Project Engineer

MERITUS are recruiting for a Project Engineer to join our client on an intiial 12 month deal from their major site in Stevenage for upcoming weapons systems projects.

PROJECT ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £50 PER HOUR - STEVENAGE - SC CLEARED (MUST BE WILLING TO UNDERGO) - 12 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

Responsibilities:

• The role is to support the delivery of integration tools to our client's customers acting as the liaison between WSSE and Manufacturing
• Working with Project Leads and development teams to understand the critical path activities to ensure we deliver on time.
• You will work as part of a heterogeneous agile development team, made up of mixed discipline engineers working in synergy to deliver the simulations and representations of real equipment.
• The role requires you to deploy existing software packages provided to you from the software development team onto hardware.
• You will be responsible for ensuring the relevant Safety and Security documentation has been followed as defined in the published design definitions.
• The role may require you to support with documentation updates and supporting shipping and export functions (project dependant).

Skillset/experience required:

• Familiar with COTS computer hardware
• Ability to follow software load instructions to install software on COTS hardware
• Familiar with operating systems such as linux and windows
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people to build relationships and solve problems
• Ability to understand and support the delivery of plans so that delivery schedules can be kept.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to provide solutions to problems with plans when they arise
• Ability to use and manage simple databases for asset management and tracking purposes
• Ability to conduct software tests on deliverable equipment using pre-existing test documentation
• Appreciation for the importance of version controls
• Appreciation for the importance of quality controls
• Positive and professional behaviours
• Proven ability to deliver to deadlines

Nice to haves:

• Familiar with Continuous integration / development tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub) and the benefits to automatic build, test and deployment pipelines.
• Practical knowledge of System integration principles and processes
• Understanding of software development practices