Electronics Grad

The Electrical and Electronic engineering function in Ultra supports the hardware development lifecycle consisting of requirements analysis, design, implementation, test and verification in order to deliver electronic or electrical components and subassemblies into projects and products.

The role holder will be either

a) an entry level professional with limited work experience but with applicable education, learning skills to perform routine tasks as prescribed and with little autonomy. Works under clearly defined procedures and with close supervision. Expected to progress through a graduate career path; or
- Job Title: Graduate Engineers
- Ultra Maritime Sonar Systems offers a two-year graduate scheme in a variety of Engineering disciplines. Our structured programmes give you the opportunity to designing solutions and solving problems on our diverse range of projects and programmes.
- During the scheme, you will complete a number of placements around the business, designed to be flexible to support your career objectives and development. These placements will give you the chance to utilise and build your skills across the engineering disciplines as well as gain knowledge of the wider business, such as Project Management, Sales and Marketing, Commercial and Operations.
- You need the ability to gain security clearance at SC level.
- Ability to travel between sites is useful
- As a Graduate Engineer you will join Ultra in one of five Engineering functions: Systems, Software, Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical and Support. A sample of the activities typically undertaken within each function is given below:

- Systems_- Working with the customer and internal teams to elicit and derive requirements.-
- Developing the high-level system architecture for a project.-
- Planning and undertaking verification and validation activities.- Software_- Programming of software in high level commonly used languages (e.g. C, C++, Java, HTML, C#, Python, QT) and low level, more rarely used languages (e.g. assembly, delphi, ada).-
- Development of unit test frameworks and implementation of automated unit testing.-
- Production of formal software documentation throughout the whole lifecycle (planning, design, test, transition, manuals, etc.).- Analysts_- Selecting appropriate algorithmic techniques based upon performance requirements-
- Developing algorithms with implementation in mind (segmentation/simplification/parallelisation)-
- Modelling algorithm performance under a wide range of realistic underwater conditions-
- Modelling sonar/acoustic performance against customer requirements-
- Analysing Trials data, assessing against system performance requirements- Electrical / Electronics_- Developing schematics for electronics to meet system requirements and functional interface specifications.Working with the operations and systems teams to ensure the manufacturability, reliability and maintainability of electronic equipment designs.- Mechanical_- Undertaking 3D CAD modelling to design cost effective and producible mechanisms and structures while producing 2D technical drawings as part of a production drawing pack.-
- Supporting stress and thermal analysis activities to ensure designs are fit for purpose.-
- Selecting materials and advising the Operations team on assembly techniques and manufacturing.- Support Solutions & Services_- Working closely with end-users, the customer and the supply chain to ensure the delivery of support and training, globally, at short notice.-
- Utilising both business and engineering skillsets, alongside our Project Management team, by undertaking a wide variety of work in support of our in-service products.-
- Influencing our design teams to ensure maximum reliability and supportability of our products and developing support proposals in coordination with our Sales & Marketing team.- During the graduate scheme, you will progress your engineering competence and will have the opportunity to work towards Chartered Engineer status. At all times throughout the scheme, we will provide you with excellent support, including providing you with a mentor and coaching during each placement by senior team members.
- Salary and Benefits
- You can expect a competitive starting salary, plus 6 monthly pay reviews.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a competitive benefits package including extended health and dental, life insurance, RRSP, optional critical illness insurance, an EFAP and student bursaries.

We encourage regular manager-employee performance feedback, goal alignment and employee development through our Employee Performance Development Plan (EPDP)