Project Engineer 3182-1

Project Engineer
12 Month Contract
Stevenage
£50 per hour Umbrella
 
Overview of department:
WSSE are integral in the development of systems and system architectures, and as a result we have developed a capability supporting developments across the full product life cycle. The team integrate real products, models and synthetic environments to provide visualisations, demonstrations, verification & validation as well as training capability and support.
 
Responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of integration tools to customers acting as the liaison between WSSE and Manufacturing
• Working with Project Leads and development teams to understand the critical path activities to ensure we deliver on time.
• You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to deliver the simulations and representations of real equipment.
• The role requires you to deploy existing software packages provided to you from the software development team onto hardware.
• Responsible for ensuring the relevant Safety and Security documentation has been followed as defined in the published design definitions.  
• The role may require you to support with documentation updates and supporting shipping and export functions (project dependant).

 
Skillset/experience required:

• Familiar with COTS computer hardware
• Ability to follow software load instructions to install software on COTS hardware
• Familiar with operating systems such as linux and windows
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people to build relationships and solve problems
• Ability to understand and support the delivery of plans so that delivery schedules can be kept.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to provide solutions to problems with plans when they arise
• Ability to use and manage simple databases for asset management and tracking purposes
• Ability to conduct software tests on deliverable equipment using pre-existing test documentation
• Appreciation for the importance of version controls
• Appreciation for the importance of quality controls
• Positive and professional behaviours
• Proven ability to deliver to deadlines

Nice to haves:

• Familiar with Continuous integration / development tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub) and the benefits to automatic build, test and deployment pipelines.
• Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes
• Understanding of software development practices

You must be eligible to go through Security Clarence