Pulse, part of Acteon Group, are a market leader in subsea structural monitoring providing highly sophisticated monitoring systems and services to both oil & gas, and renewables clients around the globe since 1998. Due to our ambitious growth plans we are looking to strengthen our team in a number of roles globally.
Pulse is looking to add a System Engineer Lead on a full time permanent basis, based in Wokingham. The successful candidate will drive and lead system engineering across a range of projects for complex, integrated data delivery systems using integrated sensor arrays, communication networks, software application and related processes, within the energy sector. The systems are primarily used for onshore/offshore asset integrity, insurance of save asset operations and life extension purposes.
The System Engineer Lead supports the Engineering Manager to lead the system engineering department, with the aim to delivering excellence through all phases of project execution with particular focus on successful factory and integration testing, technical reports and on-site onshore/offshore installation. The System Engineer Lead supervises the day-to-day activities of the department, managing the systems' scopes, and leads the system engineers as well as acting as technical approver for electrical and system solutions.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Support the Engineering Manager to lead the system engineering department, defining priorities and reviewing/approving technical design solutions through all phases of project execution
- Responsible for the technical approval of project documentation such schematics and wiring diagram, operating procedures, FAT and SIT procedures and report
- Seamless engagement with project managers to define project specific equipment, system specification requirements, test plans & procedures while ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Review resource planning and schedule updates for department's work packages
- Able to review electrical layout, schematics, and interface diagrams, and support team members where required
- Interface with other departments' leads to ensure technical solutions can be fully integrated in the systems being delivered and deployed
- Oversee assembly and testing of systems. This includes working with engineering disciplines and operational/workshop technicians. Will include hands on testing and troubleshooting
- Perform and/or review time, and frequency domain data analysis, interpretation and fitness for purpose analysis of sensor output(s) against performance requirements
- Documentation control, complying with Pulse internal processes and ISO 9001 documentation control
- Client interface (circa 30% of the time), understanding client requirements including client witnessed testing
- Interface with the product technology department during the manufacture and testing of system components
- Support Sales Team during the bidding process with defining technical offering
Requirements
- 10-15 years' experience in design, manufacturing, testing of electromechanical systems
- Prior experience in automation preferred
- Experience in managing small to medium-size teams, including leading technical reviews and approval of documentation
- Technical qualification: applicable engineering degree preferred
- Significant experience in project environment, with a key role in integrating technology
- Significant experience in design of electronic systems using communications protocols including RS-232, RS-485 and Ethernet.
- Demonstrate the ability to carry out product qualification, including writing qualification plans and reports
- Experience of quality management; experience of working to ISO 9001 desirable
- NEBOSH/IOSH certification desirable
