Senior Engineer (3 posts)

Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) is at the forefront of delivering our Regional Civic Responsibilities through collaborative and cutting-edge Innovation Centres within the Belfast Region City Deal (BRCD). We are leading the way for Northern Ireland to be an exceptional region for innovation, bringing together great minds and creative thinking from across these islands to solve some of the biggest global challenges. Our vision is for Queen’s to be recognised as an innovative and sustainable sectoral leader and our Innovation Centres include major programmes in Engineering, Deep Tech and Health & Life Sciences such as iREACH Health, Momentum One Zero (M1.0), and AMIC. These initiatives will not only contribute significantly to the economic and societal growth of Northern Ireland but also position Queen’s as a leader in the global innovation landscape.

To continue development of this groundbreaking initiative, we are seeking to expand the engineering capability in Momentum One Zero with a number of senior engineering positions. These roles will undertake collaborative development projects with industrial partners exploiting research at Momentum One Zero to help deliver solutions that combine expertise AI, cybersecurity and digital twin modelling. Designing and and developing of proof-of-concept demonstrators that incorporate newly developed capabilities emerging from Momentum One Zero’s research groups.

About the person:

The successful candidate should clearly demonstrate how they meet the following essential criteria:

• Honours Degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, or related discipline Or HND in a related discipline with extensive recent and relevant industrial experience.
• Evidence of industrial product development experience involving software design and development.
• Software development skills in languages such as C, C++ / Java / Python / R. Use of code configuration management toolsets.
• Experience in one or more of the following:
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methodologies and tools.
  • Simulation tools and methods relevant to supply chain modelling. (E.g. AnyLogic, SimPy, MATLAB Simulink, and agent-based modelling).
  • Real time data collection and processing techniques relevant to supply chain modelling. (E.g. embeddedsensor data acquisition and processing, MQTT, CoAP, and other IoT protocols).
  • General cyber security principles.
• High-quality outputs such as demonstrators, prototypes, technical reports, major component design specifications and project deliverables which have successfully passed formal quality review procedures.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly in both written and spoken English to a range of stakeholders.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information on our website.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more on our website.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.