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Electrical / Electronics Engineer (Contractor) c£350 / Day
South East ABJ4035
Contract 12 months £350 a day (Limited Company Rate)
As an experienced electrical engineer with the ability to solve highly technical problems you will be required to manage device development activities within the future products team of a global R&D organisation. As an electrical engineer as part of the product development plan you will be required to lead the electrical definition, development and delivery of multiple interconnected components, from different internal and external engineering and R&D disciplines to create their future products.
Key Responsibilities
  • Managing innovation projects for new device technologies.
  • Managing improvement projects for manufacturability, cost reduction, complexity reduction, component selection and obsolescence or consumer complaint reduction.
  • System Design Specification - work with necessary stakeholders and prepare system requirements specification including hardware and software.
  • System Functional and Non-Functional Analysis - carry out a range of analysis and investigations to create the user stories for the product.
  • Liaise with cross category architecture teams to maintain alignment with the specified programs, as well as electrical and physical architecture.
  • Product Verification and Validation - design and develop system integration plan and tests.
  • Lead System Integration and test (EVT).
  • Assist with safety certification testing and country specific homologation.
  • Responsible for product documentation from initial proposals through first production release.
  • Assist with production and field failure analysis as required.
  • Provide device and electrical /electronics systems Subject Matter Expertise (SME) for prior art technical assessments of patents for freedom to operate.
  • Designing and leading (internally or with our partners) R&D device design experiments in support of assertive patenting workstreams.
  • Ensuring electronics design and packaging meet requirements of battery technologies used by the company.
  • Develop test kit, where necessary, to interrogate onboard chips or measure outputs against a functionality matrix.
  • Improving drawing standards and ensuring drawings supplied from design teams / 3rd party industrial design agencies meet requirements for PCB assembler implementation and quality inspection.
Qualifications and Experience
  • Background Electrical ./ Electronics Engineering
  • Knowledge and understanding of product development processes
  • Single layer PCB design experience and electronics test design
  • IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 (level 1)
  • Component selection and experience in battery powered, consumer electronics
  • RF comms design, Electronics and battery encapsulation.
  • Component choice for manufacturability, operational performance and consumer safety
  • KPI definition and dashboard creation, Fluent in Electrical CAD software use
  • Working knowledge of electrical and firmware design methods
  • Working knowledge of mass produced product development and debug tools
  • Use of PCB design software (Altium or similar), Flexible circuit design
  • Experience with Li-ion battery failure modes
To Apply: Please contact Alison Basson ABJ4035 on (phone number removed) / (phone number removed) for this 12 month contract or apply to

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