Electronics Design Engineer (28439)

My client, a leading automotive manufacturer, based in Warwickshire, are looking to recruit an Electrical Design Engineer to join their Electrical Engineering division on a long-term contract basis.

Electronics Design Engineer
Reference: 28439
Rate: £29.85 per hour Ltd co.
Location: Gaydon, Warwickshire

Position Description:

The GRADE team requires experienced Electronics Design Engineers to apply world class design and analysis skills to improve their capability to deliver electronic features on their vehicles. A key part of this is to intensively review the designs of our suppliers. The objective is to deliver levels of reliability and robustness exceeding anything that we have seen before. Arrival of the right people will immediately provide input into elimination of defects on future vehicle models and accelerate progress on in house designs for future model years.

The successful candidate will probably be regarded by colleagues as the person who they consult when they have design issues.

Skills Required:

This will require people with design skills, tenacity, self discipline, flexibility and good interpersonal skills. Design skills are required in switch mode power supplies, power switching, microcontrollers, memories, high speed network interfaces, RF design, analogue and digital circuit design, EMC. The successful candidate will need to have a good appreciation of design for the automotive environment. An appreciation of system level issues and software is required.

Skills Preferred:

Knowledge of C, Assembler and the software development cycle (preferred but not necessary for candidates with otherwise good skills).

Experience Required:

The successful candidate will have designed the hardware for more than one electronic product, at least one of which was for a vehicle application and will have experienced putting the design into production.
You will have a wide knowledge of electronic devices and circuits and their application, including power devices, microcontrollers, switch mode power supplies, RF circuits, analogue and digital circuits and design for EMC.

Education Required:

Educated to Degree level in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or associated subjects or other technical qualifications will be considered if the candidate has the required skills and experience.

Additional Information:

Candidate may be required to visit other sites and supplier sites (eg for design reviews or troubleshooting)

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