Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role 

An opportunity exists for a Junior Engineer to support the delivery systems integration and attribute activities working on a large variety of on-going client projects in the automotive, off-highway, marine and aerospace sector, ranging from;

• Fuel cell, hybrid and battery electric systems concept design.

• Novel thermal systems concept and development testing. 

• Through to complete production power-train & thermal systems integration programmes. 

The Junior Engineer - Vehicle Thermal Integration will support the principal engineer in the delivery of tasks as part of the overall thermal integration strategy. Typical tasks are; 

• Conduct basic thermal calculations to support component sizing.

• Develop system & component specifications. 

• Develop thermal system layout and boundary diagrams. 

• System level cost & mass tracking. 

• Supplier liaison & management.

• System build support. 

• Develop thermal instrumentation plans.

• Process and analyse system & vehicle level test data.

• Develop system and vehicle/application level thermal test procedures. 

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the role on each project will vary depending upon the needs but typical responsibilities are: 

• Writing of specification and report documents to company standards.

• Compiling spreadsheets & databases to track components details, targets or thermal calculations.

• Self checking of calculations.

• Managing documents and computer files to company standards.

• Managing tasks to meet project deadlines.

Required Qualifications and Experience

The successful applicant will have a sound engineering background with some experience of successfully delivering thermal projects either at university or in business. 

Essential 

• Minimum of 2:1 degree in an Engineering or relevant Science-based discipline with technical background in vehicle systems design and development. 

• Experience in a Thermal Systems and/or Thermal Attribute role developing complex thermal systems or propulsion systems 

• Basic knowledge of heat transfer and thermal systems. 

• Basic knowledge of thermal analysis tools and instrumentation. 

• Experienced in developing design validation plans (DVP’s) and associated test documentation. 

• Methodical approach to issue investigation and resolution.

• Literate in IT systems (Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power-Point) 

Desirable 

• Knowledge of automotive, marine and/or aerospace applications.

• Knowledge of control systems.

• Experience in managing project budgets, resource and delivery.

• Understanding of commercial business factors. 

Personal Attributes: 

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplined team. 

• Robust character with strong self-drive and motivation. 

• Organised and rigorous with personal target of high quality delivery. 

• Ability to work under pressure and manage own workload to ensure program milestones are met on-time. 
• Prepared to travel within the Czech Republic as well as internationally on short assignments. 
• Proficient in English (written and spoken) for project and technical communication. 

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. 

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. 

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.