Description
We require a talented hardworking electronics engineer to join the world leaders in the design and development of medical based electronics equipment. An important project is about to be released and the right candidate must have previous hands on electronics design and test experience and be able to hit the ground running. Initially a fixed term contract for 10 months their maybe potential to extend this or to move into a permanent role depending on future electronics design projects.
Electronics Design Engineer Main Duties and Responsibilities:
* To support the manufacturing strategy, design, development and ongoing continuation of a manufacturing engineering function capable of designing and sustaining high performance products, processes and systems encompassing the key philosophies of Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and poke-yoke.
* To minimise the failure rate of company products by improving and developing the test methods
* To assist with the design and development of test hardware associated with testing new and existing products both in-house and at subcontractors
* To assist in the definition and enhancement of the manufacturing processes
* Involvement in the specification, design and manufacture of a range of high quality, reliable products
* To assist with the analysis of production failures, down to component level, and establish root cause and make recommendations to reduce and eliminate failures
* To resolve component obsolescence issues by establishing alternative components, verification, validation, documentation, implementation and securing component 'Life Cycle' details.
Electronics Design Engineer Required Experience:
* Degree or HNC/HND in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
* Hands on experience in both analogue and digital design
* Hands on experience with Microcontroller/processor development
* Hands on ability in PCB design and layout
* Ability to plan and organise
* Ability to work with little supervision; thrives under pressure
Electronics Design Engineer Desirable Experience
* Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma would be highly advantageous
* Knowledge of Lab VIEW would also be advantageous
Interested candidates should forward their CV immediately with a brief covering letter outlining relevant experience.
Electronics Engineer/10 Month Fix Term Contract/Basingstoke/£35k-£45k + Benefits/Analogue/Digital/Microprocessors/Microcontrollers