Job Title:
Lead Electronics Design Engineer
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About the Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Electronics Design Engineer to join our team in Gosport. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering innovative electronic design projects and test solutions for defence (naval and air) applications.
Key Responsibilities:
* Create design concepts, schematics, and associated specifications, review packs, and validation strategies.
* Carry out verification and validation testing, and support factory acceptance testing.
* Ensure all design changes are fully documented, approved, correctly released, and appropriately stored/archived.
* Conduct peer reviews and support formal design reviews.
* Carry out electronics cooling simulation modelling (training provided where necessary).
* Conduct DFMEA (design failure mode effects & analysis) reviews.
* Ensure all design work is cost-optimised in accordance with product BOM cost targets and development labour budget.
* Identify and implement opportunities to improve design process robustness/efficiency.
* Provide support to junior designers and subcontract designers.
* Support the Production team during prototype builds to ensure any issues are swiftly resolved.
Requirements:
* The ability to gain SC clearance (essential security requirement).
* Electronics-related degree – significant demonstrable experience may be considered in lieu of academics.
* Highly proficient in the design and layout (ideally using Altium) of innovative, high-reliability, power-efficient electronic circuits for use in demanding environments.
* In-depth understanding of the principles of designing for success in EMC testing.
* Experience of designing PCB assemblies with JTAG interfaces.
* Experience of electronics packaging design.
* Experience of working with various microcontrollers and associated microcode.
* Experience of designing for test.
* Experience of designing functional test and establishing and documenting test coverage.
* Experience of analogue circuit design for sensors and interfaces.
* Ability to identify and assess power/battery solutions for demanding environments.
* Ability to estimate work effort with reasonable accuracy, and finish on time without close supervision.
* Willingness and desire to acquire new skills and invest in professional self-development.
* Excellent communications skills with proven ability to engage and build strong working relationships in a team environment.
* Advantageous: Experience of electronics cooling simulation software, ideally SolidWorks Electronics Cooling; Practical LabView experience; Knowledge or proven ability to interpret defence standards; Experience of working with C++ and/or C for microcontrollers; Practical exposure to software programming; Experience in a highly regulated engineering environment (preferably Defence or Aerospace).
Salary:
Up to £65k plus benefits