Electronics Design & Development Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Hook; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an Electronics Design & Development Engineer to join their dynamic team in Hook. This full-time, on-site role focuses on supporting electrical design for innovative products crucial to geotechnical engineering. You will engage in maintaining design documentation, conducting tests, and managing technical inquiries while collaborating closely with the engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a company renowned for its high-quality materials testing solutions, where your skills in electronics and problem-solving will be valued and developed.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant electronics/electrical discipline or equivalent NVQ Level 7 qualification.
• Experience in low/medium volume electromechanical manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update electrical/electronic design documentation as needed.
• Conduct testing of electrical/electronic designs against specifications.
• Support management of change control and non-conformance processes.

Skills

Electronics Knowledge

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Electronics/Electrical Discipline

NVQ Level 7 Qualification

Tools

Jira

GIT

Confluence

Solidworks

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Client:

GDS Instruments

Location:

Hook, United Kingdom

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Company Description

GDS Instruments designs, develops, and manufactures materials testing machines and software used for the computer-controlled testing of soils and rocks. The technology is crucial for evaluating mechanical properties in geotechnical and earthquake engineering design. GDS has a long-standing history of award-winning performance and employs a dedicated team of specialists to deliver high-quality products.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role located in Hook for an Electronics Design & Development Engineer at GDS Instruments. The purpose of the role is to support the provision of electrical/electronic design information for all existing and new GDS products. This includes an understanding of CE/UKCA compliance as part of a full design package in accordance with the engineering plan, business strategy and existing sales targets.

The role includes providing product and testing support of new and existing electrical/electronic design when requested within the engineering team and across the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

●Provide, maintain, and update existing and new electrical/electronic design documentation as necessary to meet the needs of the business, the customer and CE/UKCA compliance.

●Conduct testing of existing, updated, and new electrical/electronic design against specification.

●Managing technical enquiries and support within GDS and to our customers that relates to electrical/electronic design recreating issues using in-house test equipment to aid in finding technical solutions.

●Provide support to the management of the change control and non-conformance process under the guidance of the lead engineer.

Work closely with the lead engineer providing support with initial prototype builds and identification of equipment or tooling required for test.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

●Educated to degree level in a relevant electronics/electrical discipline or equivalent NVQ Level 7 qualification.

●Working knowledge and experience of electronics, their components and functional relationship to systems

●Experience in a low/medium volume electromechanical manufacturing environment

●Experience working in a live production environment and/or support environment delivering against agreed timescales and changing priorities.

●Operational experience of testing and measurement equipment to meet CE/UKCA compliance

●Working knowledge of firmware/software languages such as C, C++, and C#

●Experience working on electrical and electronic machinery that is energized and operational.

●Experience in a low/medium volume electromechanical manufacturing environment

●Working knowledge of Jira, version control (GIT) and Confluence or equivalent

●Experience in the use of 3D CAD packages (such as solidworks)

Behavioural Qualities

●Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.

●Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

●Enthusiastic team player as well as the ability to work alone.

●Flexible approach to the work, outside of the immediate design office environment.

●Self-advancement skills to develop own effectiveness.

●Forward thinking, with good planning, time management and organisation skills.