Hardware Support Engineer

Primary Purpose of Job

To provide hardware engineering support into the business/project group

• Fit, integration & test of sub-systems into containers (shelters/cabins etc.) and/or vehicles (trucks)
• Equipment into racks, racks into containers
• Power, weight, distribution, environmental etc.
• Perform systems level and detailed hardware design activities, including requirements analysis and decomposition leading to successful requirements verification.
• Preparation of design documentation, factory/site installation and testing activities
• Liaison with sub-contractors and suppliers
• Contribute to improvement activities, which improve efficiency, reduce lead time and raise quality within the assigned project
• Ensure compliance with the appropriate legal, security, quality, safety and environmental procedures
• Support product development and associated business and functional goals
• Deliver to cost and schedule, monitor and report performance

• Mechanical/electrical skill sets
• Familiar with system lifecycle activities, including support to major technical reviews
• Flexible to travel/work at customer sites for a variety of reasons (not just hardware related)
• Problem solving skills
• Must be adaptable to a wide range of hardware tasks
• Familiarity with power distribution and communications systems
• Familiarity with EMC/TEMPEST issues and CE marking of equipment
• Must have knowledge of how to carry out site installations (involving desktop computers, peripherals, & software)
• Must have good report writing and communication skills
• PC
• Server
• Windows
• VMS
• Networking
• Fault Finding
• System Configuration