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Avazia Ltd

Graduate / Junior Software & Automation Engineer

Oxford
£30k/yr
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Graduate / Junior Software & Automation Engineer

About Us

Avazia designs and builds bespoke software and engineering systems used for testing, measurement, automation and control.

We work with companies developing new products, research equipment and specialist test systems. Our projects involve understanding engineering challenges, integrating equipment, developing software and creating solutions that allow people to control, test and analyse real-world systems.

Our work spans areas including automated testing, data acquisition, instrumentation, control systems and engineering software.

The Role

We are looking for a Graduate / Junior Software & Automation Engineer to join our small, experienced engineering team.

This role would suit someone with an engineering degree, apprenticeship or practical engineering background who enjoys solving technical problems and wants to develop software skills in a practical engineering environment.

The software we develop interacts with the real world. It collects data, controls equipment, automates processes and helps engineers make decisions.

You will be involved in:

  • Developing software for test, measurement and control applications.
  • Creating user interfaces for engineers and operators.
  • Working with sensors, instruments and specialist hardware.
  • Acquiring, processing and presenting engineering data.
  • Automating manual or repetitive engineering tasks.
  • Testing, debugging, documenting and improving systems.
  • Understanding customer problems and turning ideas into working solutions.
  • Visiting customer sites across the UK to understand requirements, commission systems and support installations. This includes occasional travel, typically day trips, as part of delivering projects.

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You will work alongside experienced engineers and develop skills in LabVIEW (graphical engineering software), data acquisition, system integration, industrial communications and automation software.

About You

We are looking for someone who enjoys understanding how things work and using software to solve engineering problems.

You may be a recent engineering graduate, early-career engineer, or someone with relevant practical experience.

A background or interest in some of these areas would be useful:

  • Electrical, electronic, control, systems, software or general engineering.
  • Programming or software development.
  • Data acquisition and analysis.
  • Instrumentation and measurement.
  • Test systems or engineering software.
  • Practical technical projects.

You don't need experience with all of these areas, but you should enjoy learning, investigating problems and developing solutions.

You are likely someone who:

  • Notices inefficient processes and thinks about how they could be improved.
  • Enjoys solving technical problems.
  • Can work logically through unfamiliar challenges.
  • Wants to understand both the software and the system it is controlling.
  • Can communicate ideas clearly and work with customers to understand problems.
  • Takes pride in creating reliable solutions that work.

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Application Question (maximum 250 words)

Tell us about an engineering, technical or automation-related problem that you have encountered, or something that regularly frustrates you because it could be done better.

This could be from work, study, a hobby, a personal project, or everyday life.

Describe the problem and how you approached, or would approach, solving it.

We are interested in your thinking and curiosity as much as the outcome.

What We Offer

  • Starting salary of £30,000.
  • Training and mentoring from experienced engineers.
  • Exposure to a wide range of engineering projects and industries.
  • The opportunity to develop complete solutions, not just small sections of code.
  • Experience working with software, hardware, data and real engineering systems.
  • The chance to develop into a well-rounded engineer.
  • The opportunity to take ownership of meaningful work early in your career.
  • 37.5 hour working week.
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Company pension scheme.
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Skills

Software Development
Automation
Data Acquisition
Instrumentation
Control Systems
Engineering Software
Problem Solving
User Interface Design
Testing
Debugging
System Integration
Industrial Communications
Technical Documentation
Customer Interaction
Process Automation
Engineering Analysis

Location

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

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