Electronics Design Engineer in Southsea

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 93,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd is recruiting an Electronics Design Engineer for a defence-focused project in Broad Oak. The role features hybrid working with 3–4 days on site and a rate of 81.90 per hour umbrella inside IR35 on a 12 month contract.

You will generate component-level designs, perform digital and analogue work, including FPGA/CPLD, high power and low-noise techniques, and ensure safety and compliance throughout the development lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of generating component level electronic designs for volume production.
• Digital design including processor interfacing and interfaces like UART, SPI, I2C, Ethernet.
• ADC/DAC techniques and analogue design including op-amps and low noise methods.
• High power techniques and design proving, evidence for acceptance and safety.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops component level electronics for production.
• Proves design viability and integrates within the product design team.
• Gather evidence to support acceptance, safety and regulatory requirements.
• Work within cost and timescale constraints and mentor junior engineers if required.

Skills

Digital design

Processor interfacing

PLD interfacing

ADC/DAC design

Analogue design

High power techniques

Design proving

Safety & compliance

Job description

Electronics Design Engineer

Broad Oak based (Hybrid Working)
81.90 per hour Umbrella inside IR35
12 Month Contract
Currently recruiting for a Electronics Design Engineer to work within one of the Uks leading defence organisations in Broad Oak. Hybrid working, 3-4 days per week on site.

Knowledge:

• Generating component level electronic designs for introduction into volume production.
• Digital design including processor interfacing, memory devices, PLD interfacing, UARTs, SPI, I2C, Ethernet etc.
• ADC/DAC devices and techniques
• Analogue design including op-amps, transistor-level design, control loops and and low noise techniques.
• High power techniques.
• Design proving, integration, and defect resolution
• Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.
• Able to work within cost and timescale constraints

Skills:

Desirable Skills

• Previous experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment.
• Experience of low-noise analogue techniques
• Experience of high power techniques (kW level)
• Experience of FPGA/CPLD development
• Business Expertise (Requirements of the position for knowledge and expertise about the business rather than the technical expertise)
• The role holder:
• Will have a good understanding of how own activities integrate into the activities of a design team plus an understanding of the work of the design team.
• Will have a good understanding of how own design team integrates with other parts of the product design
• Will have an awareness of how cost and timescale constraints may impact business performance
• Leadership (Requirements of the position for providing leadership and guidance to others)
• The role holder:
• Is responsible for quality of own work and safety of self.
• May be required to mentor and coach team members according to seniority of appointment.
• Problem Solving (Breadth of mental skills required in order to perform the position)

The role holder:

• Is required to make judgements based on own knowledge and experience of similar situations.
• Must assess the viability and applicability of solutions, evaluates alternatives based on an understanding of common or previous solutions to problems and analysis of factual information.
• Nature of Impact (Impact on business by detailing the overall responsibility associated with the job)
• The role holder is responsible for the quality and timely delivery of own work. The job has a direct impact on the quality of the overall solution provided by the team.
• Area of Impact (Business area impacted Delivery/Functional)
• Performance of the team and/or solution is directly affected by the job, and will have an impact on other teams involved in the task or work.
• Interpersonal Skills (type of people skills required to perform the job)

The role holder:

• Requires good communication and diplomacy skills.
• Must understand detailed technical instructions and be able to communicate complex technical information to others.