We are a start-up based in Belfast & Central London and we need your talent to scale up and expand internationally! We are currently a team of five, ranging from younger graduates up to experienced C-level executives, all from a variety of backgrounds.

Angoka – The Company

Angoka is a hardware cyber-security start-up, headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland with an office in London. Angoka focuses on managing the cyber security risks inherent in connected and autonomous vehicles, industry 4.0, smart cities and IoT devices.

The Role

A senior level opportunity exists for a Chief/Senior Engineer – M2M Communications to strengthen technical thought leadership, develop in-demand product focused value propositions and provide technical leadership in both developing and delivering new projects with our clients around the world, covering all markets sectors served by Angoka.

Based in Belfast, and reporting to the CTO, the role offers the successful candidate the unique opportunity to both contribute during this exciting stage of our development and to partake in the growth journey of a dynamic start-up.

Role & Responsibilities:

- Using in-depth industry knowledge, he/she will provide thought leadership on electric machine communications technology, as applied to industrial systems, hybrid and electric propulsion systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles

- Generate new value propositions related to electric machines by supporting the development of Angoka’s roadmaps and driving research activities to develop new product, process and system solutions

- Support the business development teams to understand our client needs and develop new opportunities through generation of technical sales material and client engagements

- Technical negotiations with clients and support of commercial discussions

- Provide excellent technical leadership in multi-disciplinary projects taking responsibility for high quality delivery on-time and on-budget

- Lead the delivery of project activities relating to all aspects of product design, development, application and validation

- Provide support in developing and setting up product test equipment and environment

- Design printed circuit boards that meet design standards for Electronics control unit circuit

- Collaborate with HW board manufacturers Design Engineers to develop hardware

- Support development of Angoka’s engineers by mentoring and identifying requirements for further skills development where required.

The Candidate:

- A relevant engineering / science degree qualification. PhD or equivalent further degree and Chartered Engineer status are an advantage

- At least 8 – 10 years’ experience in electric engineering in automotive, or industrial systems with a great reputation based on delivering excellence in previous roles

- In-depth experience in the development and application of next generation electric machine solutions, typically from Tier 1, OEM and/or consultancy

- Highly skilled in JTAG programming

- Strong knowledge of industrial controls systems and their communications interfaces and protocols such as CAN, LIN, Ethernet/IP, RS232

- Good experience working with SPI, I2C interfaces

- Experience with electronic hardware design tools, incl. PCB design tools

- Strong strategic and leadership skills, to build and manage teams to deliver, satisfy customers and achieve technical, project and strategic targets

- Strong team player able to play in position as well as supporting areas of new technology for the greater good

- Excellent communication, presentation and collaboration skills to work across functions and organisations

- The ability to up-skill engineers using good interpersonal and communication skills

- Able to be flexible on work location and prepared to travel within the UK and internationally on short assignments.