{"id":1194,"date":"2019-09-24T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2019-09-24T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T08:30:15","slug":"3-4month-placement-at-tech-start-up-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2019\/09\/24\/3-4month-placement-at-tech-start-up-in-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"3-4month placement at tech start-up in Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TankTastic is a start up technology company that has developed a patent pending, unique and cost effective method of measuring the level of contents in containers: e.g. gas in cylinders, beer in barrels. This enables them to deploy our technology as an Internet of Things (IoT) device in vast numbers.<\/p>\n<p>They are currently working with a large multinational gas company to bring this product to market and are looking for an individual to help with the data collection and analysis of our prototype device. This is expected to last over the coming 3-4 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are looking for someone with a passion for technology. This role might be ideal for a (under)graduate engineer, or similar, looking for some relevant work experience.<br \/>\n<strong>The ideal candidate will possess the following skills:<\/strong><br \/>\nInterest in IoT connected devices and new technologies<br \/>\nFamiliarity with simple electronics<br \/>\nComfortable using bespoke software designed for the prototype testing<br \/>\nCan do attitude with the willingness to adapt to the changing requirements of an evolutionary start up<br \/>\nProcess driven but also question the process and improve it<br \/>\nAttention to detail<br \/>\nComfortable working individually or within a (small) team<br \/>\nGood communication skills<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Based at a site between Cranbrook and Hawkhurst in Kent. The successful application must be able to get to and from the site.<br \/>\n<strong>Hours:<\/strong> Mon to Fri. Likely to be 7\/8am to 4\/5pm but flexibility would be a benefit.<br \/>\n<strong>Benefits<\/strong><br \/>\nPay dependent on experience.<br \/>\nPlease only apply if you have an unrestricted right to work in the UK.<br \/>\n<strong>Job Types:<\/strong> Temporary, Internship<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply at :<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.co.uk\/jobs?q=tanktastic\">www.indeed.co.uk\/jobs?q=tanktastic\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information contact: <\/strong>Tim Abbott at <a href=\"mailto:tim@tanktastic.co.uk\">tim@tanktastic.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tanktastic.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.tanktastic.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TankTastic is a start up technology company that has developed a patent pending, unique and cost effective method of measuring the level of contents in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2019\/09\/24\/3-4month-placement-at-tech-start-up-in-kent\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5829,"featured_media":1197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5829"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}