Application Engineer

In 1998, two Oxford university graduates with a passion for technology saw a gap in the market for a land-based inertial navigation system and decided to act on this.

Two years later, the same two graduates created the CPS 2000 which was a GPS/INS navigation system and brought this to the market. The feedback from the market made it clear there was a need for a quality product that could provide real time measurements. In 2002 they produced the RT3000 and sold this to a car manufacturer in Germany. This was the beginning of a great journey.

Over 20 years later, this company now supply over 120 vehicle manufacturers, test houses and NCAP test facilities globally with their quality products to assist with conducting of advance safety tests. In 2021 they also launched an automated valet parking test facility which was the first of its kind in the UK.

This global business is a testing company and specialise within the automotive, autonomy and survey/mapping industry where quality is key.

Having grown from strength to strength since they began, this company is now expanding their business to continue their exciting journey within testing and are looking for an Applications Engineer to develop engineering solutions, this role involves all aspects of engineering projects including assessing customer requirements, developing customer hardware and software solutions, supporting
customers, and writing technical documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Investigate requests for the development of solutions to meet customer applications, originating from customers or internally from Product Management. Undertake investigative / feasibility work to develop solutions. Plan and cost projects; provide information to Sales for quotation
• Develop application solutions through developing new hardware and software, configuring products, and integrating 3rd party products. Test and maintain hardware and software, including
  release process, version control, and bug management. Write and maintain documentation for designs to describe functionality, use and reasons for design decisions
• Perform acceptance testing of application solutions to verify correct operation, prior to release to the market. Resolve any issues found before providing to customers
• Manage projects and work as a team member on projects; plan, track and manage development tasks. Work to deadlines and adapt plans as necessary to meet project objectives. Work collaboratively with people inside and outside the company, and coordinate other departments involved (such as R&D) to successfully achieve outcomes and results.

Experience Required:

• Can develop real-time embedded firmware in C/C++ covering the full design life cycle. Has working experience with firmware release process, version control, and bug management.
• Has working experience with schematic capture, building and debugging circuits. Can use standard electronics principles to prove robustness of designs
• Has good design knowledge of digital and analogue electronics, and software design using C/C++
• Can demonstrate successful outcomes on working on a project either autonomously or as part of a larger team
• Prior contact using systems for software version control, issue tracking, planning would be a benefit, with an emphasis on using these tools to collaborate in a smooth fashion.
• Able to specify, install, use and maintain tools and technologies (e.g. development environments) needed for software development