Applications Engineer (Systems Configuration, Rail)

Location, Farnborough, Hampshire (Easily commutable from London, Basingstoke, Guildford and Reading)

Salary: Up to £35,000 plus benefits

An exciting opportunity has come up to join Frauscher UK, a small subsidiary of Frauscher Sensor Technology – a global organisation that has been forging new and innovative paths in the global railway industry for over 30 years.

Our mission: To generate more relevant information with less effort!

Based in our office in Farnborough, Frauscher UK offers a diverse and vibrant place to work with an agile, supportive and open culture where our staff are never afraid to bring new ideas. We are passionate about our people and encourage career and personal development and learning.

The Applications Engineer will report to the Lead Applications Engineer and will be undertaking application activities to ensure compliance with customer requirements, standards, specifications, processes, and procedures.

The successful candidate must have a 'hands on' approach and a willingness to get stuck into other engineering activities as and when required. They will be self-motivated, highly accurate and qualified to degree level in a STEM subject.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

To undertake application engineering activities ensuring compliance with customer requirements, applicable standards, specifications, processes and procedures. This involves:

• Preparing, generating and verifying configuration for safety critical systems
• Control of changes including configuration version control/record management
• Accurate extraction of information from customer documents
• Clarification of requirements with customers
• Production of technical documentation in accordance with the company/customer specifications
• Testing of configuration and new product features
• Clarifications internally, including with head office in Austria
• Identifying and sharing best practices.

You may also be required to provide technical support to other departments depending on workload. This may include an occasional requirement to go trackside for fault investigation or to support with trials.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Railway engineering experience (preferably in signalling)
• Previous configuration writing experience

Qualifications & Licences

• Degree in a STEM subject, HND or equivalent work experience

Personal Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Happy to work within a team but also be self-motivated
• Attention to detail
• Ability to accurately follow processes
• Strong checking/critical review skills

Other Requirements

• Some travel, mainly to HQ in Austria for training purposes
• Occasional night shifts/weekend working to support customer projects

Please note:

• This is a UK based role, starting employment will be subject to sufficient right to work checks being satisfied.
• You will also be required to undergo a Personal Track Safety Medical, to ensure you are able to go trackside as part of the role.

What we offer

• Competitive salary.
• 8% employer pension.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays.
• BUPA personal healthcare.
• Discretionary annual bonus (based on company performance).
• LinkedIn Learning subscription.
• Free Specsavers eye tests.
• Company iPhone.
• Sage Benefits – offering a variety of discounts for shops, holidays and restaurants.
• Employee Assistance programme – including access to an online GP.
• Hybrid home-office blend after initial training, including the tech setup to support great home and in-office work.
• Time for training and personal development each week.
• Bookable workstations included seated and standing desks, quiet work and collaboration spaces.
• Healthy snacks and drinks plus regular work lunches and breakfasts.
• Opportunity to work as part of a social and innovative company.
• Regular social events such as Christmas and summer celebrations and days out.
• Agile and open corporate culture.
• Working with and in an international team.

Please click the 'Apply' button to submit your application.