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A2E Limited

Embedded Systems Development Engineer

HNC, HND, Undergraduate Degree, Postgraduate Degree

Closing Date:: 18/01/2015
Skill:: Engineering manufacturing and production
Region:: Edinburgh and Lothians
Salary: £18,000-24,000 pro rata per annum depending on experience, with potential to increase after initial placement period
Length:: 12 months
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Placement summary

A2E Limited have a high-profile opportunity for you to show off your talent in a fast-paced technical environment and build your career with the company. This is no ordinary 9 to 5. You will be fully supported to take your theoretical knowledge and develop engineering solutions for harsh environments, as part of a enthusiastic team developing state-of-the-art embedded systems for use in the Oil and Gas market. These systems will be used in the offshore industry worldwide and you will gain experience developing real world products working alongside real world engineers. This 12 month placement, based in Livingston is fully intended to transition into a permanent role with the company.

Job description

Project Description

A2E work in a variety of fields and we are specialising in electronics for the Oil and Gas sector. We create solutions that the Oil and Gas sector never thought would be possible, to allow them to get real-time, local, communications from oil wells. Through advanced, embedded electronics for different, challenging environments, including high temperature and high pressure, we are adding real-time instrumentation to the industry. These systems are designed in-house and manufactured and installed by specialists.

The successful graduate will be involved in a number of projects, including the design of an embedded system (HW & SW) for deployment in an off shore (down hole) wire line sensing and data logging system.

There will be two main career development opportunities, depending on the skill set of the individual: one focused on the electronics hardware and the other focused on the embedded software (C) running on a micro controller.

Placement Objectives

The successful applicant will contribute to a number of projects to increase specialistion into the Oil and Gas market and grow the business.

Role Description

This is no ordinary 9 to 5. You’ll be working in embedded system design to deliver on-time, top-of-the-industry solutions for a global client base in the offshore Oil and Gas market.

Our projects demand self-motivated engineers with outside-the-box thinking to develop innovative products for our customers, customers that include primarily Oil & Gas and Smart Energy industries and also Defense, Life and Medical Sciences. This is a high-profile opportunity for you to show off your talent in a fast paced technical environment and learn on the job from experienced staff.

Reporting to the project Senior Engineer, you will work as part of a team on a number of projects (typically at least 3 over the year), which will also involve working closely with customers to achieve the end product. These may include:

Subsea advanced embedded systems to control safety equipment
Remote sensing and processing to allow cutomers to make local decisions using acoustic and wireline communications
Novel design for intrinsically safe signal processing systems for explosive environments, such as oil rigs (that will fail in safe mode).

Your Assignments Should You Choose To Accept Them:

Electronic module design
Schematic capture
PCB design
Integration and Test of prototype systems
Release to manufacture

OR

SW specification
SW design and development
SW integration & test with hardware.

Qualifications

Graduate from an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, in either Electronics and Hardware Engineering, or Software Engineering (preferably with electronics as a hobby).

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

The successful candidate may come from variety of different backgrounds, so we do not expect you to necessarily have all of the below skills but interest and a willingness to learn will be key as full training is on offer.

We are looking for someone who is inspired by engineering and may have played around with Raspberry Pi as a side project. It would be great if you could also offer some of the following:

HW Design schematic capture and PCB layout
C programming
Understanding of how software interacts with electronics
Knowledge of Microcontrollers/embedded processors
Knowledge and/or experience of communications protocols & interfaces
Strong communications skills - for dealing with customers
Strong self-motivation and initiative.

Desirable Skills

Some knowledge of any of the following would be beneficial:

Wireless Sensors & Systems
Optical Sensors
Electronics for HIGH Temperature/Pressure Environments
Embedded Software
Windows environments.

Benefits

Company benefits

We invest in our people and intend to train the successful candidate on the latest technologies, such as designing equipment for ATEX explosive environments
You will gain experience working with a high calibre team of seasoned engineers - we are all passionate about what we do and are continuously working on side projects!
We have a flat structure, made up of project teams, giving you the opportunity to work with and learn from a variety of colleagues, with increasing autonomy
It is fully intended that this project will transition to a permanent role for the right individual, and that your salary will increase in-line with the additional experience.

Placement benefits

As part of ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the successful candidate will have access to a free two day business and employability skills residential course and also benefit from ongoing support from the ScotGrad team throughout the duration of the placement.

Additional information

Location: Livingston

Planned interview date: ASAP

This placement may result in a permanent employment afterwards

Preferred start date: Early February 2015