LOCATION

Ashford / Travel may be required to other G&H sites and to customer locations from time to time.

REPORTING TO

More Senior Engineer, Project Managers and R&D Global Director.

ROLE

This position is based at our UK Centre of Excellence for Life sciences in Ashford, Kent.

You will take responsibility for the electronics and firmware design of products from concept through to production taking into account requirements, timescales, cost and regulatory constraints. You will be working with colleagues across the business including product management and business development to support new commercial opportunities as well as operations, supporting technology transfer to manufacture. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team of design and development engineers working on new cutting-edge Lifescience and Medical products for the betterment of humanity.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree (2:1) or better

MANDATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality.
• Provide Environmental commitment for site in order to maintain sustainability and progression to net zero.
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel in order to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity.
• Promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Integrity, Action, Unity, Precision.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Digital/analogue Electronics and firmware design of products from concept through to production. FPGA VHDL preferable.
• System architectural design and concepts.
• Schematic and board layout using Altium Designer CAD tool.
• Prototype build, test, and fault finding
• Specification and requirements capture.
• Hands on soldering, fault finding.
• EMC and electrical safety compliance support.
• Cost Model generation, Rohs analysis and compilation.
• Possible oversight of junior engineers

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Ontime completion of projects to the satisfaction of Project Mangers and Clients
• Appraisals.
• Regular 1-1 meetings.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Can do attitude.
• Team player.
• Inquisitive.
• Time and cost sensitive.
• Willing to take on tasks as deemed necessary for the project and go beyond in delivery.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Client facing attributes.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Digital, Analogue design experience.
• Embedded Programming Experience in ‘C’, FPGA VHDL
• C++, .net, C#, java, Python, or algorithm development an advantage
• Familiarity with CAD for schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• Some exposure to EMC compliance design techniques, accompanying equipment to test sites can be expected. Knowledge of safety and EMC standards advantageous.
• Clear concise report writing with good attention to detail.
• Ability to take on other systems elements within a project such as thermals, optics etc an advantage.
• Competency with Microsoft Office products.
• Willing to take on tasks as deemed necessary for the project.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Ideally 8+ years design experience. Exceptional candidates with lower experience will be considered if evidence of outstanding ability can be demonstrated.
• Ability to client face, conveying technical information in an easy-to-understand confident manner.
• Hands on, self-motivated, willing to learn and help evolve the R&D department and build an expert team.

Notes: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager.

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