Description
Electronics Development Engineer
Accountabilities
- Design & develop specifications under guidance and carry out Electronic Circuit and other design activities in line with specifications and all quality and technical standards.
- Carry out standard technical investigations and analyses to provide data for problem assessment/resolution and for the design of improvements.
- Gather information on technical issues and report to more senior staff where appropriate
- Specify tests within a clearly defined area and evaluate and make recommendations based on results, including making suggestions to improve test/diagnosis processes.
- Carry out engineering support activities, in the field, for specific products and customers to ensure the operability of MBDA products.
- Assess implications of data analysis and formulate initial conclusions to more senior engineers (where appropriate) to take necessary decisions on actions.
- Supply a technical interface with suppliers/customers at a detailed level, ensuring the effective provision of support to customers in assigned areas in line with customer requirements and programme plans, as well as the rapid resolution or escalation of problems and issues.
- Carry out or support investigations into engineering problems or issues (individually or as a member of a project team), present basic conclusions and recommendations to more senior staff and identify and highlight trends and emerging issues.
- Plan, deliver and monitor assigned tasks; ensuring requirements are delivered to plan.
- Provide technical support to operational activities to optimize effective processes, resolving standard problems to minimize interruptions to production.
- Assigned tasks achieved to time, budget and specification.
Skills and Knowledge
Technical skills in one or more of the following areas are required:-
* Design of Digital Electronics including Microprocessor (eg Power PC)
* Design of Analogue Electronics (up to and including RF)
* Design of Power Electronics (eg Actuator drive circuitry)
* Derivation of sub-system architectures from system requirement inputs
Competence in one or more of the following:-
* The use of CAE Design tools (Zuken CR5000 Preferred)
* Negotiation of subsystem requirements with the systems teams
* Writing Subsystem Requirement and associated documents
* Ability to provide succinct and accurate reports and presentations
The following personal attributes:-
* Self starter able to achieve demanding technical and project deliverables
* Ability to interface and influence
* Ability to organize and plan own tasks to meet higher level demands
This is a six month contract role paying £37.50 per hour Ltd.
Our client is a world leading, global missile systems company*, delivering cutting-edge technologies to its multinational customer base. It operates in all of the major world markets and is the only company able to design and produce missiles and missile systems for army, navy and air forces. Their growing reputation for innovation and technical excellence owes much to their engineering facilities, rated amongst the most modern in the world.
"Our engineers relish the challenge of producing products to the highest performance specifications and with ability to survive the harshest environments required for the Land, Sea and Air services. They have the knowledge, skills, capability and commitment to apply today's modern technologies to solve complex problems, that ensure the equipment can survive the toughest usage profiles that today's armed forces demand? Our Engineers are world class!"
If you would like to join such an organisation on a permanent or contract basis please contact us today for more information!
* Due to the sensitivity of the work candidates (who do not already hold it) must be willing and able to undergo SC level clearance and must be able to fulfil the requirements of a UK eyes only caveat (last 5 years UK residency required)
For further information please contact Andrew Fill at Advantage Technical Resourcing.
Advantage Technical Resourcing. Services offered are those of an employment agency for permanent work and/or employment business for the supply of contract/temp work.
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Advantage Technical Resourcing. Services offered are those of an employment agency for permanent work and/or employment business for the supply of contract/temp work.