Electronics Production Design Support Engineer

MBDA UK Ltd; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14%

Overtime: paid overtime

Flexi Leave: up to 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Subsidised meals

Healthcare Cash Plan

Job summary

MBDA UK Ltd in Bolton offers a hybrid engineering role within design support. You will work as part of the design team interfacing with manufacturing and providing knowledge to support electronics design throughout the product lifecycle.

The role emphasises autonomy, problem solving, and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure robust design for manufacture and successful delivery in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent industry experience) with experience designing products/systems.
• Experience in analogue and digital electronics design.
• Investigative skills to find root causes and propose corrective actions.
• Able to work autonomously, lead delivery, and engage with stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal communication and engineering documentation skills.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment and supporting/managing manufacturing issues.

Responsibilities

• Act as a main interface to manufacturing teams within the design team.
• Provide knowledge and support for electronics design throughout the product lifecycle.
• Contribute to shaping product designs to deliver customer support in manufacturing environments.

Skills

Analogue electronics

Digital electronics

Root-cause analysis

Autonomous work

Stakeholder engagement

Verbal communication

Manufacturing support

Design for manufacture

Education

Degree qualified or equivalent

Job description

Salary

Circa £42,000-£48 , 000 depending on experience

Location

Bolton

Dynamic (hybrid) working

3-4 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more .

The opportunity

You will act as part of the design team as one of the main interfaces to our manufacturing teams while working alongside other support engineers to provide knowledge and support.

The role offers the candidate a true engineering challenge in their core discipline(s), whilst providing scope for personal growth and development in other areas of electronics.

Working within design support is a highly rewarding role as you not only see designs coming to life in the manufacturing environment but you can help to shape the design of these products to deliver support to our customers.

What we're looking for from you

You’ll need to demonstrate a number of the following attributes:

• Ideally degree qualified (or equivalent industry experience) with experience of designing product/systems and/or providing support to designs through the manufacturing phase of the product lifecycle.
• Proven experience in the design of the following disciplines:-
• Analogue and Digital Electronics
• Investigative skills to be able to find Root Causes of design related issues and propose robust corrective actions.
• Someone who will be prepared to work autonomously if needed, lead the delivery of your work assignments, and actively engage with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of your outputs.
• Excellent verbal communication, negotiation and influencing skills with the capability to write clear and concise engineering documentation.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment and supporting and resolving manufacturing issues and a view to implement Design for Manufacture improvements into the design.

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