Job Title: Senior Research Engineer – Automation Team, Coventry
Location: Coventry
Job Type: Permanent
Start Date: As soon as possible
Working Hours: 36 hours per week (4 day week with WFH available)
Salary & Benefits: Competitive salary. Private medical, 2x pension contribution, electric lease car scheme, cycle to work scheme, 20 days holiday (+bank holidays) and more.
Application Closing Date: N/A
About Us
MTC is a leading research and technology organisation at the forefront of manufacturing innovation. We’re surrounded by world‑leading facilities, industry‑leading minds, but above all we’re united in our shared curiosity and creativity, with an appetite to restlessly and repeatedly reimagine what progress looks like.
We work with a large portfolio of industrial clients across a diverse range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, infrastructure, food & beverage, construction, power & energy and defence.
We help our clients to advance their technological and engineering capabilities in order to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness by bridging the gap between academia and industry and proving new ideas and concepts in an agile environment.
Being supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK manufacturing, we have locations in Antsys Park in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford.
The Role
Senior Research Engineer (SRE) – Automation Team based in Coventry.
The role is focused on the technical leadership of projects and on the mentorship of more junior engineers within the Automation team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead project technical deliverables, taking ownership to ensure work meets or exceeds agreed customer requirements, and is delivered within agreed budgets and timescales.
- Lead technical governance for project deliverables, ensuring adherence to and championing MTC best practices.
- Define and lead a mentoring strategy for the Automation team.
- Identify, technically specify and deliver new and novel technology capability into MTC, undertaking innovative engineering research work focused primarily on technology/manufacturing readiness levels (TRL/MRL) 3+.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
- Automation engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
- Experience in automation control systems.
- Experience with Ethernet based and fieldbus networks.
- Experience in IEC PLC programming languages.
- Experience with multiple PLC vendor platforms (e.g., Siemens or Beckhoff).
- Experience with HMI and SCADA applications.
- Structured approach to identifying and solving problems.
- Self‑motivated and a self‑starter, able to work autonomously to meet deadlines, budgets and quality expectations, both within a team or independently.
- Experience working where subsequent adherence to associated process and policy is critical to maintain customer confidentiality.
- Pragmatic hands‑on experience, providing problem‑solving approach and willingness to physically participate in completion of work when required.
- System design and optimisation.
- Able to demonstrate industrial project delivery including concept generation, detailed design, compliance with all relevant standards, technical support of commissioning, awareness of project budget and deliverables.
- Good effective communication skills.
- Able to work well as part of a collaborative team.
Desirable Skills and Qualifications
- Knowledge of automation cell functional safety and associated standards.
- Knowledge of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0.
- Knowledge of sensing and pneumatics.
- Knowledge of high‑level programming languages.
- Knowledge of robots and robot programming including ROS2.
Interview Process
After you submit your application, it will be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. Successful candidates will be invited for a 2‑stage interview process.
Reference and Security Checks
Willing and able to apply for Developed Vetting security clearance by the UK Government and undertake duties associated with this level of clearance.
All employment offers will be subject to us obtaining satisfactory employment references. As part of your role, you will be required to undergo a DBS Check.
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