PCB Layout Engineer - Team Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to £2,500

Pension up to 14%

Overtime pay

Flexi Leave 15 days

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Healthcare plan

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking a Team Lead for PCB Layout to develop complex boards across a range of technologies, delivering high-reliability layouts on schedule.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with program managers, manufacturing and procurement, and travel between Stevenage and Bolton as needed to meet design goals.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in RF/High speed/Analogue/Power/SI or EMC.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills to ensure production-ready designs.
• Ability to lead design reviews and introduce new technologies nationally and internationally.
• Substantial knowledge of PCB design and best practices for high reliability products.
• Understanding of PCB fabrication processes and materials (stack-ups, etc.).
• Strong communication with stakeholders including international partners.
• Experience scheduling and managing workload in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PCB Layout team across internal Programmes.
• Develop complex PCB layouts meeting electrical, mechanical, thermal and environmental requirements.
• Deliver layouts to agreed schedules and budgets.
• Mentor team members and share knowledge across the group.
• Coordinate with Layout engineers, PMs, Manufacturing Engineering and Procurement.
• Travel between Stevenage and Bolton as required to meet training and design needs.

Skills

RF/High speed/Analogue/Power/SI or EMC

PCB layout leadership

Communication with international teams

Tools

PCB Design Software

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:

Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom. We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more... We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

What we do matters. Because defence matters.

As a leading company in the defence industry we support our nations by delivering essential military capabilities, both for today and the future. We are proud to be an award-winning employer and are proud of the growing diversity of our workforce. Our people are the ones who drive our constant innovation and deliver against challenging targets.