Head of Control Systems

ROLE TITLE: Head of Control Systems

REPORTING LINE: Reporting to the Technical Director

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

The Controls Systems Department oversees the development of our vessel flight control software and general control software, ensuring that all software developed is compliant whilst adhering to ATL’s software development processes.

THE ROLE:

The Head of Control Systems will lead a team of experts working on leading edge maritime technology. Working closely with the whole technical team, the Head of Control Systems will deliver innovative solutions for the control systems of Artemis Technologies eFoiler Technology.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

• Lead the Control System Department by supporting technology roadmap creation, defining strategy and project planning.
• Lead the development of functional briefs with the Technical Team.

• Lead the engineering process of control laws and algorithms for various boat systems, including flight systems, propulsion control and energy management. 
• Collaborate with the Compliance Engineer to obtain relevant certification for efoiler sales.
• Support and participate in system validation/verification testing via SIL & HIL.
• Ensure that all compliance and reporting requirements are met.
• Effectively line manage the Control System Team.
• Mentor the Control System team members.
• Work collaboratively with other ATL functions.
• Comply with ATL’s policies and procedures.
• Contribute to shaping a culture that reflects ATL Values and Guiding Principles and enables ATL to achieve its goals.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Education/Qualifications and Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or related field.
• Candidates without the relevant qualification but have substantial relevant experience at the appropriate level will also be considered.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working with control systems.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing and leading a Control Systems team.

Desirable:

• Required experience demonstrated within the Motorsport, Aerospace or Maritime industry.

SKILLS:

Technical/Design skills.

• Highly skilled in the MathWorks environment including Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, Embedded Coder (ideally) and Matlab Coder.
• Preferably, Technical skills related to:
  • Linear Control Systems
  • Battery Electric System Controls
  • Fault Tolerant Control Systems

Leadership and Management Skills

• Ability to structure and build a strong performing department.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team effectively.
• Preferably, embedded control software skills, or alternatively, the ability to manage team members who hold such specialist skills.
• Ability to manage highly complex design teams with multiple high achievers.

Commercial skills

• Ability to understand the commercial/technical pressures and the commercial imperatives involved.

Problem solving skills

• Ability to solve issues without guidance, source information required.

Communication skills

• Good report writing skills – clear, concise and well structured.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Organising skills

• Ability to estimate work effort for complex technical teams.

Teamworking:

• Highly collaborative, with an ability to relate well to others, and build co-operative relationships.

Behavioural Competencies: Personal Qualities Required: 

Joining a multi-professional, friendly, state of the art team, you will have the following attributes:    

• A positive, can-do attitude, role modelling a positive approach especially through organisational growth and change.  
• Integrity – honest, trustworthy, dependable.  
• Adaptable and flexible – able to adapt quickly during fast growth and changing situations, and to be flexible as the demands of the role may require.  
• A proactive, responsive and responsible approach to fulfilling the requirements of role.  
• Reliable – can be counted on to fulfil what is expected of them.  
• A professional and mature attitude to the tasks in hand.  
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a small team.  
• Calm and able to think on feet.  
• Self-starter and independent thinker; able to solve problems and instigate solutions.  
• Resilient – able to work under pressure such as meeting deadlines, volume of work, accuracy levels required etc.  
• A pleasure to work with – supportive, helpful, co-operative and collaborative.  
• Friendly and approachable, and able to create a sense of enjoyment at work.   
• Committed – possesses a strong work ethic, committed to excellence and the success of ATL.      

Remuneration:

Artemis Technologies Ltd offers a competitive salary commensurate to the successful candidate’s experience, plus a comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• Private Medical Insurance.
• Health Cashback Plan.
• Stakeholder Pension.
• Sponsored Translink annual travel card loan scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Electric Vehicle scheme.
• Perks discount card.
• Death-in-service cover.
• Employer Assistance Programme.
• Flexible Working Hours.
• 22 days holiday plus 13 public/bank/closure holidays (pro-rata).You will also accumulate up to 5 service – related holidays over your first five years of employment.
• Regular social events (staff and family).

Equal Opportunities

Artemis Technologies is an equal opportunities employer and therefore is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity and does not discriminate, whether on grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, disability, age, class, religion or belief, community background or passport held. These principles underpin our professional behaviour and are embedded in our policies, procedures, day-to-day practices, and external relationships.  We therefore welcome and encourage job applications from a fully diverse range of candidates.

We monitor the community background and sex of our job applicants and employees in order to demonstrate our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity in employment and to comply with our duties under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998. If you do not answer the related application questions, we are encouraged to use the residuary method of making a determination, which means that we can make a determination as to your community background on the basis of the personal information supplied by you in your application form.

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