Application and Software Engineering Graduate Trainee
Rexroth Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | South Cerney GL7 |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
Bosch Rexroth supports mechanical and plant engineering challenges around the world with its cutting-edge technology and unique industry knowledge. More than 32,300 employees worldwide work on safe, efficient, intelligent and powerful solutions. With our cross-technology portfolio, digital services and comprehensive service, we are the partner for machines and plants. WE MOVE. YOU WIN.
Each year we take on a small number of graduate trainees.
Application process: Please complete and upload the Graduate Application Form.
Your application will then be screened and if you pass the screening stage we will invite to attend an interview.
Please make sure that you apply using the application form: applications by CV only will not be considered.
If you applied for a graduate role last year but were unsuccessful you are very welcome to apply again this year.
In the future our customers will require more software based solutions to control their applications, so we are growing by investing in our software and application (SNAP) team. Although you will initially be based at our Cirencester site, you will work closely with colleagues at our St Neots and Wakefield sites, as well as those out in the field, and of course our customers who have high expectations of the products and the service we provide.
As a graduate trainee you will bring your expertise in electrical engineering and programming to the role, as we want you to be able to get involved straight away. The tasks you work on will vary as you develop, and will be dependent on customer need, but once you have completed your initial training a typical week could include the following:
- Creating application software to fulfill customer specifications for new solutions.
- Model-based development
- Impact analysis of functional change requests.
- Creation of sales and relevant project documents.
- Project and process management including implementation, verification, validation and customer specific commissioning.
- Supporting our customers with a selection of control hardware and system commissioning, including supporting at customer sites.
A key requirement of the role involves interacting with customers, as the solutions you work on go into their real life applications, so we need more than just strong technical competency. You will also have the excellent entrepreneurial, leadership and interpersonal skills required to be successful including:
- Results orientated; with a desire to exceed targets and push yourself and others to succeed.
- Future orientated; learns from failures, encourages creativity and manages uncertainty
- Resilient
- Proactive and self-motivated; including taking responsibility for driving your personal development by using and maintaining learning strategies for personal and professional growth
- Able to build high quality and lasting relationships at all levels
- Effective networker
- Excellent interpersonal skills; effective communication, collaboration and cooperation
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
As part of your training you will have a placement at another site for 6-12 months to enable you to develop to widen your network and broaden your knowledge into a range of areas from factory automation through to industrial hydraulics. While training you will develop capability in different areas such as:
- PLC programming
- Preparing Functional Design Specification(FDS)/Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Controls architecture
- Simulation
- Commissioning
- HMI / Visualisation
- Development of safety-relevant functional elements.
- Protocol (e.g. Profinet, Ethernet IP)
- Drives (AE)
- Drive Sizing (AE)
- Networks
- Security
- IOT
- Database (e.g. SQL, NoSQL)
- IT Languages (e.g. C++, Java, HTML)
- OS (eg Windows,Linux,IOS,Android)
Please make sure that you apply using the application form: applications by CV only will not be considered.
Please note you must have the right to work in UK for this position as sponsorship is not available.
Essential
- Degree in a relevant discipline. eg Electrical/Electronic/Mechatronic Engineering
- Programming ability
- Software development skills.
- Able to take responsibility for your own development and complete the required training and evidence of training.
- Good planning and documenting skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good standard of written and spoken English
- Able to understand customer expectations and deliver to deadlines.
- Must be prepared to travel and stay overnight on a regular basis
- Full UK driving licence
Desirable
- C, C++, python or other relevant programming languages
- Experience of Linux operating system
- Working knowledge of MS Office packages
- Knowledge of electric drives and controls
- Additional language skills
Additional Information
- Competitive graduate salary
- Additional benefits include: Pension, 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), Life Assurance, staff discounts, Perkbox, Cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme.
- You must have the right to work in the UK.
- You must be able to travel for this role.
- You must be available to start in September 2023.
Remember: we »re interested in your potential and what you can do, not just what you have done.
Company description:
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 394,500 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2020). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of $87.1 billion in 2020. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 126 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 73,000 associates in research and development, as well as roughly 30,000 software engineers.
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