Electronics Design Engineer

Basingstoke, UK Req #472

 03 January 2024

Blatchford is a multi-award winning, global manufacturer of some of the world’s most advanced prosthetic technology, bespoke seating solutions and orthotic devices. Our evidence-based approach and commitment to continuously challenge possibilities ensures our mobility solutions prioritise the wellbeing and long-term health of our users.

Through science, technology, and maintaining a clear focus on people, we make mobility possible.

We are growing and have a brand new and exciting opportunity for an Electronics Design & Verification Engineer to join our growing, dynamic R&D team.   

The role

As Electronics Design & Verification Engineer you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver on electronics and electronical design for our highly innovative products.

Key duties:

• Component selection and Altium library/Electronics Parts Master maintenance.
• PCB Layout and collaborate with in-house and/or external PCB Layout Engineers to produce technically viable, cost-effective, manufacturable, and testable implementations.
• Produce Design Verification Plans to address sub-assembly requirements.
• Formal Design Verification Testing of electronic sub-assemblies (lab and theoretical).
• Membership of Technical Peer Review panels for electronics sub-assemblies.
• Review sub-assembly documentation such as design packages and Technical Descriptions.
• R&D test fixture design including Pi/Arduino-based or LabView programming.
• Sustaining work to support and maintain production of Blatchford PCBAs.
• Failure investigations.
• Design and document electronics production test fixtures as required.
• Maintain and develop in-house pre-compliance EMC/ESD facilities and equipment.

What are we looking for?

Key skills

• Self-starting team player, with a positive attitude and an enquiring receptive mind.
• Able to inform and enthuse others about new concepts.
• 2+ years’ “hand-on” experience of Electronics testing
• 2+ coding for test equipment and test infrastructure
• Experience of wireless communications technologies (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular, etc) would be an advantage. 

What can we offer you?

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (rising after service)
• Option to purchase additional annual leave.
• On demand pay
• Pension
• Discounted shopping and leisure activities
• Health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to an award-winning, highly innovative, growing business, that truly embodies our core values of Courage, Leaning, Collaboration, Innovation, and Integrity.