Electronics Design Engineer

PLUS CATALYST LIMITED; North East; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

PLUS CATALYST LIMITED, a leading international electrification business, seeks an Electronics Design Engineer to join their R&D division based at South Tyneside. You will design, prototype, test, troubleshoot and repair power electronic systems and assemblies.

Reporting to the R&D Manager, you will follow the V-model, capture requirements, document procedures and perform analyses, simulations and design verifications to support both new product development and sustaining projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in power electronics design, motor drives or static converters.
• Knowledge of gate drive circuits and silicon technologies.
• Experience with circuit analysis, simulations and design of experiments.
• Strong documentation, mentoring and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define qualification testing methods for components and assemblies.
• Provide engineering support to the product development team.
• Follow the product development cycle (V-model) from requirements to verification.
• Document schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams and test results.
• Design, setup and run tests to ensure specifications are met.
• Maintain design records and apply new techniques to improve cost and manufacturability.

Skills

Power electronics design

Motor drives

Gate drive circuits

Low voltage control circuits

Circuit analysis

Simulation

Design of experiments

Mentoring capabilities

Documentation / communication

Education

Degree in electronics or related discipline

Tools

SPICE

MATLAB/Simulink

PCB CAD (Altium/OrCAD)

Job description

My client, a leading international electrification business, seeks an Electronics Design Engineer to join their R&D division based at their South Tyneside operation.

About the Role

Reporting to the R&D Manager, my clients seeks an Electronics Design Engineer who will be responsible for the design, prototype, test, troubleshoot and repair power electronic systems and assemblies.

Main Responsibilities

• Define methods, operations and sequences for qualification testing of components, circuit blocks, assemblies and products.
  
• Engineering support to the product development team.
  
• Follow product development cycle (V-model) including requirements capture and verification to requirements.
  
• Establish and document engineering procedures.
  
• Analyse and understand customer and regulatory requirements.
• Carry out feasibility studies to determine most suitable topologies to meet requirements.
• Design and debug power electronic circuits, components and PCB assemblies for new product development and sustaining projects.
• Document generation, schematics, BOMs, wiring diagrams, simulations, circuit design calcs.
• Design, setup and run tests to ensure the design meets specifications.
• Develop and apply new techniques, circuits and tests for product design.
• Maintain records and documentation on all designs, tests and analysis.
• Apply current techniques and tools to improve cost, design time, reliability, durability, and manufacturability.

About you

To be considered for the role, it is essential that you possess demonstrable skills and experience in electronic design, specifically including the design of power electronicss, motor drives or static power conversion products.

Key Selection Criteria

• You will ideally be degree qualified in a relevant discipline
  
• Experience with different power silicon technologies and ability to choose the best solution for the requirements
• Experience of gate drive circuits and technologies.
• Experience of designing low voltage signal level control circuits (micro processors, pwm generation, signal conditioning)
• Demonstrated knowledge of circuit analysis, simulation and design of experiments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including mentoring capabilities.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Good documentation discipline for due diligence and design verification traceability

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