Senior Electrical Design Engineer ICCP

£60,000 - £70,000

Permanent

Poole

Client Overview:

The client designs and manufactures naval defence hardware which is exported to over 50 countries. You will be working for an established business with a strong order book and positive long-term forecast.

They manufacture a wide range of instruments and systems for the defence and civil markets worldwide. These products are in use in over 50 countries worldwide, often destined for continuous and critical use in harsh environments such as at sea, in the battlefield or at busy airport runways, where reliable operation is essential

Summary:

* Working with the Chief Engineer to design, develop and maintain ICCP systems across a range of platforms.

* Will ensure that the customer requirements are achieved by using up-to-date and cost-effective design methodology.

* Will develop a good understanding of how ICCP systems operate and can be optimised.

* Able to lead and support other engineers to achieve affordable and fully qualified products.

Responsibilities

* Electrical/Electronic design of products in accordance with customer and legislative requirements and our internal procedures.

* Ensure the company's product design and development requirements are met in terms of quality (accuracy), program (on time) and cost (within budget).

* Maintain the appropriate professional standards on projects and provide guidance and support to other Engineers and employees on all matters relating to Electrical/Electronic design, development, verification and manufacture to the relevant standards.

* Maintain a thorough understanding of relevant technology and practice with a particular emphasis on Electrical/Electronic Engineering including commercial and rugged equipment.

* Provide technical support to other departments on the design aspects of new business and provide the appropriate documentation when requested.

* Undertake concept design and sufficient detail design, and offer guidance thereon, as is necessary to support technical staff allocated to specific projects and product development.

* Provide or obtain estimated prime cost information to enable new tasks and projects to be priced and quoted.

* Management of all activities undertaken, reporting on the technical aspects and resource utilisation achieved.

* To report to management any comments or suggestions which may improve efficiency, safety and cost.

* Identify, justify and implement process improvements to ensure design procedures are cost.

effective and aligned to business / product requirements.

* To carry out any other duties that may be delegated by senior management commensurate with the conduct of the company’s business.

* To work on other company products/projects and on occasion at other sites if necessary.

Knowledge Required

* 5 years+ relevant industry experience in Electrical/Electronic design.

* Experience in design using Electrical/Electronic CAD software, MRP systems and MS Office.

Knowledge of the following:

* Simulation and design of power supplies/amplifiers.

* Design and routing of cable systems within a product.

* Cooling requirements for electronic and electrical components.

* Low noise and precision A/D and D/A circuits.

* Microprocessor and ancillary circuit design.

* Compliance with regulations and standards (Mil Std & Def Std).

* Control theory, modeling, system stability calculation.

* Design of ICCP system and amplifiers.

* Specifications of ships cabling, volt drop to anode.

Education & Qualifications

* Appropriate Engineering qualification such as BEng or Meng/MSc.

* Professional registration desirable (C.Eng. & MIET or working towards)