Job title:
Senior Electronics Engineer
Company
Matchtech Group
Job description
- Design and Development for Electronic sub systems
- 12 month contract
- Competitive rate
Key skills required for this roleSenior Electronics EngineerImportantSenior Electronics EngineerJob descriptionOur client, a leading firm in the Defence and Security sector, is currently seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer for a contract position in Marlow. The Avionics Business Unit is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting a variety of products including Search & Rescue Direction Finders, Emergency Services Air to Ground Radios, and GNSS Anti-Jam equipment.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to apply extensive knowledge of electronics circuit design and development within a high-impact industry. You will engage with customers, support meetings, and participate in systems integration and product verification/validation trials.Key Responsibilities:
- Take ownership for the design and development of electronic sub-systems for the aerospace and defence market.
- Deliver project tasks to schedule, cost and quality while adhering to internal processes and best practice.
- Research, design, develop and prototype electronic solutions in support of product development.
- Characterise, test and down-select components for performance and cost.
- Schematic capture of mixed signal circuit design (Analogue, RF, and Digital) using Altium or similar.
- Test, characterisation and verification of prototype designs.
- Circuit simulation using LT Spice, Agilent ADS.
- Develop, write, and deploy software to aid evaluation of electronic devices or automate test equipment using C# or similar.
- Provide inputs to ensure designs meet requirements for manufacture utilising DFx and/or lean concepts.
- Use laboratory equipment such as VNAs, RF Spectrum Analyser, and Oscilloscopes to conduct measurements.
- Prepare documentation such as Technical Reports, Production Test Schedules etc.
Job Requirements:
- Experience in electronics design, testing, integration, and engineering.
- Good knowledge of current RF technologies, including low noise receiver design, PLL/Synthesisers, and digital attenuators.
- Understanding of RF Antenna Systems and Phase Array Antennas.
- Knowledge of GPS and its potential vulnerabilities is advantageous.
- Familiarity with common interface busses such as SPI, I2C, and PMBus.
- Proficiency in current high-speed digital technologies, including CPLD, Microprocessor, FPGA, and DDR Memory.
- Experience of deriving and capturing system level requirements.
- Experience in Project life-cycle delivery from bids to operations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience of design or manufacturing within the aviation industry is advantageous.
Qualifications and Experience
- Team working ability and drive to deliver on time.
- C experience in an embedded environment.
- Experience with embedded processors and real-time operating systems.
- Proficiency in interfacing with hardware devices and peripherals.
- Solid understanding of software development life-cycles and processes.
- Experience of requirement analysis, software design and software architecture.
- Experience with source control tools such as SubVersion and Git.
- Self-starting, adaptable problem-solver.
- C++ experience and Object-Oriented Design is desirable.
- Familiarity with GUI/event-based design and issue-tracking tools such as Jira is beneficial.
- Knowledge of DO-178 and releasing software to production is advantageous.
If you are a skilled electronics engineer looking to contribute to exciting and challenging projects within the Defence and Security sector, we would love to hear from you.
Expected salary
Location
Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Job date
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 07:21:10 GMT
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