Principle Electronics Engineer
Holt Executive has partnered with a market-leading design & manufacturing company that works in a variety of industry sectors, including Naval Defence, Maritime & Marine...Holt Executive has partnered with a market-leading design & manufacturing company that works in a variety of industry sectors, including Naval Defence, Maritime & Marine Science & Technology.
The business requires an experienced Principal Electronics Engineer to lead the design and development of electronics for instrumentation and acoustics applications.
Key Responsibilities for the Principal Electronics Engineer:
- Assist the Director of Engineering in coordinating Electronics Engineering projects and tasks.
- Guide team members to ensure project deadlines are met and budgets are adhered to.
- Mentor and develop the skills of the Engineering team.
- Participate in risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
- Conduct design reviews and provide technical recommendations.
- Take part in technical audits and ensure that recommendations are followed.
- Develop and enforce technical standards and best practices in software design and development.
- Offer technical support to the Sales and Manufacturing departments.
Key Skills & Experience Required by the Principal Electronics Engineer:
Essential- Expertise in analogue and digital circuit design, ideally within an instrumentation development environment.
- Experience with mixed-signal design, including pre-amplifiers, filters, power supplies, interfacing, and analogue-to-digital conversion for precision instrumentation applications.
- Essential experience or knowledge in microcontroller-based circuit design and embedded software.
- Desirable experience or knowledge in FPGA-based circuit design.
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team, contributing to all stages of the product development cycle, from requirement analysis to design, development, and production.
- Expected to create design documentation and test specifications.
- IPC certification is preferred training can be provided.
- Proficiency in OrCAD design software or similar tools.
- Basic Analog components/circuits
- Operational Amplifier circuits
- Power supply technology
- Circuit analysis, modelling, and theory
- Analog-Digital Conversion
- Interfacing and IO e.g. I2C and SPI bus
- CAD Schematic layout
- CAD PCB design
- Fault finding
- Assembler and/or embedded C
- Use of PAL/FPGA technologies.
- Linux and other OS
Security Clearance Requirements:
Security clearance will be applied for on appointment UK passport holders require plus proof of residency in UK for last 5 years.
If your skills and experience match this exciting Principal Electronics Engineer opportunity, we encourage you to apply now