PCB Layout Engineer - Team Lead

MBDA; Stevenage, Bolton; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension: up to 14%

Overtime

Flexi Leave

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Healthcare plan

Job summary

MBDA is seeking a Team Lead for PCB Layout in the UK, based at Stevenage or Bolton with 2–3 days on-site. The role involves leading a team to develop complex PCB layouts across HDI multilayer and high-reliability products, with international collaboration and travel between Bolton and Stevenage.

The successful candidate will have extensive PCB design experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to drive projects through completion while meeting schedule, cost and quality targets.

Qualifications

• Extensive/specialist experience in RF/High speed/Analog/Power/SI or EMC.
• Strong communication and influencing skills to liaise with internal teams and international partners.
• Ability to lead design reviews and introduce new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PCB Layout team to deliver layouts meeting electrical, mechanical, thermal and environmental requirements.
• Manage workload forecasts and coordinate with Layout engineers, Program Managers, Manufacturing Engineering and Procurement teams.
• Mentor colleagues and share knowledge to support development.
• Travel between Bolton and Stevenage sites as required to meet design needs and training.

Skills

RF / High-speed / Analog / Power / SI/

Leadership/Team lead

PCB layout/PCB design

Scheduling/workload management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to broaden your interpersonal and technical skills whilst working on complex and varied projects. You’ll be working with highly talented and motivated colleagues in a friendly and supportive environment whilst enabling your personal and professional development!

Salary: Circa £58,000 depending on experience

Location: Stevenage or Bolton sites (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 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:

Our PCB Layout team is responsible for providing a full PCB Layout Service to all Internal Programmes. These span all technologies from PTH boards to complex HDI multilayer, rigid/flexi-rigid, surface mount, impedance matched, RF etc. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to develop your technical and leadership skills across our broad range of products.

As Team Lead, you’ll be working closely with Layout engineers, Program Managers, Manufacturing Engineering and Procurement Teams, developing complex PCB layouts, ensuring the layouts meet the technical requirements (electrical, mechanical, thermal and environmental) and are delivered to agreed schedules. You will lead the team’s engagement with key stakeholders, ensuring clear and strong communication, scheduling work and supporting the team to navigate complex issues. This can entail supporting the management of workload forecasts, reviewing change proposals, working with Technologists and exchanging information used for developing and adapting emerging technologies to meet our high reliability requirements, whilst maintaining a high production yield, delivered on time, on cost, on quality.

You’ll also mentor and participate in knowledge sharing with other team members playing an active role in their own and your development.

Should you wish to be based out of our Bolton site, regular travel to our Stevenage site will be required to meet with our design team, project designers and fulfil your training needs. This is an essential requirement.

Should you wish to be based out of our Bolton site, regular travel to our Stevenage site will be required to meet with our design team, project designers and fulfil your training needs. This is an essential requirement.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Extensive/specialist experience in one or more areas such as RF/High speed/Analogue/Power/SI or EMC
• Good negotiation and influencing skills to ensure design requirements are suitable for production processes
• Ability to lead and support design reviews as well as new technology introductions both national and international
• Substantial knowledge and experience of PCB design and best practices for PCB layout for high reliability products
• Substantial knowledge of PCB fabrication processes and technologies (materials, stack-ups etc.)
• Strong communication and skills to facilitate regular face-to-face and electronic communications with all relevant stakeholders including our international partners.
• Substantial knowledge and experience of scheduling and managing workload in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment

Our company:

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