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Brompton seeks to recruit the most talented individuals to contribute to our continued growth. We offer a rewarding working environment at the cutting edge of video technology. Our current vacancies are listed below. Also shown below are vacancies at our sister company Carallon - a product development company that provides R&D services to Brompton.
Brompton Vacancies
Carallon Vacancies
Job reference: CAR/LSS/JAN26
Salary: Competitive based on experience
Working hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week)
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Carallon Offices, 272 Gunnersbury Avenue, Chiswick, London
About Us
Carallon is a product research and development company creating industry-leading award-winning products with a clear focus on quality and reliability. Based in London, we specialise in industrial hardware, software design, quality assurance and manufacturing for the entertainment industry, encompassing lighting control, LED video processing and motion control.
We are wholly employee-owned, and a certified B Corp. Working with us means working within a culture that values innovation, quality, supportiveness and flexibility.
We divide our time between contracting work and developing our own products in-house for distribution to a huge international client base.
Job Summary
This position involves efficient supervision of the Goods In / Out and Stores areas, working within our Operations function. The role has responsibility for the day-to-day smooth operation of Stores and Warehouse, working closely with the Warehouse, Sales Operations, Purchasing and Manufacturing teams to ensure that planned weekly shipments are achieved.
The role is ideally suited to those with prior experience of running Inventory/Stores/Warehouse operations, interacting with an ERP system, and defining systems and processes such as cycle counting to maintain stock accuracy, picking and inventory management in line with ISO 9001 certification, and logistics ensuring orders are delivered to schedule.
Line management of a small team will be a key element of this role, encompassing regular one to one check-ins, objective setting and reviews. Daily supervision of the team will include overseeing and prioritising work programmes to ensure the team work to schedule and uphold the high-quality standards required.
Our Manufacturing and Operations teams are close knit and highly motivated with a keen interest in the products they create. The company’s close ties to the entertainment industry bring a variety of benefits and we offer a very friendly, flexible, and supportive working environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Goods In Processing; initial inspection ensuring parts match description, quantity and quality required and actioning any non-conformities
- Goods Out Supervision; overseeing daily shipping and warehousing activity
- Picking and supervising warehouse team to pick parts for work orders, sales orders and RMA repairs
- Ensuring that correct parts are picked and supplied to meet the Work Order schedule
- Developing and communicating the parts and stores picking process, in line with ISO 9001
- Processing and developing the part defect procedures, including spare part / RMA part transfers and defective part returns to suppliers
- Overseeing and conducting regular cycle counts and reconciliations to ensure inventory is accurate
- Attending cross-functional meetings to manage inventory efficiently to required schedules, providing regular reports on key issues
- Supervising and motivating a small team, to ensure their performance is appropriate for their roles
- Line management of the team, encompassing regular one to one check-ins, objective setting and reviews
- Developing and training the team on any changes to processes / systems
- Ensuring that correct defined processes are adhered to, collaborating with colleagues across Operations, Purchasing and Manufacturing to identify any required improvements
- Keeping the warehouse and stores working environment well maintained and managed
- Five years’ experience in a warehouse environment or in a similar role
- At least 1 years’ experience line managing one or more people
- Experience of ERP/MRP Systems
- Understanding of product test cycles and the ability to balance workload flexibly to meet changing priorities, based on incoming orders
- Experience implementing and maintaining Lean Manufacturing | 5S
- Strong financial understanding of implications of inventory management decisions
- Flexible communication, alongside excellent and empathic people skills
- The ability to understand and contribute to the company’s longer-term goals, balanced with first-hand experience of practical tasks and a willingness to assist team members flexibly when required
- The capacity to manage own time effectively, prioritising conflicting tasks as appropriate and seeking guidance as needed
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills with ability to produce high quality documentation when required
Desirable Extras
- Technical Qualification in Manufacturing, Business, Engineering, Logistics, Systems Electronics or similar
- Knowledge of ISO 9001
- NetSuite ERP experience
- Interest in and knowledge of, video or lighting for live entertainment
Salary: Dependent on experience
Working hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week)
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week at our Carallon Offices, 272 Gunnersbury Avenue, Chiswick, London
Please note this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. You must have the right to live and work in the UK in order to apply for this role.
