Senior/Principal Analog Engineer

Closing Date:

The Opportunity

• Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
• Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
• Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
• Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
  
  • Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
  • Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
  • Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
  • Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
  • We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
• Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
• Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
• Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
• Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
• Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days

What you will do

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  Requirements capture, interpretation and generation of design specifications
• Electronics schematic design, layout, and simulation
• Characterisation/Commission reports of Electronic designs
• Validation of designs against requirements
• Definition and generation of test plans
• Integration and validation at system level
• Preparation of technical documentation and reports
• Adherence to company governance and quality processes

What we are looking for

• Degree in Electronics Engineering (or equivalent)
• Management of electronics design projects to achieve requirements within cost and time
• Use of Schematic Capture tools (Mentor Graphics, Proteus or equivalent)
• Ability to communicate technical information within the company and to customers
• Demonstrate evidence of good organisation, planning, cost control and execution of work
• Ability to work in a team with other engineering and science disciplines
• Effective and flexible communication and customer liaison skills
• Practical 'hands on' laboratory test, circuit construction and measurement experience

• Knowledge of device drivers and communication protocols (e.g. I2C, SPI, USB, Camera Link).
• Experience of hardware design using FPGA devices
• Experience in designing with video bandwidth amplifiers for low noise applications
• Experience of working with Analogue to Digital converters
• Experience in undertaking component selection and de-rating analysis
• Ability to work to recognised standards, such as MIL-STD and IPC-610 specifications
• Practical soldering/workshop skills
• Ideally experience of working in the Defence Sector