Design Engineer

• Design, development and support of power and control circuits, both digital and analogue
• New product implementation as part of the Design Team
• Writing specifications and technical reports.
• Collaborate with and support leading experts and academics in the company Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
• Support of existing products, understanding life cycle and MTBF, managing hardware/firmware issues whilst involves working closely with the customer (internal or external)
• Apply problem solving techniques
• Projects may require interfacing with third party products and dealing directly with sub-contractor design teams.
• Overseeing development of firmware and software for the existing and next generation of charge controls, actively applying newer technologies and frameworks to futureproof solutions and internal capability
• Use logic and mathematical modelling approach for product simulation
• Deliver against quality standards throughout the application, process and product delivery
• Ensure all relevant safety regulations are met in design activities/areas, including actively reporting near misses.

Candidates must be able to evidence previous experience with High Voltage and Power Electronics., * Degree in Power Electronics, Embedded Electronics, Embedded Systems or equivalent

• Experienced in hardware system design
• Schematic and PCB layout (OrCad).
• Use of electrical test equipment such as PSU's, Load banks, DMM/DVM, oscilloscope/analysers, signal/function generators.
• Creative and methodical approach to design and test.
• Analytical approach to fault finding.
• Use of software IDEs, development boards and emulators to assist with embedded programming an advantage.
• Microsoft Office products including Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel and Teams/SharePoint.
• Agile management, including JIRA, would be an advantage
• 123 Insight knowledge an advantage., * Power Electronics
• Electronic and PCB Design
• New Product Introduction
• Product Development
• Technical Support
• Problem Solving

Our client is an employee owned company so you can expect profit share, excellent company pension scheme, hybrid working, cycle scheme, free of charge EV Charging and a health shield among other benefits.