To work within multi-disciplinary teams on major development projects, contributing technically and using your existing expertise in innovative product design and development.
Type of work undertaken by the division/group
We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills, and a broad base if industry experience, to form a powerful development team. Our work includes undertaking complete product developments from concept to market, and consulting with our clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
The Industrial & Scientific Products group specialises in the design and development of complex products serving a range of industry sectors including:
Cleantech
Scientific instruments & sensors
Mechatronics
Defence & Security
Healthcare products
Industrial systems
The main areas of expertise within this multidisciplinary group are electromechanical systems design, numerical analysis & mechanical engineering, analogue & digital electronics, electric motor & drive technologies and the management of new product development.
Specific responsibilities
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with the ambition and ability to achieve excellent results in a highly demanding industry and to find novel and radical solutions to new and existing problems under tough commercial and time restraints.
You will be using your strong technical skills to make a significant contribution to development projects, from initial concepts through to final delivery. This will include:
Concept generation
Analysis and development of system architectures
Analogue, digital and power electronics design
Working closely with other engineers and technicians to implement detailed design solutions
Specifying, designing and executing experimental programmes with teams of scientists and technicians
Proof-of-concept prototypes
Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation
Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have:
An excellent first degree in electronic engineering or a related discipline
Strong technical skills, with key strengths in power electronics & control engineering design
A genuine passion for electronics, and engineering in general
A creative approach to problem solving and concept generation
An appreciation of the use of engineering analysis in product development
In addition, qualifications and experience in the following areas would be beneficial:
Digital and analogue electronics design
An ability to apply Matlab / Simulink as a design and simulation tool
Micro controller systems design and embedded control systems
Embedded software design & implementation
Some post graduate relevant industrial experience
A post-graduate qualification with a high level of practical experience
