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in Engineering
Are you looking for a new project in Engineering?
The engineering market is very specialised and it is difficult for an individual candidate to find the right project to match his expertise or the most appropriate way to gain access to a highly desirable company.
We support you - during the application phase and throughout the duration of your project
This is where Hays comes in. With our strong network and industry expertise, we can find the most appropriate assignments for you – swiftly and reliably.
We are happy to compare your experience and qualifications with carefully selected positions and help you both with choosing and applying for your most appropriate form of work – be it a temp position or in contracting.
Long-term collaboration with engineers and companies
By maintaining efficient communications with our direct specialist and HR contacts at our customer sites, we ensure that we can quickly give you feedback on your application. We support you during the application process and throughout the lifetime of your project, so you always have a point of contact for your questions – even when project circumstances change.
When you take a temp engineering role with Hays, you'll benefit from long-running deployments and gain deeper insights into the companies you work with. This enables you to become well acquainted with a company and expand your existing expertise.
We can offer you projects in the following industries:
- Automotive
- Railway technology
- Electrical engineering / electronics
- Semiconductor technology
- Aerospace technology
- Engineering / plant construction
- Medical engineering
- Communications engineering
- Optics
- Telecommunications
In-demand roles:
- Automation engineers (e.g. PLC programmers, commissioning, robot programmers)
- Analysis engineers
- Buyers (strategic / operational procurement / project purchasing / technical purchasing)
- Embedded software developers
- Hardware developers
- Project leaders
- Process engineers
- Quality engineers
- Resident engineers
- Requirements engineers
- Supply chain managers (logistics, lean management, vendor management)
- Test engineers
- Materials engineers
You can find out more about these roles here:
Automation engineers
PLC programmers
Skills:
Programming languages:
- Allen Bradley
- Beckhoff
- CoDeSys
- COMOS
- PCS7
- Rockwell
- S5, S7
- TwinCAT
- and many others
Visualisation:
- Intouch
- ProTool
- WinCC / WinCC flexible
- Zenon
- and many others
Bus systems:
- Asi Bus
- Ethernet
- Interbus
- Modbus
- Profibus
- Profinet
- and many others
Commissioning engineers
Tasks:
- Adjustments and adaptations
- Electrical / mechanical commissioning
- Cold / hot commissioning
Robot programmers
Skills:
- ABB
- Fanuc
- KUKA - KRC1 and KRC2 controlling
- Mitsubishi
- Stäubli
- and many others
Analysis engineers
Tools:
- Abaqus
- Ansys
- CFD: Fluent, Gambit, Matlab / Simulink, Fortran, Maple, TecPlot, Flotherm, Icepak
- DIAdem
- LabView
- LS-Dyna
- Nastran
- OpenForm
- Patran
- and many others
Tasks:
- Computer simulation
- Function development
- Numeric simulation
- Physical simulation
- Technical simulation
Buyers
Tasks:
• Procurement strategy design
• Optimisation of processes and responsibilities
• Procurement market research
Embedded software developers
Skills:
Authoring language:
- C
- C++
- C#
- Assembler
- Embedded Java
- and many others
Bus systems:
- CAN bus
- Ethernet
- FlexRay
- LIN bus
- MOST bus
- K-Line
- and many others
Microcontrollers:
- Altera
- Atmel AVR
- ARM
- Freescale ColdFire
- Infineon
- Intel
- NXP
- PIC
- Renesas
- STMicroelectronics
- TI
- Xilinx
- μC 8bit: Freescale HC08, Atmel AVR 8bit
- μC 16bit: Freescale HC12, Intel XC 866; TI MSP 430
- μC 32bit: ARM 7,ARM 9, Coldfire, PowerPC
- and many others
Operating systems:
- Specialist systems (VxWorks, Nucleus, Osek)
- Embedded standard systems (embedded Linux; Windows CE or Automotive)
- Proprietary operating systems
Tasks:
- Algorithm development
- Real-time programming
- Embedded development
- Functional safety (ISO 26262, IEC 61508)
- ECU development
- Test / diagnosis
