Principal Systems and Compliance Engineer

The Opportunity - Principal Systems and Compliance Engineer

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What does this role involve day to day?

• Interpret legislations and lead working meetings with design engineers and suppliers to develop machine subsystems.

• Involvement in Risk Assessments and FMEA as necessary during the system definition phase.

• Responsible for developing subsystems conceptually through system specification documents, practical system development using Vector Tools and the opportunity to develop prototype control systems using Mathworks tool and dSpace prototyping hardware.

• Practical machine driving and parameter tuning / working with software and development engineers to develop machine subsystem controls.

• Compliance role responsible for External DVPSOR.

• Act as point of contact internally for engineers needing advice and assistance 

• Coordinating internal engineers to complete necessary testing and verify their evidence reports

• Liaise with type approval agencies (and JCB’s retained consultant) for whole machine approvals.

• Act as a point of contact for Sales & Marketing / JCB dealers needing advise on machine type approval / machine registrations / application legislation queries, actioning requests or forwarding them to internal teams as appropriate

This will be suited to you if

• You have a degree in Engineering

• Have specific experience in braking, steering and suspension systems with foundation engineering understanding and practical experience of development

What happens next?

Ordinarily, our resourcing team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial team’s interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at recruitment@jcb.com 

 What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our recruitment team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.