Senior Development Engineer

Exciting opportunity for a Test and Development Engineer / Senior Engineer to join the Excavator Engineering team responsible for Tracked Excavators and play a key role in developing the future product range with the opportunity to work on new technology developments.
This role is available as contract or permanent
Senior Development Engineer Role:
Reporting to the Test and Development Manager, you will join a highly focused, passionate team, working on exciting new programmes to both maintain and further extend our client’s Tracked Excavator range of machines; your main duties will include:
* Have ownership and responsibility for completion of Testing and Development activities on new product designs, systems, and components from project creations through to Engineering Sign Off and completion.
* Machine driving and operation, including benchmarking and liaising with Test Drivers and Group Assessors.
* Diagnosing machine technical issues and work with different teams to solve problems.
* Understand the application of Tracked Excavators and the customer requirements.
* Problem analysis and proposal of design solutions.
* Analysis, reporting and presentation of test results.
* Design, build and commissioning of test rigs.
* Liaise with internal / external customers / departments, as required during projects.
* Product homologation and legislative conformance.
* Provide information for Engineering Sign Off records, DVPSOR’s and Technical Construction Files.
* Supervision of XP resource allocated to assist with development tasks and support prototype builds.
Senior Development Engineer Requirements:
* Degree / HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering or have equivalent experience.
* Experience in the design / development of off highway vehicles (ideally 360° Excavators).
* Good working knowledge of drivetrain, hydraulics and electrical / electronic systems.
* Enthusiastic attitude, coupled with a sense of urgency and desire to succeed.
* Good teamwork and communication skills with ability to influence change.
* Good working knowledge of data acquisition, processing and vehicle testing.
* Strong Microsoft Office skills.
Benefits:
In addition to an excellent salary, career progression and development opportunities, our client offers an excellent company pension scheme, medical insurance and dental care schemes, access to the company’s healthy living centre and 33 days annual leave and flexibility around daily start and finish times. You will also have access to the Company’s Reward Hub, giving you fantastic savings across a huge range of high street retailers, as well as access to exclusive company perks such as the Cycle to Work Scheme.
Applications:
This vacancy is only available to Candidates with relevant experience as detailed in the job description. Due to volume of applications, we are unable to respond to applicants who do not possess the required skills and experience. Recent Graduates who do not have the required level of industry experience need not apply.
Candidates must be authorised to work in the country where this role is located BEFORE making an application