Systems Engineer

**JOB TITLE**: Systems Engineer

**LOCATION**: London

**PACKAGE**: Up to £45,000 DoE

**WAY OF WORKING**: Full time
- Permanent

**THE BUSINESS**:
C4S is proud to be partnering with a UK-based specialist supplier of innovative custom servo-hydraulic mechanical testing solutions. With a justifiably proud history stretching back to 1958, they are a globally recognised leader in OEM hydraulic test andmotion simulation systems that develops innovative solutions to meet ever more demanding customer testing specifications. Products are sold and installed worldwide via our direct sales and commissioning teams from operations based in UK, USA and China.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**:

- Manages their workload / output to ensure that customer projects meet or exceed the desired performance, function and regulatory requirements.
- Utilise tools and methods, such as system architecture, system modelling and simulation (MATLAB / Simulink), optimisation, system dynamics, systems analysis, reliability analysis, risk analysis and system safety analysis.
- Provide technical support to plan, implement and deliver overall engineering solutions for all customer project lifecycle stages;
- Pre-sales in turning customer requirements into an a technically sound, cost effective system proposal and safety concept(s), to provide an achievable specification.
- Provide engineering assistance to design teams to ensure a successful test system.
- Prepare control databases and test plans for commissioning and acceptance testing.
- Attend project milestone meetings where required to ensure system level parameters are correctly covered and in keeping with the original customer specification.
- Provide engineering assistance to the purchasing department to better meet the needs of the business.
- Provide engineering assistance to production department where needed.
- Carry out and support commissioning activities both in-house and on site.
- Ensure each project’s design and technical documentation is co-ordinated, complete, and compliant with state regulations.
- Provide product training and support to customers and engineers.
- Follow quality management procedures, raise NCR’s where necessary and close out in a timely manner.
- Provide support towards continuous improvement activities.
- Lead some New Product Introduction R&D projects
- Provide support for European and American sales / service needs.
- Build collaborative relationships with stakeholders, key partners, and team members.
- Anticipates and overcomes obstacles with a pragmatic approach to achieve goals and commitments
- Provides technical guidance and support external and internal customers throughout the product life cycle
- Maintains a high level of technical proficiency in the specific knowledge of engineering practices and business principles
- Looks to support wider team members with product training and coaching.

**YOUR KEY SKILLS**:

- A minimum of 5 years’ experience operating in an engineered-to-order industry
- A minimum of 5 years’ hands on experience in machine hardware / software systems engineering
- Experience with dynamics (mechanics)
- Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Mechatronic engineering
- Use of MATLAB and Simulink
- Basic understanding and capability to use C# code for testing routines
- Organised with the ability to plan and meet strict deadlines
- The ability to read, analyse and interpret technical data
- The ability to write in a clear and concise manner
- The ability to present technical information clearly to internal and external customers
- To participate positively within cross functional teams
- Software skills: Proficient with Microsoft packages; Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, PLM
- The ability to read and understand technical documents and drawings
- The ability to travel via commercial airline and automobile up to 10% of the time

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