Description
The role:- Take responsibility for software and electronics design aspects of key projects and manage the development program and time scales through to the release.
- Creation of documentation to support the full engineering lifecycle, including requirements, design, test spec, risk assessment and user documentation.
- Maintain existing technology systems, in terms of maintenance and customer specific design requirements.
- Help to define quality systems and procedures, including document management, revision control, etc
- Provide reports of test results, development progress and times scales.
- Work in collaboration with other development staff providing guidance and direction for assigned projects.
- Collaborate with other companies to support the product development or commercialisation.
- Identify and develop vendors providing components and services.
Looking for previous experience in:
- Experience of industrial control systems design, both embedded and supervisory, including generalised I/O and hardware/software interfacing, PLCs, industrial PC or embedded computers
- Embedded (microcontroller & CPLD/FPGA) solution design experience
- Good 'C' programming skills
- Design experience of analogue, digital and RF electronics.
Other preferences:
- 5+ years design experience of control systems for high power laser systems is preferred
- Experience of general analogue, digital and RF electronics design from DC to 1000MHz
- Experience of safety and EMC certification, e.g. CE, UL, FCC
- Good Visual Basic programming experience
- Good Visual Studio experience
- Good experience in Electronic CAD and simulation tools would be a bonus
- Good understanding of the engineering lifecycle, as applied to electronics and software
- Software design techniques such as UML, OOD, Yourdon
- Competent in a high-level modern languages such as C++, Java, VB in a Windows environment
- Design of systems involving high power switch-mode PSUs or medium power RF generators would be a bonus.
- Must be flexible and adaptable to a changing environment.
- Able to handle high work volumes in a multi task mode.
- Team working is essential including relating to academic staff.
If interested and soon to be immediately available, please get in touch.
To find out more about Huxley Associates please visit www.huxley.com