| Employment Type | Contract |
|---|---|
| Location | Hampshire, Hampshire |
| Industry Sector | IT |
| Start Date | 17/04/2008 |
| Salary/Rate | £400 - £450 per hour |
| Reference | 163646JMM |
| Date Advertised | 23-05-2008 - 00:01 |
Our client is a major broadcast company who has recently installed new OSS system onto their network and require a talented engineer to help deliver a GUI based telemetry system
PURPOSEDesign, planning, implementation and commissioning of monitoring and control systems for multi-media broadcast services over terrestrial television / radio, satellite systems and distribution networks.
MAIN ACCOUNTABILTIES
-Provide specialist technical support to the telemetry workstream of the Digital Switchover Programme in the delivery of GUI based telemetry solutions for broadcast projects.
-Ownership of specific aspects the design, build/configuration and test of the telemetry front-end being delivered by the Operational Support System project.
-Assist with troubleshooting major design and build issues as they arise.
-Produce supporting design/operational documentation for handover to the customer.
-Contribute to the design authority sign off and co-ordination process, with input into the production of cost effective telemetry system design solutions.
-Contribute to appraisal of leading edge technologies to provide innovative telemetry solutions, and system level design, whilst understanding telemetry requirements of existing broadcast technologies and systems.
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
-Relevant experience or previous industry experience directly related to tasks associated with role.
-Has worked on the preparation of mimic GUI systems using both Visual graphical tools and scripting high level languages.
-Has a good grasp of object oriented design techniques (familiarity with UML would be advantageous)
Experience in a technical role, in a project environment, having worked on the delivery of projects to tight deadlines.
-A good understanding of the control and monitoring requirements of broadcast systems, including the requirements of Operations teams for managing and maintaining these systems.
-Experience of developing in Trihedral VTS, C, C#, Visual Basic.
-Experience in the design and implementation of telemetry systems for remote monitoring and control in either Broadcasting, the public utilities or oil industry.
-A good knowledge of communications protocols, such as Modbus and SNMP.
-A good understanding of IT networks, networking protocols, especially IP, transport protocol (ATM, ASI) and applications, deployed, and used within Broadcast IT systems.
ROLE QUALIFICATIONS (Please list below relevant qualifications that are essential for the role):
Any of the following (in order of preference):
-BSc, or BEng in computer science, electronics, control or broadcast engineering.
-BTEC Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Communications, Control or Electronic Engineering.
-Edexcel (BTEC) Higher National Certificate/Diploma in an electronics, broadcast or control Engineering discipline.
Useful qualifications:
-CEng or CITP or associate status would be a distinct advantage.
To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
