Job Description

Job Title:  Electronics/Senior Electronics Engineer

Location:  Melksham, UK

Business Unit:  Avon Protection

Purpose of Position

This role will provide electronic engineering support to the Underwater Systems engineering team in the maintenance and development of diving and life support systems, under the guidance of the Senior Electronics Engineer. The Electronics/Senior Electronics Engineer will be responsible for the detailed design, testing, schematic entry, PCB design and associated documentation needed to support the continued maintenance and development of printed circuit boards and the selection and sourcing of electronic components.

They will be required to work within our multidisciplinary design team, liaising with both software/management team for system requirements, and mechanical team for physical constraints. They will also assist with production support, fault finding and working with our subcontractors sourcing electronic components and managing obsolescence.

Main Responsibilities

• Design and deliver new products on-time, to cost and to specification.
• Generate innovative design concepts for review and evaluation.
• Produce PCB designs and layouts, drawings and other associated documentation.
• Lead the timely development of selected concepts from prototype to final production.
• Work in accordance with Avon design procedures.
• Working with key suppliers, manage the supply of electronic components including finding alternatives for hard to source or obsolete components.
• Analyse and test detail components to demonstrate fitness for purpose and produce test reports.
• To assist with the generation of project plans and the relevant costings.
• To assist with generation of risk and failure mode analysis and configuration control.
• To assist in the development of new business opportunities.
• To represent the company in a professional manner both internally and externally.
• Carry our research and development of new products and techniques.
• Liaise with other engineering disciplines and internal customers to establish and agree product specifications.
• Liaise with external customers and suppliers and represent the company at meetings.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of latest electronic engineering processes.

Education/Experience/Skills

Essential:

• Good degree in Electronics Engineering, other relevant engineering subject or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of the ability to deliver innovative product designs on time.
• Experience with new product innovation (NPI) and design for manufacture (DFM).
• PCB design and layout (analog and digital).
• PCB procurement and component sourcing.
• PCB population.
• PCB version and configuration control.
• PCB validation and verification.
• Ability to travel locally to support UK engineering teams as required.
• Capable of working in a small team and undertaking multiple projects.
• Able to manage and deliver own work.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Fully computer literate.
• Eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of respiratory or life support systems.
• Knowledge of marine or underwater systems.
• Practical engineering skills.
• Capable of generating project plans and costings
• Altium Designer
• Power-supply circuit design
• Design for microcontrollers
• Design for PCB certification (e.g., for EMC, ideally to Military Standard 461)
• Life support products, safety analysis and implementation
• Commercial and military product development from concept through to production
• Electronics and software lifecycle management processes

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserve the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Up to 5% bonus (Electronics Engineer) /up to 15% bonus (Senior Electronics Engineer)
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Training and development opportunities including 24/7 e-learning on LinkedIn Learning
• Medical and health cash-back scheme
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• Share incentive scheme

Do not apply via the links below.  Interested applicants should apply by sending their CV to:  helen.stevens@avon-protection.com