Description
A leading global IT client of Synergize Consulting are looking for a Senior Battery Systems Designer to work an initial 3-month contract based in the South East of England.
The successful candidate will meet the following requirements:
Job purpose & accountabilities:
- 5+ years of experience in battery system design for consumer electronics
- Experience in battery system design, validation and factory test
- Experience with free form polymer battery design
- In depth understanding of certification requirements of battery systems
- A broad-based electronic engineering honours degree from a well-established university with a strong electronics reputation.
- Previous experience working as a Hardware Design Engineer
- Strong proven ability in electronic design with a broad range of analogue and digital electronics design experience
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written. You will need to communicate confidently and persuasively
- Experience of planning and managing a project team
- The ability to accurately plan the electronics development portion of projects, estimating development costs and timescales as well as final product costs
- The ability to operate well under time deadlines and within budget
- Ownership of requirement setting for the design and implementation of power, battery and charging systems for the solutions.
- Define and document power system architecture, specifications, support vendor selection; design and test circuits and firmware interfaces for static power systems.
- Electrical characterization, validation and test for power syst
Skills mandatory:
- Develop specifications and test documents for electronic aspect of charging solutions and associated battery products
- Develop architectural designs, including hardware/software partitioning
- Undertake design feasibility studies and investigations, identifying and evaluating new technologies
- Develop circuit schematic designs in relation to the associated charging solution, and then manage and oversee the generation of PCB designs
- Manage prototype manufacture, testing, design refinements, then manufacturing liaison
- Contribute to planning projects, defining tasks, and estimating their durations and work content
- Manage the electronics work packages in projects, monitoring and controlling performance against deadlines and budgets
- Potentially work on multiple projects at the same time
- Written reports, quotations and other documents will need to be produced accurately and in a well-written and well-presented form