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

This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Control Software to join a Design and Development solutions organisation based in Chesire. If you’re interested, please apply with your CV.