Electronics Engineer

ARM
Ampthill, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Last month
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Electronics Engineer

12 month contract

Based in Ampthill

Offering circa £63ph Inside IR35

Do you have experience in Electronics Hardware Design?

Do you have experience in Digital and Analogue Electronics Design?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Electronics Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

Due to the nature of the work you will be involved in, you will be required to obtain UK SC clearance in this role.

You will be involved in:

Take responsibility for the design, development, and support of mixed electrical/electronic solutions from concept to completion

Provide guidance and governance to the team in the integration of the deliverables, supporting as necessary assembly and installation

Define processes, specifications, and procedures that support the design and manufacture of the electrical/electronic hardware

Provide technical review of supplier capabilities to facilitate source selection

Facilitate the development of functional and physical design requirements

Design and development of electrical/electronic circuitry (including analogue, digital, microprocessor, FPGA design techniques)

Schematic Capture and associated PCB layouts

Analysis, test and evaluation of electronic/electrical circuits and components

Electronic circuit simulation and analysis

Your skillset may include:

Experience in Electronics Hardware Design & Product Development

Experience in Digital and Analogue Electronics Design

Experience with Windchill or other Product Lifecycle Management tool

Experience with Schematic Capture, PCB Layout (Altium Designer) and IPC awareness

EMC Awareness at product and PCB level

Support and manage aspects of Assembly, Integration and Test

Produce technical documentation to support all activities, from trade studies, requirements documentation, compliance evidence and test documentation

Experience of using DOORS for requirements capture

Proven Hardware Sell-Off experience

Preparation of FMEA's

Awareness of IEC61508

Experience with 28V power distribution systems

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Electronics Engineer

12 month contract

Based in Ampthill

Offering circa £63ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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