Electrical Engineer

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Position Title: Electrical Engineer \n\nDuration: Contract \n\nLocation: Whitley\n\nDivision: Powertrain\n\n£25.48phr INSIDE IR35\n\n*Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.*\n\nAbout the company\n\nI am currently recruiting on behalf of a Luxury Automotive OEM, based in Whitley, who are seeking a Electrical Engineer to join their team\n\nPosition Description:\n\nThis role sits within the Powertrain Charging Systems team, in the Charging Validation & Verification organisational unit.\nThe role will focus on delivering data from tests in support of design release activity or technology advancement of electric vehicle charging infrastructure compatibility.\nThe main activity for this role is to, as part of a team, prepare test facility or test parts with instrumentation which enables measurement of a wide range of charging system signals and variables, both on-board and external to the vehicle.\nIn addition, this role will support the collection of data in a wide range of environments such as in a test facility, on public roads and proving grounds.\nThe key outcome of this role is to help create a modern luxury seamless & stress-free charging experience for our customers. \n\nSkills Required:\n\nAwareness of existing charging Standards (e.g. CCS / COMBO, DIN 70121 and ISO15118)\nExperience with IATF16949 or ISO9001 standards and requirements \n\nExperience Required:\n\nGood communication and negotiation skills\nStrong organisational and planning skills\nEagerness to learn about Electric Vehicle Charging Studying data and reporting of test data.\nNatural problem-solver with structured approach to problem solving in a technical environment.\nThe ability to validate, prepare and read documentation.\nKnowledge of Health and Safety processes\nComputer literate, including Microsoft Office competency to produce plans, presentations, graphs, process and Single Point Lesson (SPL) documents.\nA full UK driving license with less than 6 penalty points, no disqualification, 2 years accident-free record \n\nExperience :\n\nDemonstrable software integration knowledge Vehicle charging Systems and applications experience.\nDemonstrable electronic hardware design & test knowledge Six Sigma, Black Belt and Green Belt Training and certification.\nExperience and certification for conducting testing on proving grounds.\nKnowledge of instrument calibration processes.\nProficient in the use and application of a programming / scripting (C/C++, python, Java, or similar)\nEducated to Degree level in a Systems, Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic or related field or equivalent.Why work through Contechs?\n\nContechs is a leading Automotive, Design, Engineering, Technology and Innovation Recruitment Consultancy.

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