Engineer - Digitalisation

Engineer - Digitalisation

Location: Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Group: Materials and Mechanical Metrology

Salary Details: Starting from £30,080 dependent on experience

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Vacancy Basis: Full Time

About the Role

Please note, this role is known internally as Engineer.

We are looking for an Engineer to join our Manufacturing Metrology Group. This group is based in Huddersfield and has a mission to provide confidence in measurement to manufacturing companies across the UK.

This is a permanent position in the group to assist in delivering our work around process monitoring and digitalisation in manufacturing processes. This role is to support our research and development work in live industrial settings to support our customers with their manufacturing data. This is a growing area for the group, with excellent opportunities for development.

About You

Skills and experience that you can bring to the role:

• familiarity with the design and setup of data acquisition systems in an industrial setting.
• degree or equivalent in a relevant science or engineering discipline.
• Experience of prototyping in python or C for embedded systems or similar.
• Open to working on data analysis as well as data acquisition.
• Being comfortable with hands on working in an industrial environment.
• strong communication skills and the ability to work as part of diverse teams.

We would also welcome the following:

• Familiarity with a range of commonly used manufacturing processes.
• Experience in working on quality or continuous improvement projects.
• Knowledge of machine vision systems and analysis.

We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that nationality, residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert therefore we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as practical.