Senior Electronics Engineer (Electro-Mechanical Products)

Job Details
Job ID: 
23
Annual Salary: 
45000
Work Type: 
Permanent
Location: 
Cheltenham

Job Description:

Our client is a global supplier of sophisticated human machine interface, lighting, data and power solutions and electronics systems to the Aerospace and Military Land System markets. The organisation continues to capitalise on its success and has a requirement to expand its analogue design capability within the Electronics Engineering discipline.  The position would involve analogue electronics design activities for new products as well as in support of legacy products.

Key responsibilities:

·Design of analogue circuits including EMC signal filtering, DC-DC converters, motor drive, analogue/digital interface electronics.

·Provide design guidance to manage EMC, including filtering of input/output interfaces to meet Military and Avionic standards for conducted emissions.

·Generation of EMC control plans and support EMC testing across projects.

·Design for thermal effects including sizing and calculation of heat sink requirements.

·Working with systems, software and mechanical engineers to ensure successful overall product design.

·Design to meet safety requirements and design standards including architectures to provide redundancy, avoidance of common failure modes, failure detection and functional reliability.

·Preparation of production standard schematics ready to pass on to PCB layout team.

·Decomposing requirements into design specifications, design descriptions & test procedures.

·Provide technical and cost data to Sales & Marketing Managers during bid preparation.

·Provide data for customer review and conduct presentations as required.

Job Requirements

Personal attributes:

·Pro-active and self motivated with wide-ranging problem solving experience.

·Positive attitude with ability to work within multifunction teams on rapidly moving projects.

·Excellent communication, written and verbal, and IT skills

·Expertise in EMC issues including familiarity with some or all defence and avionic standards.

·Expertise in schematic capture and design to meet constrained space envelope.

·Candidates should be looking for the opportunity to develop to Principal Engineer and more
  senior level roles.

Additionally the following would advantageous

·Vetronics and / or aerospace systems

·Experience of network technologies such as CANBus, TTP, Ethernet.

·Experience interfacing with microcontroller, microprocessor, CPLD or FPGA devices.

·Mentor Graphics DX Designer / PADS

·Knowledge of DOORS

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