Main characteristics
- Location
- Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Company
- Candover Green Limited
- Salary
- £55000 - £70000/annum Car Allowance, Bonus, Full benefits
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Category
- Engineering
Job summary
Our client is a deep tech scale-up company developing a revolutionary methodology for tunnels and underground schemes. Their mission is to dramatically reduce the cost of tunnels, allowing global demand for increased, yet more sustainable transportation solutions, to be met.They have assembled a dynamic team with expertise in wide ranging areas such as aeronautics, motorsport and geophysics alongside tunnelling experts. We are helping them grow this team and are looking for individuals who have the drive and passion to develop cutting edge solutions, with inventive, fast paced thinking, who can bring fresh perspectives to our product development.
The client offers a truly exciting opportunity in a friendly and collaborative environment. People are the most valuable asset. They look after them and champion diversity.
The client has built the worlds first underground structure constructed entirely by a small fleet of robots. You will be part of a strong team taking the prototype system to production. You will take the lessons learnt from the first robot tunnel build and combine it with your expertise to develop the next generation of robotic toolsets. You will use your experience and knowledge to shape the product and solution roadmap. If you are looking for a role with high levels of autonomy where your day-to-day work will have significant impact and visibility, then you will thrive.
The client has built the worlds first underground structure constructed entirely by a small fleet of robots. You will be part of a strong team taking the prototype system to production. You will take the lessons learnt from the first robot tunnel build and combine it with your expertise to develop the next generation of robotic toolsets. You will use your experience and knowledge to shape the product and solution roadmap. If you are looking for a role with high levels of autonomy where your day-to-day work will have significant impact and visibility, then you will thrive.
The commercial platform will be able to monitor and maintain, repair, enlarge existing tunnels and build new tunnels. Utilising state of the art technology for underground survey, developing innovative chemistries for underground 3d printing with significantly reduced carbon footprint. Building kilometres of tunnel in months rather than years by using a swarm of 1000s of robots all operating silently under the ground with minimal impact to the surrounding environment. Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be used through all levels of the system from intelligent motion control and toolsets to optimisation simulations that are used to optimise the fleet across contracts. At the centre of the system will be a digital twin; the central hub for running and visualising the simulation, as well as monitoring and optimising the actual contract as it progresses. You will have the opportunity to work closely with experts in these fields to grow your knowledge and understanding of these technologies.
Key Responsibilities
* Working collaboratively with our mechanical designers and the Principal Software & Data Engineer:
* Develop innovative controls and software solutions to engineering problems
* Develop prototypes and models to de-risk development and gain understanding
* Following internal design and review process and protocols for both hardware and software
* Collaborate with other senior team members to design and implement the control solutions for our range of underground robots
* Support the cost down of our product range to achieve the production cost targets
* Develop products that will be integrated into solutions for our clients
* Control design authority for our range of robotic hardware products
* Selection and specification of control hardware products and platforms
* Ensuring designed products meet safety and regulatory standards
* Support progress through the technology roadmap to achieve key commercial objectives
* Working collaboratively with our systems software teams to ensure controls work with the system simulations and Digital Twin
Essential Knowledge, skills and experience required:
Experience programming embedded systems/controllers for robotics applications in C/C++ Experience with PLC programming, such as Beckhoff PLC /TwinCat
Experience programming motion controllers, such as the Maxon MiniMACS6 range Setting up and ongoing maintenance of robot control User Interface Implementation of robot control diagnostics and error handling
Specification and selection of motors, drives, sensors Electrical design and schematics
Writing motion control software to drive a robot to specified position Designing products to the machinery directive to achieve CE compliance Risk assessment and safety circuit design
Working in a structured manner to commission control systems to the point of production readiness Full product lifecycle from concept through to verification and validation
Experience with Agile software development practices
Benefits: Car Allowance, Bonus, Full benefits
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