Job Title: Hardware Engineer
Location: Bournemouth
Salary: £35k – £45K Per Annum DOE
Job Type: Permanent
Overview:
Spherea is a multinational test specialist providing complex test systems and solutions to major Defence, Aerospace and Space primes, platform manufacturers and equipment suppliers.
Our mission is to test the world and enable our clients to validate their new products & technologies and commercialise them quickly and cost-effectively. With an outstanding pedigree and test in our DNA we are involved in an unlimited field of applications and industries that can range from commercial aircrafts, light armoured vehicles, helicopters, battle tanks, space platforms, nuclear power stations control systems and even complete metro systems. Whether our customers are at the qualification, production or maintenance stage, we deliver the right solution to meet the requirements of their ambitious programmes.
Spherea UK has entered a growth phase and is seeking an enthusiastic and creative Hardware Engineer who will contribute to our growth and use this amazing opportunity to broaden their knowledge and progress within the company.
Your Role:
This role requires an individual with a logical & analytical mind-set who is always keen to learn and who will enjoy having a diverse range of engineering projects. The ideal candidate is self- motivated and result driven. Coaching and mentoring will be provided with the objective of developing the candidate to become autonomous in their day-to-day activities and to support their career aspirations. The role is based in the office in Bournemouth, with occasional travel to customer sites.
Your Main Responsibilities:
- Creating and maintaining engineering and electronics designs used across a number of industries such as Space, Air, Military and Nuclear
- This is a unique opportunity to work on projects from start to finish:
- Requirements capture: concept, specification and feasibility of solution
- Provide support in project cost estimations (BoM’s)
- Design and creation electronic hardware solutions using commercial off-the-self instruments and/or bespoke PCB designs
- Supporting production (during manufacturing phase)
- Working with different departments including production, logistics, design and test as well as with customers
- Support the commissioning, and validation of the system
- Play a key role in the final acceptance of the equipment
- Finding innovative solutions to engineering challenges in order to meet budgets and timescales
Key Skills & Experience:
- The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor Degree or higher in one of the following: Electronics/Electrical, Power Electronics or Aviation/Aerospace
- High level of Hardware Design skills and knowledge of Analog/Digital Electronics
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience, at least 2 years in Engineering Design role
- Knowledge of a PCB designing software (KiCad, Altium or OrCAD)
- Fault finding skills at component level
- Firmware development/debugging experience (microcontrollers)
- Ability to quickly process the information and adopt approach to solving problems
- Knowledge of complete manufacturing process including customer requirements, design, production, test and development
- Good understanding of the life cycle of industrial projects
- Excellent communicator
- Enthusiast and self-motivated on new projects
Additional Skills or interests that would be advantageous:
- Prior experience in Aviation/Aerospace Industry
- LabVIEW
- SolidWorks
- FPGA designing
- Knowledge of SPI, I2C, Ethernet, RS232 protocols.
- An understanding of other engineering domains; e.g. Control Systems / Power / Electro-Mechanical / Physics / Radio-comms
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Annual Bonus
- Generous Pension Scheme (4% EE & 8% ER)
- 4 weeks paternity leave
- Full Family Healthcare Plan
- Family Cash Plan
- 27 Days Holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
- The ability to work remotely (after a qualifying period)
Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa’s at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK.
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