Principle software engineer

Principle software engineer (Controls)

Location - Stafford
Salary - £40000.00



ALSTOM GRID UK Ltd - Power Electronics HVDC and FACTS,Staffordis an international leader in Power Electronics and Control Technology, specialising in the engineering of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Transmission Systems, Static VAR Compensators (SVC) and other FACTS Systems for power utilities worldwide.



The Role

• Capture requirements, Design, Implement and Test Control System Software modules
• Deployment of Algorithms from Matlab / Simulink / Stateflow
• Technical supervision of less experienced engineers
• Lead in "Best practice" in development methods
• Present technical solutions to the management team and non-technical business leaders
• Deliver validated solutions to agreed timescales
• Represent the business in technical discussions with customer and suppliers
• Effective collaboration with other engineering disciplines and team members
• Reviewing other team members work and providing feedback
• Fault finding, analysis and documentation

The Person

Technical Skills & Essential experience

1. Experienced in Control Theory
2. Experienced in Systems Deployment from Matlab, Simulink and Stateflow
3. Gifted highly experienced Embedded C/C++ Programmer
4. Experience of RTOS programming - Wind River Linux, VxWorks, QNX or similar
5. FiniteStateMachine Design
6. Configuration of build-systems - Makefiles, etc
7. Working Experience Real-time Scheduling Problems and Solutions
8. Working knowledge of well-designed Layered System Design
9. Flexible working - Comfortable working in both rapid development environments and formal methods environments
10. Version Control - Subversion, ClearCase, Synergy or similar
11. Understands the value of, and is able to produce, High quality Documentation

Character

1. Comfortable technically leading others
2. Mentoring and Coaching
3. Excellent communicator
4. Able to effectively present ideas and persuade others
5. Self Motivated and driven
6. Good team player
7. Interested in new advances in technology
8. Interested in and able to communicate with other Engineering Disciplines
9. Comfortable taking responsibility and ownership
10. Able to quickly learn and self teach new skills and technology
11. Maintains a constructive positive attitude in challenging situations
12. Operates effectively under pressure and delivers to agreed timescales

Education



2:1 Bachelor's Degree in relevant subject area or vocational qualifications and extensive relevant experience

Desirable

1. Masters or PhD in relevant subject area
2. Working knowledge of Safety / Mission Critical Design
3. Subversion Version Control
4. Process Improvement Experience

1. Fluent in French

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