Senior / Lead Systems Design Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior/Lead Systems Design Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping innovative laser products. This exciting position offers the chance to work within a multidisciplinary engineering team, overseeing the design and reliability analysis of control systems. You'll be involved in all phases of development, from feasibility to manufacturing, ensuring adherence to safety standards and collaborating with diverse teams to solve complex issues. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make an impact in a growing field, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• BSc in Physics or Engineering or equivalent experience required.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of control system design reliability analysis.
• Collaborating closely with optical, software, and electronics teams.

Skills

Problem-solving

Root-cause analysis

Control systems

Electronics

Software troubleshooting

Optical troubleshooting

Education

BSc in Physics or Engineering

Equivalent demonstrable experience

Tools

Python

C#

MATLAB

Job description

Job Description

A leading provider of innovative laser systems to help people in various global markets, including but not limited to renewables, microelectronics, research, life science, automotive, and medicine.

We seek an experienced Senior / Lead Systems Design Engineer to coordinate system design primarily from the perspective of the underlying and customer-facing control system.

This opening comes at a time of exciting growth for the Company, with an opportunity to join a multidisciplinary engineering team and shape the next generation of cutting-edge laser products.

You will work as part of the development team from the feasibility phase through the full manufacturing release cycle. Successful candidates will develop a level of understanding that spans across the system design to become a vital expert in the laser system.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

1. Ownership of control system design reliability analysis, including documented failure mode analysis.
2. Analysis of system adherence to safety standards.
3. Critically reviewing design choices considering the needs of all stakeholders from engineering, production, to the customer and field support.
4. Working with prototype systems and seeking improvements through empirical and paper-based detailed analysis.
5. Leading or being involved in root cause analysis of failures in the early manufacturing cycle.
6. Collaborating closely with optical, software, and electronics teams.
7. Acting as the technology conduit between software/electronics and optical teams.
8. Maintaining an overview of system design while participating in detailed development teams.
9. Troubleshooting and root cause failure analysis for prototypes during development.
10. Contributing to troubleshooting and coordinating corrective actions for manufacturing or field issues on production systems.

Education & Experience

• Physics or Engineering, or similar BSc degree, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Strong problem-solving skills with experience in investigating cross-disciplinary issues using root-cause analysis methodologies.
• A tenacious approach to problem-solving with a desire to identify the root cause.
• Experience in solving electronics, software, or optical issues.
• General understanding of electronics and control systems.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to work from general instructions and identify all necessary elements.
• Ability to drive projects within the organization.
• Comfortable working independently to investigate issues outside of your expertise.
• Experience working with teams with diverse needs, capable of explaining complex technologies across disciplines.
• Ownership of control system design requirements, including defining system functional diagrams, constraints, and control algorithms based on interdisciplinary information.
• Collaborating with design teams to adapt requirements and perform final testing.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Understanding of laser designs such as ultrashort pulses, mode-locking, UV generation, fiber lasers, solid-state laser oscillators, and amplifiers.
• Experience coding in languages like Python, C#, MATLAB for data analysis or instrumentation control.