Evaluation and Characterisation Engineer

Our unique, Edinburgh based client, who are going through an exciting growth phase, has a permanent opportunity for an Evaluation and Characterisation Engineer who will report to the GM of their Consumer Group.

We want to hear from engineers with strong evaluation and characterisation experience to help our client bring their exciting new products to market. This role will allow the right candidate to grow and develop their skills in a supportive environment.

You will make an impact by:
Helping our client to define and drive the component and system level evaluation and characterisation activities. As a validation champion, you will be responsible for the measurement of the performance of our client's products, generating the data required to complete their data sheets and working with the design team to understand the behaviour of the product. This role is ideal for someone looking to advance or kick start their career rapidly by taking direct ownership of product solutions, working within multi-disciplinary team and solving challenging technical problems.

You'll thrive if you have:
Essential:

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or Physics with significant experience of working in the electronic or optoelectronic domains
• Able to define and develop evaluation and characterisation methodologies
• Create validation plans and deliver thorough and accurate measurement data
• Ability to evaluate, characterise and troubleshoot designs in the lab
• Experience of writing technical reports on the performance of electronic components and systems
• Have significant experience of testing complex network/communications products including system level testing
• Have a breadth of knowledge of a wide range of technical disciplines such as Optoelectronics, Software and Firmware

Desirable:

• Have the ability to work within and influence multi-disciplinary technical teams
• Enjoy being part of a close-knit team and learning from those around you, but can also work independently and are hands on to solve problems as they emerge
• Have a well-developed attention to detail
• Are a natural born problem solver who enjoys finding issues, bugs and problems and take them through to resolution
• Have strong working knowledge of networking concepts and electronics test/fault finding

Our client offers a very desirable salary and benefits package along with a 35 hour week over a 4 day period with flexible home working.

To apply please contact:
Nicole Chapman
(see below)