Senior/Principal Component Selection Engineer

Senior/Principal Component Selection Engineer - Stevenage - £32ph

Accountabilities
Manage Component Selection (as detailed below)

Perform Component suitability risk analysis

Provide analytical component selection advice to designers

Approve the use of components against Project environmental and functional requirements

Support obsolescence reviews, policies, planning, risk aversion & resolution studies

Provide technical support to Purchasing, Manufacturing, Assembly Technologists and reliability experts

Plan, monitor and deliver tasks to agreed time schedules

Skills and Knowledge
Technical expertise, with typically a minimum of 5-8 years ideally within the military, aerospace or automotive environment, relating to one or more of the following component commodities (list in order of preference)
Digital Components
Passives
Interconnection
Analog
Oscillators

Knowledge & Expertise in the field of semi-conductors (digital, analogue)

Component packaging technologies, such as PED's, Lead Free, SMD technology (eg QFN's, LGA's)

Commercial awareness of the specific commodity industry

Awareness of current Market trends, roadmaps, product life cycle and supplier performance

Understanding legislation requirements of RoHS, REACH, ITAR, ECCN, etc

IT literate, especially comprehensive use of MS Excel & MS Access

Experience in the use of Team Centre PDM & SAP would be an advantage
*Self Starter
*Highly motivated
*Team player
*Goal focused
*Clear and precise
*Good inter-personnel skills
*Strong interfacing and influencing skills
*Strong organisational and planning skills

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