Hardware developers
Skills:
Programming / markup languages:
- AHDL
- VHDL
- System C
- Verilog
EDA tools:
- Altium Designer
- Eagle
- Mentor Graphics
- OrCAD
- and many others
Microcontrollers:
- Altera
- Atmel AVR
- ARM
- Freescale Coldfire
- Infineon
- Intel
- NXP
- PIC
- Renesas
- STMicroelectronics
- TI
- Xilinx
- μC 8bit: Freescale HC08, Atmel AVR 8bit
- μC 16bit: Freescale HC12, Intel XC 866; TI MSP 430
- μC 32bit: ARM 7,ARM 9, Coldfire, PowerPC
- and many others
Electrical planning systems:
- EPLAN
- WSCAD
- ECSCAD
- ELCAD
- PDMS
PCB construction:
- Eagle
- OrCAD
- P-spice / H-spice
- and many others
Tasks:
- Analysis of systems and circuitry
- Chip development
- EMC = electromagnetic compatibility
- Design of printed circuit boards
- Creation of cable management plans
- Hardware design (digital & analog)
- Hardware test
- Circuit design
Project manager
Skills:
- Automotive
- Railway technology
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics
- Energy engineering
- Semi-conductor technology
- Aviation & aerospace
- Telecommunications engineering
- Medical technology
- Optics
- Telecommunications
Tasks:
- Interim management
- Process consultants
- (Project) portfolio management
- Project managers
- Program management
- Sub-project management
- Development managers
- Multi-project management
Process engineers
Skills:
- CIP / Kaizen
- SixSigma
- FMEA process
- and many others
Tasks:
- Process optimisation
- Process analysis
Quality engineers
Skills:
- 8D report (complaint management)
- APQP (advanced product quality planning)
- Auditor (external / internal)
- CE certification
- FMEA (failure mode and effect analysis)
- ISO 14001 (international environmental standard)
- ISO 26262 (functional safety)
- ISO 9000
- ISO 9001
- Kaizen / CIP
- MSA (measurement system analysis)
- PPAP (production part approval process)
- QSA (quality system assesment)
- Quality planning
- SixSigma
- SPC (statistical process control)
- TS 16949
- VDA 6.1 – VDA 6.4
Tasks:
- Integrating quality assurance into business processes
- Implementation of quality management systems
- Process control
- Quality planning
- Quality assurance
- Standardisation of internal systems
- Preparation and execution of audits and certifications
- Inspection of incoming goods
Resident engineers
Tasks:
- Change management
- Manage and maintain contact and knowledge transfer between a company’s different business areas
- Customer coordination
- and many others
Requirements engineers
Skills:
- Doors
- MKS / PTC Integrity
- SPICE (ISO 15504)
Tasks:
- Requirements management
- Requirements analysis and consultation
- Identify, organise and check customer requirements for the system being developed
- Draw up performance / functional specifications
Supply chain managers
Tasks:
SCM / Logistics
- Logistics services procurement
- Logistics planning
- Materials management / disposition
- Central and intermediate storage planning
- Process analysis and improvement
- Interface optimisation
- Transport planning
- Packaging design
- Import and export customs regulations
Lean management
- Continuous improvement process (CIP, Kaizen)
- Optimisation of business processes
- Production and scheduling planning
Vendor management
- Supplier selection / development / qualification
- Communication with vendors
- Outsourcing / site planning
Test engineers
Skills:
- CANdela
- CANape
- CANalyzer
- CANoe
- DIAdem
- Inca
- LabVIEW
- Test bench
- DT (destructive testing)
- and many others
Tasks:
- Test bench work
- Evaluation of test results
- Test design
- Metrological equipment (e.g. test vehicles)
- Planning and management of fatigue tests on components and complete vehicles
- Bench tests (e.g. endurance test system, QA test rig in manufacturing, vibration test rig, altitude testing)
- Customer site and external site testing
- Testing procedure / testing setup / test planning
- Coordination of testing segments
Materials engineers
Skills:
- Liquid substances
- Resins
- Plastics
- Coatings
- Metals / Metalloids
- Surface engineering
- Organic substances
Tasks:
- Appraiser
- Materials consultant
- Materials developer
- Materials tester
