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Senior Electrical & Electronics Engineer

Location:: Aberdeen
Sector:: Aerospace & Defence
Job Type:: Permanent
Salary:: Competitive Salary
Reference:: SK/R/088631

Role

Senior Electrical / Electronics Engineer
Full-time, Permanent
Westhill – Aberdeenshire

Competitive Salary

Are you a Senior Electrical / Electronics Engineer looking for a new opportunity? The opportunity to work with a leading Defence company awaits you. Read below and decide if you will take it!

Responsibilities of a Senior Electrical / Electronics Engineer:

Provide engineering design solutions
Through life engineering support
Technical lead for electrical, electronics, and software engineering team

Workload of a Senior Electrical / Electronics Engineer:

New product design to meet client or internal specifications
Support existing client's request to upgrade or change equipment in the field
You will also act as a leader and manager to ensure the team is delivering to their highest potential.

Your key accountabilities within this role of Senior Electrical & Electronics Engineer:

Provide design input to new products
Provide engineering support to existing product ranges
Assessing technical queries and providing solutions
Liaising with Our Client’s internal departments such as procurement, sales and production to ensure the best technical solutions.
Source materials and components
Create specifications, proposals
Assembly instructions, test procedures
Certifications and reports.
You will check detailed manufacturing drawings and be responsible as the technical approver of drawings and documentation generated within the electrical, electronic and embedded software products team.
There will also be some requirement to visit other Our Client’s sites and client assets.
You will provide fulfil management activities such as ensuring high performance, staff development and allocation of work.

Qualifications and Experience Needed for a Senior Electrical / Electronics Engineer:

Essential

Electrical/electronic engineering degree or equivalent industry experience
Proven electrical / electronic design skills
Extensive experience of circuit design, PCB layout and embedded software (MPLAB, ST32)
Good knowledge of electrical systems and designing for EMC compliance
Good knowledge of PCB design software such as Altium Designer (schematic capture & layout)
Good knowledge of electrical design software such as AutoCAD Electrical
Skilled in generating design calculations
Knowledge of design standards
Knowledge of industry guidelines such as IMCA
Previous product design experience would be advantageous
Experience with PLM system for generating and storage of engineering packages

Desirable

Previous diving equipment design experience would be advantageous
Any relevant diving qualifications would be advantageous

Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.

We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for Senior Electrical & Electronics Engineer looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

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