Senior Development Engineer
Job Type : Contract, Full Time
Salary :
Senior/Principal Development Engineer
Above market rate – (Inside IR35)
Foston, Derbyshire
Contract
A Senior/Principal Development Engineer opportunity has become available as a result of growing demands for our clients award winning range of diesel engines and ever increasing number of exciting engine development programmes.
Roles are based at their new multi-million pound engine research and development centre in Derbyshire which is at the cutting edge of powertrain validation, systems testing and development.
You will be responsible for developing and validating current and future propulsion systems to ensure product satisfaction for their global customer base.
This role includes the following activities:
Developing engines / hydrogen motors to meet challenging requirements for durability and fault free performance.
Designing, delivering and documenting tests / test programs to demonstrate engine components and systems can operate across the wide range of machine duty cycles and environmental conditions that our applications are required to thrive in.
To apply for this position you should have some of the following:
Ability to use first principles to support the definition of test methodologies and understand system responses.
Applying a wide array of instrumentation and data acquisition techniques to capture data on dynamically operating systems.
General knowledge of engine systems supported by more specific knowledge in one or more of the following areas; Major castings, Power conversion, Lubrication system, Cooling system, CCV system, Valve train, Air path, Rotating electrics, Front end accessory drive (FEAD), NVH, Strain gauge measurement.
Designing dynamometer and rig based engine tests, test engineering (e.g. specification of instrumentation, test planning, test automation, data logging)
Test cell and engine control familiarity.
Post processing data, technical report writing and post-test component evaluation.
Fault tree analysis / FMEA / practical application of structured problem solving techniques.
Excellent technical report writing and communication of findings and recommendations
Useful Software Packages: Uniplot, CDM Studio, ATi, Siemens Test Lab / Test Xpress, Cadet Test Cell Automation, Borg Warner (Delphi) ECU Flashing Tools, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word
For further information on the role and rate available, please give James Tilley a call on (phone number removed) or send your interest, with CV & cover letter to –
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business
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