Senior Engineer

4 weeks ago

Rocester, United Kingdom JCB Full time

JCB is a truly world class, family owned business. We are proud of our achievements and recognise that future growth and success is shaped by the ambition of the JCB team. If you are looking for a career with a business where people really count, look no further than JCB.

Overview of the role:

Reporting into the Engineering Manager, the successful candidate will join a highly focussed and passionate team leading the delivery of electrical / electronic engineering across the business.

The role is within the Group Electrical & Controls team which has responsibility to ensure that all new JCB Product programmes and Current Product Maintenance meet the required technical deliverables against required timing. The role requires technical knowledge, hands-on experience, project delivery process understanding, and the ability to work with diverse teams to ensure delivery.

Your Responsibilities:

General Duties

· Electrical & Electronic support for our current product maintenance team

· Investigation into electrical warranty claims and customer feedback

· Translate the ‘voice of the customer’ (internal and external) into a list of clear concise requirements and deliverables.

· Root Cause analysis via 8D, Ishikawa/fishbone

· Hands on investigation at machine level

· Devising a solution and implementation through to production 

· Selection of correct hardware platform(s) to deliver the technical solution, considering environmental and cost targets.

· Thrive in a fast agile environment, developing prototype solutions to validate proof of concept ideas

· Co-ordination of 3rd party support vendors with the creation of software requirements.

· Ensuring robust and reliable ECU communication protocols are followed in line with industry best practice (SAE J1939, Ethernet)

· Design vehicle electrical wiring systems where necessary, passing onto the EDS team for implementation.

· Have a keen interest in monitoring the health and status of the system, via on board diagnostic protocols or over the air communications

· Work inline with industry standard development techniques ie V Model

· Drive re-use of components and approaches

· On Machine Validation and Verification testing.

Experience:

· Willing to understand how things work, or how they can be improved.

· Experience and understanding of hydraulic and electrical system interation.

· PLC panel design and ladder logic experience is comparable to this industry.

· Familiar with different requirements capturing tools ie IBM DOORS.

· Knowledge of different CAN bus protocols ie CANOpen, J1939, ISO14229, ISO14230

· Working knowledge of the engineering lifecyle V Model, specifically electrical systems.

· Awareness of security impact to achieve secure and resilient systems (hardware and software)

· Experience in the completion of different V&V techniques.

· Functional test, fault insertion testing – on machine and or test rigs

· Comfortable working with various electronic lab tools ie Spectrum analyser, Oscilloscope, Signal Generators, DC power supplies, Digital Volt Meters

· An ability to read and digest complex information relating to internal and external procedures and sign-off requirements

· Sound record keeping techniques, of all designs, revisions and related updates.

Qualifications

· Qualified to HNC/HND level in an electronic/software based technology discipline or equivalent experience.

Rewards you deserve:

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

JCB: Building a Brighter Future

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our recruitment team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@, and a member of the team will be in touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies. 

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