Applications Engineer

Applications Engineer - Based Buckinghamshire

Basic salary up to £45,000 plus a bonus of c£2,500 per annum, which is paid quarterly share options, enhanced pension and more many exceptional benefits

Candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and be fully eligible to work in the UK,

Not able to accept candidates on a PSW visa.

This is a new and exciting opportunity to join an expanding business. Due to the continued success, my client is seeking an additional Applications Engineer with proven experience of working in either the Automotive, Motorsport or the Vehicle Automotive Testing industry.

As an Applications Engineer, you will have good engineering foundations alongside project management skills, any ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) experience would be advantageous, but not essential.

As an Applications Engineer, you will be working as part of the project team, you will be involved in the complete life cycle of a product from conception to completion, specification, user acceptance testing and pre/post-sales support and involved in testing of new technologies.

Candidate

• Ideally you will have an engineering degree or HNC level qualification, or by qualified by experience.

• You will have experience in managing concurrent projects with experience of reading and understanding technical documentation such as regulations, specifications, and product data sheets/manuals
• Able to work closely in a team of cross-discipline engineers
• Experience in a customer facing role
• Any exposure to GNSS and INS technologies would an advantageous along with experience in sales and customer management

Duties

• You will be responsible for analysing and identifying current and future needs of our automotive customers and propose innovative solutions
• Manage and lead all aspects of the product life cycle, from conception through to release, working to deadlines and adapting plans as necessary
• Negotiate and agree actions and time scales for multiple, concurrent engineering projects with other project team members
• Communicate with the development and test teams and report back to management on product/project status.
• Create and maintain detailed and accurate specifications that allow efficient development and testing of new products and features
• Complete user acceptance testing and provide feedback to the development teams
• Provide expert help and guidance to the first line customer support team and other areas of the business as needed
• Provide pre-sales advice to customers and distributors, helping with quotations and on- site customer demonstrations and training
• Assist with the marketing team with activities such as attending Expos, content creation, application notes, magazine articles etc.