Electronic Design Engineer

Electronic Design Engineer 12 months £81.90 per hour (Inside IR35) Defence Marine 2-3 days per week - Portsmouth This is a technical role relating to the Electronic aspects of hardware design & test. The Role Holder will. Generate and/or support electronic design solutions for both new products and technology insertions into legacy products. Generate and/or support detailed designs from concept to completion and addressing a range of engineering issues. Participate in all aspects of board and unit-level design and test including their interfaces with higher levels Typical duties include : The role holder will undertake some or all of the following tasks :- - Detailed electronic circuit design including component selection, evaluation, simulation, schematic capture, and liaising with PCB design teams.

• Specification of bespoke procured hardware.
• Design verification using a combination of simulation, analysis, and test techniques, including support to EMC test houses and customer installations.
• Generate design documentation and technical reports.
• Interfacing with related disciplines.
• Assist the development of higher level system designs.
• Assist the development of technical requirement specifications
• Support system integration activities
• Work with embedded software and PLD engineers as necessary
• Contribute to progress, peer, and design reviews Knowledge:
• Generating component level electronic designs for introduction into volume production.
• Digital design including processor interfacing, memory devices, PLD interfacing, UARTs, SPI, I2C, Ethernet etc.
• ADC/DAC devices and techniques
• Analogue design including op-amps, transistor-level design, control loops and and low noise techniques.
• High power techniques.
• Design proving, integration, and defect resolution
• Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.
• Able to work within cost and timescale constraints Skills: (Recommended max 5 /statements) Desirable Skills
• Previous experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment.
• Experience of low-noise analogue techniques
• Experience of high power techniques (kW level)
• Experience of FPGA/CPLD development
• Business Expertise (Requirements of the position for knowledge and expertise about the business rather than the technical expertise)
• The role holder:
• Will have a good understanding of how own activities integrate into the activities of a design team plus an understanding of the work of the design team.
• Will have a good understanding of how own design team integrates with other parts of the product design
• Will have an awareness of how cost and timescale constraints may impact business performance
• Leadership (Requirements of the position for providing leadership and guidance to others)
• The role holder:
• Is responsible for quality of own work and safety of self.
• May be required to mentor and coach team members according to seniority of appointment.
• Problem Solving (Breadth of mental skills required in order to perform the position)
• The role holder:
• Is required to make judgements based on own knowledge and experience of similar situations.
• Must assess the viability and applicability of solutions, evaluates alternatives based on an understanding of common or previous solutions to problems and analysis of factual information.
• Nature of Impact (Impact on business by detailing the overall responsibility associated with the job)
• The role holder is responsible for the quality and timely delivery of own work. The job has a direct impact on the quality of the overall solution provided by the team.
• Area of Impact (Business area impacted Delivery/Functional)
• Performance of the team and/or solution is directly affected by the job, and will have an impact on other teams involved in the task or work.
• Interpersonal Skills (type of people skills required to perform the job)
• The role holder:
• Requires good communication and diplomacy skills.
• Must understand detailed technical instructions and be able to communicate complex technical information to others.