Description
A superb long-term contract opportunity has arisen for an experienced Hardware Engineer with proven experience of Analogue Design, Circuit Analysis and Electronic Control Unit development in the Automotive sector.
Specification
The Role
Responsible to the ECU Applications Team Leader; you will be part of a group developing ECU designs for a range of products. You will undertake ECU application design and development activities for market leading solutions in a dynamic, multi-project, multi-disciplined environment.
What we are looking for
Essential:
- Educated to degree level (in a relevant subject)
- Experienced in electronic design, analysis and validation in a high volume and/or high reliability market
- Electronic Circuit Analysis: Tolerancing and worse case using various simulation (eg. Spice) and analysis tools (eg. Excel, Mathcad)
- Excellent communication skills, particularly reporting
- A good understanding of electronics components and experience in the processes, assembly techniques and testing involved in the volume manufacture of automotive electronics
- Willingness to travel overseas to support customers, suppliers and manufacturing sites when required
- Self motivated and able to work with or without direct supervision
- Willingness to push existing boundaries and learn/develop new skills
Desirable:
- Automotive system and design experience (eg requirements, processes and tools)
- Experienced in electronic design in a high volume and/or high reliability market
- Experience in key safety analysis processes (eg FMEA)
- Member of relevant professional body (eg IET)
- Ability in a foreign language, such as German
What you'll do
As part of this team, you will develop your expertise in:
- Developing customer specific design solutions within an overall, generic platform concept, covering a wide range of digital and analogue technologies, for high volume, safety critical automotive control systems.
- Worst case analysis using various simulation (eg. Spice) and analysis tools (eg. Excel, Mathcad)
- Generating documentation in accordance with client procedures for design and development activities
- Interfacing with global customers in respect of specification capture and compliance analysis
- Ensuring all designs are validated in accordance with product requirements, including EMC
- Support FMEA/DRBFM/FTA type reliability analyses in support of ISO 26262/IEC61508 compliance
- Supporting the introduction of EPS ECUs into mass production at electronic production plants worldwide
To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK
Connectus Technology Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.