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Senior Reliability Engineer

Background

PDSVISION UK is a multi-disciplined engineering consultancy, software channel partner and training provider with offices in Cambridge, Manchester and Edinburgh, helping engineering companies digitally transform how they design products and manage their manufacturing processes – from electric vehicles and wind turbines to medical devices and data centres.

We are a member of the PDSVISION Group, a fast-growing international digital engineering software and service provider of 500 staff, headquartered in Sweden and with operations in the Nordics, Germany, Iberia, APAC and USA in addition to the UK.

We offer world class end-to-end software solutions and services, realising digital thread initiatives within design and manufacturing companies. Our 4 technology pillars are Systems Engineering, Simulation, PLM and CAD, while also embracing emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality (AR).

Within the PDSVISION Group, we are growing the Global Centre of Excellence for Systems Engineering from within the UK, including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Risk Management, Functional Safety and Reliability Analysis. We have been the dedicated UK channel partner for ReliaSoft for over 15 years – internationally recognized as the market-leading software for reliability analysis and management. We are also a long-term partner of PTC and Ansys, including the support of their ALM, MBSE and functional safety software, in addition to other systems engineering tools.

We provide extensive consulting services to support client objectives and strengthen their inhouse capabilities. We also deliver a wide range of systems engineering theory and software-based training courses to educate the next generation of engineers and reinforce best practice in industry.

What We Are Looking For

To support our ambitious Systems Engineering growth strategy, we are looking to appoint several new Reliability Engineering technical roles. A key position will be a Senior Reliability Engineer to help further develop our consulting, training and software solutions across many industry domains – not only in the UK but within other international regions of PDSVISION.

Joining a dynamic existing team of over 80 staff in the UK, you will be responsible for delivering reliability engineering consulting, training and technical support projects, including implementation and deployment of ReliaSoft software, reliability strategies and optimised processes within a diverse range of engineering businesses. You may also have an opportunity to get involved in other business areas, including functional safety, simulation, digital twins and data analytics & management.

As an ISO9001 and ISO14001 accredited consultancy, you will be expected to manage and execute high quality projects with regard to sustainability and environmental management.

If you are an engineer with significant experience and/or currently involved in reliability engineering activities, webelieve this is a fantastic opportunity to take your career to the next level.

Essential Skills/Experience

• Relevant degree in an engineering, science or mathematics discipline or similar.
• A minimum of 4 years knowledge and practical experience in a range of reliability techniques, such as:
  • Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Failure Reporting Analysis Corrective Action Systems
  • Reliability Block Diagrams
  • Failure Rate and MTBF Calculations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present solutions clearly and convincingly to technical and non-technical audiences at a senior level.
• Ability to manage projects, including other staff as required, to deliver on-time in accordance with our quality management system.
• A Systems Engineering mindset, able to identify and model physical and organizational factors influencing reliability and safety of products and processes.
• Self-motivated, ability to multi-task and with the drive to achieve objectives.
• Confident, flexible and inclusive team-player who can solve problems with initiative.

Desirable Skills / Experience

• Use of commercial reliability engineering and/or mathematical software.
• Scoping project requirements and developing proposals.
• Application of relevant industry standards and regulations.
• Life Data Analysis (Weibull).
• Design of Experiments.
• Asset Management, Environmental Testing, Functional Safety and/or Cybersecurity.

The successful candidate must, by the start of the employment, have permission to work in the UK.

We Offer

We offer a professional, collaborative and enjoyable working environment, an international outlook and a supportive culture, positively engaged with flexible working through use of Teams and other cloud-based systems.

We are committed to Continued Professional Development and mentoring, including supporting the optional attainment of Chartered Engineer status for our technical staff.

You will have opportunities to meet and work alongside international colleagues, including networking during annual internal conferences..

• Competitive base salary.
• Performance-related bonus scheme.
• Hybrid, flexi-time working.
• 25 days (plus 8 statutory) paid holidays per year.
• Private Medical Insurance, Health Plan and Pension schemes.
• A friendly, supportive and respectful culture, offering stimulating and rewarding work of great variety and impact.
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
• Training in market-leading analysis software
• Paid annual membership fees for a relevant institution, including support to optionally reach/maintain Chartered status.
• Structured and exciting career opportunities within a fast-growing, international group of digital transformation companies.

Although you may wish to work from our Manchester or Cambridge offices, we also embrace hybrid and remote working. Consequently, we are interested in applicants based anywhere in the UK and can offer flexibility as suits you and the roles to be undertaken. Please note you may have to occasionally travel and work on-site at clients, both nationally and internationally, as required to meet business needs.