Job vacancy - Senior Electronics Engineer

Position: Senior Electronics Engineer
Reference: acsTCseneleeng
Location: West Molesey
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
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Job Title: Senior Electronics Engineer

Do you have a BSc (2:1) or a higher degree in a relevant electronics-engineering course from a UK University? Do you have knowledge and experience of Basic Analog components / circuits? Do you have experience and knowledge of Operational Amplifier circuits? this is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly experienced team of people and company.

The role:

Senior Electronics Engineer with at least five years relevant experience to work on instrumentation and acoustic systems.

Knowledge and experience:

  • Candidate should have at least five years' experience and specific expertise in analogue circuit design preferably in an instrumentation development environment.
  • The work will involve mixed signal design including pre-amplifiers, filters, power supplies, interfacing and analogue-digital conversion for precision instrumentation applications.
  • Some experience or knowledge of microprocessor based circuit design and embedded software would be desirable.
  • The candidate will be expected to work independently or as a member of a team contributing to all aspects of the product development cycle from requirement analysis through design & development into production.
  • Candidate would be expected to produce design documentation and test specifications.

Work Skills/Abilities:

  • Candidates with a BSc (2:1) or a higher degree in a relevant electronics-engineering course from a UK University.
  • Basic Analog components / circuits (essential)
  • Operational Amplifier circuits (essential)
  • Power supply technology (essential)
  • Circuit analysis, modelling and theory (essential)
  • Analog-Digital Conversion (essential)
  • Interfacing and IO (e.g. I2C and SPI bus) (essential)
  • CAD Schematic layout (essential)
  • CAD PCB design (essential)
  • Experience of Cadence OrCAD PCB design tools (essential)

Knowledge of:

  • Assembler and/or embedded 'C'.
  • Use of PAL/FPGA technologies.

Typical project:

The candidate will be a self-motivated engineer capable of running small development tasks independently. Example tasks include low-noise hydrophone preamplifier design or multichannel data logger design. Candidate will have to check other engineer's work.

Day-to-day tasks:

New product development (design & test). Existing product development (fault finding / improvement / enhancement). Support to Production Department test engineers, Engineers (after settling in) would be expected to design, prototype and document a circuit. Then take it through to a manufacturability state. This may be as part of a team.

Character & personal qualities:

Self-motivation is essential along with a desire to continue to improve on both a personal and professional level. The candidate must be keen to learn new skills and be comfortable working in a highly multidisciplinary environment.

Candidate must be able to operate as part of a team but also be able to act on own initiative, must be methodical and pay great attention to detail and work well under pressure and to deadline. Good communication skills are essential.

ACS are recruiting for a Senior Electronics Engineer If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Senior Electronics Engineer please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Senior Electronics Engineer It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as Senior Electronics Engineer with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Senior Electronics Engineer role you desire.