We are looking for a Senior Electronics Engineer to join our Christchurch, Dorset team!
Curtiss-Wright are looking a Senior Electronics Engineer to join our growing group at our state-of-the-art facility by Bournemouth Airport. As an Electronics Engineer, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team, designing safety critical, real time control systems which underpin our electric vehicle controllers. Reporting to an engineering manager, you will be a critical part of all stages of the development. You will demonstrate a high level of experience in the development of micro-based electronics designs, with a particular emphasis on power electronics in the range of 40 to 200Amps at 24 Volts. Many of our designs are focused on persons in powered wheelchairs so ensuring their safety is paramount in any design. You will be self-motivated, goal driven, and a team player who can enthusiastically collaborate with and help develop other engineers.
Location: Christchurch UK
Benefits: Paid Time Off | Retirement with Employer Match | Health and Wellness Benefits | Learning and Development Opportunities | Competitive Pay | Bonus Scheme | Recognition | Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture
Your Challenge:
* Design of complex motor control circuits, to include, microprocessor selection, power electronics (FETs), PWM, thermal management, circuit design and simulation.
* Use of test equipment to include multi-meters, oscilloscope, signal generator, PSUs etc...
* Creation of hardware design documentation.
* Tolerance analysis
* PCB design using Altium
* Design for EMC compliance
Your Expertise:
5+ years of experience of electronics design including:
* Safety critical applications
* Power Electronics
* Circuit Protection
* EMC
* Microcontrollers
* Component Selection
* Tolerance analysis
Desirable Skills
* Motor Control
* Thermal Management
* Circuit Simulation Using SPICE
* Designs of circuits to meet - USB, CANBus and Radio Directive regulatory requirements
Who We Are
Curtiss-Wright Industrial Division, which includes the product brands of Arens Controls, Penny & Giles, PG Drives Technology and Williams Controls, is an excellent supplier in providing components and sub-systems which enable customer specific solutions for on- and off-highway vehicles.
As part of the Curtiss-Wright Industrial Division, our Medical Mobility business unit designs and manufactures highly reliable and stable control systems for all types of medical mobility, electrically powered scooters, and wheelchairs to meet the challenges of the modern, medical mobility market.
Established as one of the world's foremost suppliers of mobility vehicle solutions, the determination to provide the very best in innovative control solutions since 1976, customers are assured of excellent support during design and manufacture of their own products.
We also supply operator controls and advanced motor controllers for hybrid and electric vehicles, such as buses, forklift trucks, pallet stackers, wheelchairs, and rehabilitation chairs.
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