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Key Responsibilities:
- Interpret system requirements and break them down into detailed firmware requirements.
- Lead firmware development activities and reviews, ensuring comprehensive system and sub-system design.
- Support the development of a robust process for reliable simulation within the wider team.
- Ensure technical solutions meet customer, legislative, and business requirements.
- Maintain the quality and timeliness of your engineering tasks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Assist the Line Manager with planning and estimation during project kick-offs.
- Identify and address qualification, certification, and safety issues.
- Create technical documentation such as Management Plans, Requirements Specifications, Design Documents, Interface Specifications, Acceptance Tests, and Design Change Requests.
- Oversee the testing, simulation, and integration of new developments, including formal testing procedures.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers.
- Act as Project Engineering Lead (PEL) or Work Package Manager (WPM) for one or more projects when required.
Role Requirements:
- Extensive experience throughout the project lifecycle as a firmware engineer, from bids and proposals to in-service support (preferably within the defence sector).
- Practical experience in designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines, with a deep understanding of associated challenges.
- Proven track record of delivering reliable solutions on time and within budget.
- Comfortable working with diverse stakeholders beyond electronics, including Project Management, Systems, Mechanical, and Software Engineering teams to resolve project issues.
- Collaborative team player, effective in a multidisciplinary project environment, working closely with team members.
Additional Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a relevant field; Chartered status or Professional Registration is desirable.
- Experience in Defence, Maritime, or Aviation sectors is beneficial.
- Exposure to the following areas:
- Development of analog and digital technologies.
- Design for EMC, electrical safety, and signal integrity in firmware, schematic, or PCB layouts.
- Firmware development.
- Familiarity with PMRP and ECAD tools.
- Design for manufacture and understanding of the full project lifecycle.
- Prototyping, testing, and verification of electronic subsystems (hardware/firmware) at the unit and sub-system level.
- Proficiency with engineering tools like DOORS, ERPs, and other Configuration Management tools.
- Typically, a Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field with experience in a complex engineering environment.
Benefits:
- Optional 9-day fortnight
- Time off in lieu (TOIL)
- Flexible working hours
- Early 1pm finish on Fridays
- Annual bonus
- 25 days of annual holiday
- Christmas shutdown
- Option to buy or sell holiday
- Option to purchase private healthcare, dental coverage, critical illness insurance, etc., via salary sacrifice
- 4x annual salary life cover
- Pension scheme starting at 5% employer/4% employee contribution, with the option to select employee contributions ranging from 4% to 70% (provided it does not reduce salary below the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage).
