SPECIFIC RESPONSBILITIES

The role shall include the following responsibilities:

• Lead a team of multidisciplinary engineers and technicians on hardware development.
• Liaise with the management/Programme team on project deliverables.
• Develop ASIL and ISO 26262 good practices.
• Development of electronics hardware for automotive and motorsport products.
• Requirements capture and evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Circuit design, analysis and documentation.
• Develop design verification and validation testing procedures.
• Appropriate documentation of the design to allow long term support of the product.
• Support the Company’s compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018, following policy and best practice.
• Undertake any other duties or activities reasonably requested in order to meet departmental or company goals.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND CHARACTER:

Essential

• Degree qualified with a bias towards electrical and electronic engineering.  However, applicants without a degree who can nevertheless demonstrate suitable experience will also be considered.
• Analogue or Digital electronics design experience, including concept and detailed design work.
• Good quality engineering process understanding and appreciation.
• Able to clearly formulate and communicate complex design concepts.
• Able to work effectively in a team environment.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• The ability to work flexibly – both as an individual and as a member of a team.
• Good IT skills.
• Well versed in setting strategic direction.
• Able to coach, mentor and grow team members with track record of setting best practice and creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and foster collaboration with stakeholders and your team.
• Ability to identify growth opportunities and drive successful recruitment and retention for your teams.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of programmable hardware design and verification of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based designs using a Hardware Description Language (HDL), specifically VHDL.
• Hybrid and electric vehicle experience for automotive.
• Analogue and Digital Electronics Experience:
  • Microprocessors and high speed digital design.
  • Serial interfaces: I2C, SPI, UART.
  • Automotive interfaces: CAN, LIN, FLEXRAY.
  • Amplifiers, Filters.
  • Sensor signal conditioning.
  • Micro-controller interfacing.
  • Ethernet interfacing.
• RF, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interfacing.
• Power Electronics:
  • Knowledge of Triac/SCRs, IGBTs & FET.
  • Power supply design.
  • DC Motor control.
  • Actuator drives.
• Design Techniques:
  • Circuit simulation & design tolerance analysis.
  • Circuit electrical and thermal rating analysis.
  • Design for high volume manufacture.
• Design for test, including JTAG, HALT, HAST.
  • Robust design including FMEA techniques.
• Previous automotive experience.
• FPGA development and/or VHDL.
• Experience of PADS/ORCAD/Altium/LTSpice environment.