Senior Electrical / Electronics Engineer £60-85k Base (Prorata)

South East ABJ6361

12 month temp contract- (£(Apply online only) ltd / day) - dependent on exp.

As an experienced electronics / electrical engineer in developing products you will play pivotal role in the electrical and electronics to lead the electrical definition, development and delivery of multiple interconnected components, from different internal and external engineering and R&D disciplines to create our future electronic products and create and build plans for continuous developments and improving our existing product and technology platforms.

Key Responsibilities

* Managing innovation projects for new device technologies transferring across from the Discover Proof of Concept Team and in Proof of Application / Develop.

* Managing improvement projects for manufacturability, cost reduction, complexity reduction, component selection and obsolescence or consumer complaint reduction.

* System Design Specification - work with necessary stakeholders and prepare system requirements specification including hardware and software.

* Assist project manager with project schedule development and milestone definition.

* System Functional and Non-Functional Analysis - carry out a range of analysis and investigations to create the user stories for the product.

* Lead internal teams and / or external development partners to define the expected system functionality and performance targets.

* Provide operations and sourcing with documentation and process development assistance to produce the product as developed.

* Working with our internal teams and / or development partners, create functional designs

* Product Verification and Validation - design and develop system integration plan and tests.

* Lead System Integration and test (EVT).

* Assist with safety certification testing and country specific homologation.

* Lead cross-functional technical and design reviews on the products.

* Responsible for product documentation from initial proposals through first production release.

* Designing and leading (internally or with our partners) R&D device design experiments in support of assertive patenting workstreams.

* Improving drawing standards and ensuring drawings supplied from design teams / 3rd party industrial design agencies meet requirements for PCB assembler implementation and quality inspection.

Qualifications and Experience

* A degree engineering- e.g., electronics, or electronics / electrical engineering

* Knowledge and understanding of product development processes

* 5+ years of experience in product development

* Single layer PCB design experience

* Electronics test design

* IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 (level 1)

* Component selection in battery powered, consumer electronics, RF comms design

* Electronics and battery encapsulation.

* Statistical analysis (6-sigma) and Continuous Improvement planning

* Working knowledge of electrical and firmware design method

* Working knowledge of international safety standards for consumer electronics products

* Fluent in Electrical CAD software use

To Apply: Please contact Alison Basson on (phone number removed) / (phone number removed) or apply to ABJ6361