Lead Electronics Engineer

Quest Global; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global is seeking a Lead Electronics Engineer to spearhead the development of a key sensor project for the Tempest aircraft. This role involves managing a team to deliver complex electronic systems while liaising with multi-national partners, ensuring project success through effective communication and leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience of team leadership and work package management.
• Experience of developing complex electronics system architectures.
• Expert in areas of electronics design like analogue, digital, or power electronics.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of Electronics engineers in the development of a sensor system.
• Ownership of electronics work packages, budget, and schedule.
• Act as primary point of contact for all aspects of electronics development.

Skills

Team leadership

Electronics design

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering or related STEM subject

Job description

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Role Overview:

As a Lead Electronics Engineer in our customer’s Electro-optics team, you will lead the electronics development of a key sensor project for the Tempest aircraft. The programme currently involves the UK and two other nations so experience of working with partner companies or suppliers in different countries and excellent communication skills are essential.

Job Requirements

Role Overview:

As a Lead Electronics Engineer in our customer’s Electro-optics team, you will lead the electronics development of a key sensor project for the Tempest aircraft. The programme currently involves the UK and two other nations so experience of working with partner companies or suppliers in different countries and excellent communication skills are essential.

This is a key role in developing, maturing and delivering a mission-critical, electro-optical system that will be installed onto the aircraft platform. Ideally, you should have experience of managing and leading a team of electronics engineers in the development of complex electronic hardware.

The role will be based at our customer’s site in Edinburgh and the successful candidate will have the opportunity for overseas travel to work with consortium colleagues in Italy and Japan.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of Electronics engineers in developing the sensor system’s electronic hardware through the full engineering lifecycle from requirements analysis to customer delivery.
• Ownership of electronics work packages, agreeing budget and schedule with engineering management, day-to-day planning and execution of the teams’ work, supervising engineers in completion of their tasks, and status reporting to key stakeholders.
• Lead the electronics architecture development while working closely with Systems, Mechanical, Firmware and Software Leads to optimise system capability and performance while minimising volume, weight and power.
• Act as primary point of contact and interface with Engineering Management for all aspects of electronics development.
• Coach and mentor the project electronics team in terms of their technical and professional development.
• Liaise with engineers from partner organisations within the multi-national consortium and end user community.
• Ensure electronics development is progressed in accordance with applicable company processes and procedures.
• Support our customer’s wider electronics team by conducting design reviews and knowledge sharing.
  
  

Work Experience

Skills, Qualifications and Experience required:

Essential

• Experience of team leadership and work package management.
• Experience of developing complex electronics system architectures.
• Expert in at least one or more areas of electronics design, such as analogue, mixed-signal, digital / FPGA / DSP or power electronics.
• Knowledge of developing electronics using a structured/gated development process.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience of working as part of a team.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of developing electro-optic and / or servo control technology, such as: Optical Detectors, Lasers, Camera Imaging systems, Control Theory & Motor / Servo Drive electronics, Power electronics & Communications systems.
• Experience of developing electronics for avionic systems.
• Experience across all phases of the Engineering Product Life Cycle, on several projects.
• Experience of coaching junior members of an electronics team.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering or related STEM subject
• UK citizenship is mandatory to be able to clear the background checks and obtain SC clearance
• Current valid SC clearance would be an advantage

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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