Propulsion Test LabView/Software Developer
Location: Harwell (predominantly remote with occasional site visits)
Duration: 6 months
Rate: 70-80 per hour Umbrella
Role Purpose
- Software development for fluidic testing data acquisition & control
- Ownership of test software & development
- Co-engineering of associated hardware
Primary Purpose of the Role
- Co-engineering of data acquisition hardware
- Selection of test software
- Test software architecture
- Test software development including:
- Automated test sequences created by a user
- Logging & display acquired data both low & high frequency (pressure, temperature, mass flow rates, mass)
- Control of solenoid & process control valves
- Serial data acquisition
- Error handling & event logger
- GUI, to be updated by user on test by test basis
- High frequency data acquisition & data management (~50kHz)
- Packaging into EXE & installer
- Modular code to enable easy change or addition of instrumentation
- Validation & debugging during test commissioning
- Ongoing ad-hoc test software support during testing
- Additional duties needs (team meeting etc)
- Creation of User Manual
- Training of test team in use of software
- Weekly team meetings (can be remote)
Proven Ability / Key Skills
- Creation of test acquisition & control software (LabVIEW or equivalents)
- Creation of automated test sequences, configuration & calibration files
- Data acquisition hardware (NI cDAQ, cRIO, PXI or equivalents)
- High speed data storage (TDMS or equivalents)
- Large channel counts ~200
