Control System Engineer

Control System Engineer

CCFE is one of the world's leading fusion research laboratories. The scientists and engineers are working with partners around the globe to develop fusion as a new source of clean energy for tomorrow's power stations.
Working in partnership with CCFE, we are looking to recruit a Control System Engineer to work within the Remote Handling Unit.

Main responsibilities

* Modification and maintenance of control software for the RH tool controllers.
* Preparation for operations of the remote handling major control and video systems.
* Analysis, modelling and optimisation of multi-variable servo control
* Design, specification, implementation and development of control systems
* Specification, design, coding, implementation of real time control software for an advanced Master-Slave Force Reflecting Servo-manipulator.

Aptitudes and experience

* Degree in Control Systems engineering or a related field.
* The appointee must be prepared to work shifts or be on a rostered on-call as required.
* Design and practical implementation of electro-mechanical control systems/motion control.
* Programming with real time software for control of servo-actuator systems, OS/9 and VxWorks
* Mathematical modelling and optimisation of servo systems
* Implementation of Delta-Tau PMAC motion controllers or similar
* Implementation of VME based control systems and digital signal processors (DSP's)
* C, C++ languages and the principles of real-time control