Head of Control Software

Leap29
Cheshire
11 months ago
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Head of Control Software is required for a Design and Development solutions organisation company, based in a popular Cheshire location.

This role can be fully remote as long as you are located in the UK.

Responsibilities:

Leading the team of software and control electronics engineers Providing technical direction for the software and control electronics at an architecture level Product lifecycle management for software and control electronics Owning the requirements for software and control electronics, and automated test equipment Supporting detailed design decisions (datatype, sampling rate, processor selection) System architecture and design of embedded systems Software and electronics modelling and model design Implementing and managing a CI / CD pipeline Creating full test plans to validate the software into the system Ownership oftest plans for control electronics Defining and agreeing interfaces and requirements with other engineering disciplines Owning technology roadmaps and new ideas generation Interfacing with customers to gain market insight Interfacing with customers and certification agencies to gain product approval Understanding customer, market and regulatory requirements for software control Chairing design reviews of the software and control systems Performing system level product testing and customer demonstrations of power electronic systems at 1 MVA and above

Skills:

Senior /Principal engineering experience in software and electronics product development Bachelor’sDegree in relevant Engineering discipline: Electronic & Software Strong technical leadership and influencing skills Experience in simulation tools i.e. Matlab / Simulink, PSPICE Requirements capture and management Experience in formal methodologies and V-cycle for Systems Engineering Knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence system Experience designing and certifying Safety Critical Systems (SIL 1 + ) Project management experience (agile and waterfall) Senior level experience of software and electronics development tools, techniques andmethodologies Expertise of software, C, C++, Matlab, Simulink Experience of designing microprocessor-based systems Experience of NI equipment, Labview and python scripting would be a distinct advantage

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