Hardware Engineering Placement Students

About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies is one of the world's leading suppliers of sensing, electrical protection, control and power management solutions. We design and manufacture devices that help satisfy the world’s growing need for safety, energy efficiency and a clean environment in global automotive, appliance, aircraft, industrial, military, heavy vehicle, heating, air-conditioning and ventilation, data, telecommunications, recreational vehicle and marine markets.

What are we doing? Sensata Technologies is developing and producing a broad portfolio of sensors for automotive applications. Car manufacturers today are faced with increasing challenges. Technological requirements are continuously stepped up, because of the demand for performance, safety, efficiency and clean emissions. With our innovative products we strive to contribute to an environmentally friendly industry.

We describe our culture as dynamic, open, proactive, one Sensata, can do attitude, obsession to win, high flexibility, close to our customers.

Placement Development Programme

We are offering an exciting opportunity to be part of our Placement Development Programme within our Research and Development teams.

The roles available encompass hardware and software development opportunities and activities, along with component and system testing in an automotive environment. As a placement engineer you will have the opportunity to apply new concepts and ideas, learn new development tools, avail of our highly specialised laboratories and gain technical knowledge to develop your career in these exciting fields of engineering.

Location

Newtownabbey site.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand how the hardware blocks within our products work together to provide a system level solution.
• Perform testing on our current and future products portfolio using Laboratory measurement equipment and our fleet of test vehicles.
• Full training will be provided.
• Appreciation that specification and testing have a key relationship in a successful product – defining tests to exercise new hardware.
• Testing sensors using our full suite of laboratory equipment.
• Provide support to other teams, liaising with ASIC software and verification teams.
• The opportunity to undertake a long‑term Research & Development project to increase your knowledge base and add a current gap within the team.
• An element of coding to facilitate automated testing Planning and execution of testing designs and efficient recording and communication of the results to remove defects.
• Training of PCB Layout Techniques and core EMC Design Principles you will be given an invaluable toolset for your future career.
• After which you’ll understand best practices, e.g. to mitigate a speaker crackling when receiving a text message.
• Embedded software design Component sourcing PC Application Development.

Essential Criteria

• Currently working towards any relevant engineering degree
• High calibre students with drive, enthusiasm and ambition
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work both individually and as part of a team.

What do we offer?

• Intern programme.
• A friendly, open culture where you will work with people from all over the world
• Work with skilled subject matter experts.
• People committed to finding solutions for tough technical and business challenges
• A culture where results and performance matter.
• We are committed, but also take the time to celebrate milestones and get to know each other outside of work
• Working with state‑of‑the‑art tools and processes on diverse projects with real world applications

Additional information

• Start times from 7:30 to 9:30 (fully flexible)
• 33 Days Holidays (pro‑rate)
• Overtime/Time off in Lieu: work extra hours and get paid them or switch into holiday hours
• Enrolment onto our Placement Programme
• Free onsite parking

Sensata is committed to the provision of training and development opportunities.

A comprehensive Induction programme is also available to all our new placement students.

Please note that all successful candidates must undergo a medical examination which includes a drugs test.

Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Note to applicants for positions in the United States: Sensata Technologies, Inc. (US) is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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If you are an individual who requires a reasonable accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which you applied, please make a request to the recruiter or contact accommodations@sensata.com.

Diversity Statement We are dedicated to ensuring our employees feel a sense of belonging and respect every day. We believe that every individual has unique insights that others can learn from. Working at Sensata means you can bring your whole self to the table. Our goal is to achieve fair representation of women, minorities, veterans, people with disabilities, and all types of diversity among all levels in our organization.

As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together.

Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication.

Sensing is what we do. In fact, our name Sensata comes from the Latin word sensate for ‘those gifted with sense’. Our focus on sensing is also reflected in our logo, which spells Sensata in Braille. Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company striving to create a safer, cleaner, more efficient and electrified world. Through its broad portfolio of mission‑critical sensors, electrical protection components and sensor‑rich solutions, Sensata helps its customers address increasingly complex engineering and operating performance requirements. With more than 18,000 employees and global operations in 13 countries, Sensata serves customers in the automotive, heavy vehicle & off‑road, industrial, and aerospace markets.

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