Product Design Engineer

BENEFITS

• Purchase additional annual leave, for greater work/life balance – acquire up to 7 weeks leave per annum
• Full time employment offering job stability
• Fitness subsidies
• Private Health Care discounts
• Salary sacrificing options
• Paid parental leave
• Wellbeing programs and discounts
• Being part of a global, innovative organisation & great supportive team environment
• Flexible work arrangements

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are seeking a talented Engineer with a passion for electronic design and embedded software to join our Engineering team. In this role you will be involved in the development of new products and maintaining our existing product range, associated systems and automated testing environment. The role will assist with resolving product design issues, maintaining production quality and ensuring adherence to legislative requirements.

 WHAT YOU’LL DO

You will provide electronic design and embedded software expertise to all aspects of our multi-disciplinary engineering activities. Working closely with other talented engineers, managers, suppliers, production and planning departments, you will strive for development outcomes that are of a very high standard whilst meeting budget, quality and customer specified requirements.

 The key areas you will be accountable for are:

• Develop electronic and embedded software solutions for new products, systems and applications
• Validate and improve designs in existing products, systems and applications
• Research and propose new tools, methods, techniques and innovations for future development
• Collaborate with our multidisciplinary engineering teams for the development of products and application solutions
• Provide training and trainee mentoring

 EDUCATION

• Essential - Degree qualification in Electrical/Electronic, Mechatronic or Computer Engineering
• Desirable - Double degree OR a trade qualification

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Electronics design
• Embedded firmware C / C++ development
• Well-developed personal communication skills with an ability to present technically complex information

 DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• An enthusiastic electronics hobbyist
• A talent for diagnosing problems and a knack for fixing the unfixable
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude
• Experience in Python, LUA or other scripting languages
• Experience writing software in a RTOS environment
• Device driver and low level code development and debugging
• Experience working with Linux

WHAT WE DO

Ampcontrol delivers integrated electrical, electronics and control solutions to improve safety and efficiency in mining, renewables, infrastructure and industrial applications.

 What sets us apart is our ability to engineer unique solutions that deliver on both performance and reliability. Drawing on the multi-disciplined technical teams within our business, we step outside the conventions of traditional problem solving and seek new ways to improve electrical infrastructure design through smart electronics, intelligent data gathering; and operational networking and control.

 We are located across the world and deliver projects to some of the most remote countries on the planet.

 If you feel your skills are a strong match to this position, and the opportunity of working for a leading Australian company excites you, apply today! 

**Due to current immigration restrictions and urgency to be filled, this position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents only. It is a requirement that you are currently located in Australia.