About Us
Carallon is a product research and development company creating industry-leading award-winning products. Based in London, we specialise in industrial hardware and software design for the entertainment industry, encompassing lighting control, LED video processing and motion control. Many of our hardware products have their own integrated user interfaces, while others have accompanying configuration software that runs on desktop or mobile, and we also develop standalone software products.
Projects our team designs and manufactures for include:
- The Pharos Architectural Control range of lighting control products used in theme parks and architectural installations worldwide
- The Martin Professional P3 LED Video Wall processors
- The industry-leading Brompton Technology control and processing solution for video walls used in concerts, award shows and television.
As of 2020, Carallon is now owned by an Employee Ownership Trust. As a result, staff can enjoy additional rights and benefits, including an employee council, an annual tax-free profit-share scheme (dependent on company performance) and private healthcare.
Job Summary
The Senior DevOps Engineer position is within our development team, working closely with our project software teams and co-located client teams to support their build and testing infrastructure. Most of our projects use C++, cmake/qmake and the Qt framework libraries running on a variety of platforms. They also support mobile deployment on Android and iOS. A successful candidate would typically be involved with:
- Maintaining, upgrading and troubleshooting build system infrastructure, encompassing Git/Gerrit repositories, Jenkins pipelines and distributed builds using Incredibuild
- Assist with setting up and maintaining new build and testing servers using Ansible and Docker and look to improve the automation, resilience and scalability of these systems
- Develop monitoring and reporting systems for build performance and quality metrics.
- Maintaining code signing tools and developer accounts supporting deployment
- Help with Gitlab integration and issue tracker syncing tasks for our largest client
The engineer would also be tasked with working on automation efforts and internal tooling systems to streamline processes and reduce administrative friction, for example:
- a company web-based dashboard linking to various data APIs tracking code metrics, attendance, time allocations and the like
- support tools to pull timesheet and progress calculations from various sources and provide project managers and executives with useful reports
- web and database automation tools to store and track software/hardware license management and related company data when onboard/offboarding engineers
Further, the candidate would be encouraged to help Carallon develop a future DevOps strategy suitable for a growing software development house, making use of new technologies as appropriate. The role would suit an engineer well-grounded in DevOps best practice who is keen to develop their skillset and responsibilities further.
We offer a very friendly, flexible and supportive working environment, with an internal professional development programme and regular training. Our development team is close-knit and highly motivated with a keen interest in the products it creates. A successful candidate should be similarly minded working in the driven, focused environment required to bring original and ground-breaking products to market.
The role is a unique opportunity to contribute to engineering systems that will be used to create spectacular events ranging from televised award-shows such as the Oscars, to corporate events for the world's leading brands, to the biggest rock-and-roll tours.
Key Responsibilities
- Work with developers and QA engineers to address build system issues and improve system infrastructure to reduce application build times and bottlenecks
- Improve DevOps system resilience and automation through use of scripting and infrastructure-as-code
- Assist with Carallon build system integration with client systems as they arise (issue trackers, Gitlab, etc)
- Develop custom Java plugins for Jenkins and Gerrit to improve workflow automation
- Work on internal tool development to streamline department administration and efficiency (typically Python-based)
Essential Qualifications
- Genuine interest in DevOps/build systems, software tools and technical challenges
- 2:1 or higher degree in a related subject from a Russell Group university or equivalent
- At least 3 years of experience as a DevOps or software engineer working with Python, Java and Ansible
- Familiarity with Windows-based build systems and development infrastructure support
- Knowledge/experience of Jenkins or similar CI/CD tool configuration
- Experience in one or more of the following: C++, Javascript and Incredibuild
- Ability to discuss prior DevOps work, explain the processes involved and justify decisions made
- Ability to communicate ideas and concepts effectively in spoken and written English within a technical environment
- Evidence of the ability to work as part of a team, sharing skills, experience and interests with colleagues
Desirable Extras
- Experience with Linux configuration and BSP tools (Buildroot/Yocto) or build optimisation (ccache)
- Experience with Mac build systems and xcode
- Knowledge of Git and Gerrit version control
- Familiarity with Incredibuild
- Demonstrable interest working with video or lighting for live entertainment
- Excellent time management, including the ability to prioritise conflicting tasks appropriately