Power Electronics Design Engineer
£45,000 - £55,000
Clevedon
As Design Engineer you will report to the Design Team Lead, working as a member of the Design team and will have relationships with all other departments.
Overview
Working closely with all departments and managers to support the delivery of business success. As a member of the Design Team learn and gain electronics and software knowledge to support the application of new product designs and improvement of existing products.
Those working in the business are expected to:
Take responsibility to deliver the right experience for our customers and generate profits for us all to share
Work together as a team, based on the values we have created together
Create real influence over our working lives by taking opportunities to develop ourselves, balance work and life priorities, and offer personal supportResponsibilities and Duties within the Design Department
Design, development and support of power and control circuits, both digital and analog
New product implementation as part of the Design Team
Research of electronics and power circuits
Understand product requirements and implementation of these in the product and application, whilst understanding commercial and business requirements
Follow departmental processes relating to management of designs and also the company-wide new product development processes.
Working through product life cycle, from schematic, layout, proof of concept, supply chain, tests, approvals to product delivery
Provide expertise on the customer application to guide the design process.
Carries out detailed electronic circuit design and layout, including simulation and design verification testing of the new design.
Component selection and management, considering obsolescence, availability and cost.
Preparation of manufacturing packs for all PCB designs.
Work with production, test and service to ensure that DFx engineering approach is followed, including manufacturing, test, service and financial
Ensure product test strategy is implemented and followed throughout design
Documents design work and prepares reports, ensuring design files and information are kept up to date and stored in accordance with company procedures.
Writing specifications and technical reports.
Support of existing products, understanding life cycle and MTBF, managing hardware/firmware issues whilst involves working closely with the customer (internal or external)
Overseeing development of firmware and software for the existing and next generation of charge controls, actively applying newer technologies and frameworks to future-proof solutions and internal capability
Use logic and mathematical modelling approach for product simulation
Ensure all relevant safety regulations are met in design activities/areas, including actively reporting near misses.
Provide technical training on new products to all key departments, e.g. Service, System Test, Production, Engineering and Sales.
Relevant Quality Standards
ISO9001, ISO14001 and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
Other appropriate Legal, Quality, H&S, Environmental, Customer standards/requirements (e.g. WEEE, EMC, RoHS, etc.).
Qualifications / Knowledge
Degree in Power Electronics, Embedded Electronics, Embedded Systems or equivalent
Experienced in hardware system design
Schematic and PCB layout (OrCad).
Use of electrical test equipment such as PSU's, Load banks, DMM/DVM, oscilloscope/analysers, signal/function generators.
Creative and methodical approach to design and test.
Analytical approach to fault finding.
Use of software IDEs, development boards and emulators to assist with embedded programming an advantage.
Microsoft Office products including Outlook, OneNote, Word, Excel and Teams/SharePoint.
Agile management, including JIRA, would be an advantage