience of software and electronics development tools techniques andmethodologies
- Expertise of software C C Matlab Simulink
- Experience of designing microprocessorbased systems
- Experience of NI equipment Labview and python scripting would be a distinct advantage
This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Control Software to join a Design and Development solutions organisation based in Chesire. If youre interested please apply with your CV.
Required Experience:
Director