JOB DESCRIPTION

Hardware Systems Engineer

G&H, St Asaph Job description HR(ILM)-Senior Electronics Systems Design Engineer August 2022 R1.0

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LOCATION St Asaph R&D Hub, Travel expected to be <5% of the time

REPORTING TO Site Director

ROLE This position is based at our Optical Systems Innovation Hub in St Asaph, North Wales and focuses on product design and development of new imaging and sighting systems for Aerospace & Defence and Life Science. 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 development engineers working on new cutting-edge products for applications in laser directed energy weapons, multi-band sighting systems for increased situational awareness as well as next- generation advanced medical imaging that will drive and deliver sustained revenue growth.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree 2:1 or better

MANDATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, support, and work within Health & Safety regulations, Company Quality and Environmental systems of work, and all other Company policies and procedures.

• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with customers, 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

• Lead development of electronic solutions for a range of electro-optical products utilising FPGA, digital and analogue electronic hardware and software.

• Provide electronic systems engineering inputs from concept to manufacture and test

• Assist with requirements capture and specification definition, sensitivity analysis, reliability analysis as required

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and perform electronic design, analysis and test

• Prepare presentations and reports to a high standard for all phases of the project

• Support handover from design to production

• Work with Business Development and Engineering teams to support new opportunities and generate solutions for customers

• Drive products from design, to prototyping up to environmental qualification following internal or customer-driven NPI

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• On time delivery, cost and quality expectations of projects within his / her responsibility

• Delivery of solutions meeting legislative and operating quality systems

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Results orientated

• Strong attention to detail

• Demonstrable problem solving skills

• Positive, flexible approach to working with a ‘can do’ attitude

HARDWARE SYSTEMS ENGINEER

G&H, St Asaph Job description HR(ILM)-Senior Electronics Systems Design Engineer August 2022 R1.0

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SKILLS AND ABILITIES Essential:

• Demonstrable knowledge in digital and analogue signal processing

• Analogue electronics design experience

• Schematic capture and layout

• Create and maintain technical documentation that supports the product development process including product specifications, manuals and end user instructions

• Ability to create and give presentations to customers and partners

• Knowledge or experience of the full design lifecycle, including taking designs from initial negotiations through requirements capture, sub-system design, hardware design and test to final integration.

• Ability to work autonomously Desirable:

• Firmware development experience, C, (C++, C#, Phython advantageous)

• Understanding of qualification standards (e.g. MIL, STANAG, ESCC/ECSS)

• Demonstratable knowledge in digital and analogue video processing

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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