We are helping a Defence organisation based in the Maidenhead area hire an Electronics Team leader in their hardware team. The role will play a pivotal role in the technical leadership of a talented team of around 50 Hardware Engineers, specialising in both analogue and high-speed digital electronic hardware.
The role is based out of their site in Maidenhead, due to the nature of projects this is an onsite role and candidates must be able to be willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance. On top of the advertised basic salary the role comes with additional salary benefits including; Annual Bonus, Private Medical Cover, 25 days' holiday with the option to buy an extra 5, Pension Contribution, 4 x Life Assurance Cover and Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday.
In the role you will provide invaluable hardware expertise and knowledge across a number of innovative research, development and production programmes. The main duties and responsibilities are:
- Specify, design and prove/verify digital and analogue electronic hardware in order to deliver high quality electronic hardware that meets the requirements in a timely manner and within budget.
- Perform design calculations and carry out simulations using industry standard tools, and prototype as required, in order to estimate performance, identify high-risk areas and ensure high quality designs that require minimal re-design.
- Develop and test/verify electronic hardware according to the hardware development process.
- Estimate time and effort required for electronic hardware activities and deliver to these time and effort estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
- Provide technical direction and exert technical influence across multiple projects, such that the optimal approach, architecture and design are selected.
- Work with production test to ensure designs are suitable for volume production. Support production to assist them with the rapid debugging and resolution of electronic hardware issues encountered in order to minimise production delays.
- Work constructively with other team members, actively contributing to design reviews, to ensure a collaborative working environment.
To be considered for the role we are looking for candidates to have as much as the below requirements demonstrated in the CV
- Willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.
- Degree in an Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Must have developed large, complex designs requiring multi-layer PCBs (and PCB stack-up design).
Extensive experience of one or more of the following;
- Experience of high-speed digital designs that include processors and programmable devices
- Experience of analogue circuit design and switched-mode power supply design
- Able to design reliable power supplies that meet requirements and analyse against all input and output conditions across temperature, and estimate performance accurately.
- Competent with schematic capture tools and understands how to constrain layout using rules/classes/groups.
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