Principal Electronics Engineer

Job Description

Responsible for / Key responsibilities

• Specify, design and verify digital and analogue circuits and printed circuit boards (PCBs) in order to deliver high quality electronics that meets the requirements in a timely manner and within budget.
• Perform design calculations and carry out simulations using industry standard tools, and prototype as required, in order to estimate performance, identify high-risk areas and ensure high quality designs that require minimal re-design.
• Develop and verify electronics according to Ultra's hardware development process.
• Estimate time and effort required for the activities and deliver to these time and effort estimates to ensure cost and schedule adherence.
• Provide technical direction and exert technical influence across multiple projects, such that the optimal approach, architecture and design are selected.
• Work with production test to ensure designs are suitable for volume production. Also support production to assist them with the rapid debugging and resolution of electronic hardware issues encountered in order to minimise production delays.
• Work constructively with other team members, actively contributing to design reviews, to ensure a collaborative working environment.
• Could be a team leader on a project if so desires and has the appropriate skills.
• Manage security of information as defined in the Security manual.

Qualifications / skills required

• Degree in an Electrical or Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience of one or more of the following; Experience of high-speed digital designs that include processors and programmable devices. Experience of analogue circuit design and switched-mode power supply design. Able to design reliable power supplies that meet requirements and analyse against all input and output conditions across temperature, and estimate performance accurately.
• Experience of high-speed digital designs that include processors and programmable devices.
• Experience of analogue circuit design and switched-mode power supply design.
• Able to design reliable power supplies that meet requirements and analyse against all input and output conditions across temperature, and estimate performance accurately.
• Competent with schematic capture tools and understands how to constrain layout using rules, classes and groups.
• Must have developed large, complex designs requiring multi-layer PCBs (and PCB stack-up design).
• Appreciation of design and test for EMC and TEMPEST preferred.
• Having carried out PCB layouts using PADS and, or Altium would be advantageous.

Role requirements

• Candidates must be willing and able to obtain, and maintain, SC security clearance.
• Candidates must be willing and able to obtain, and maintain, DV security clearance.
• Willing to work on-site full time.
• Occasional travel to suppliers and test houses.

Notice

Our Benefits

• Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:
• Participation in an Annual Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover
• 25 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays) with the option to buy an extra 5 days
• Pension Contribution
• 4 x Life Assurance Cover
• Flexible working hours with opportunity for a 1pm finish on a Friday
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more
• Security Clearance Allowance – where relevant and subject to you holding the required security clearance

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