Senior Design Engineer Research & Develpment – Tridonic
Spennymoor, UK
Your duties
- To instigate a major contribution to the conception and development of products for the Company’s portfolio
- From initial outline specification, to design and develop cost-effective and reliable circuits, across a range of electronic products, for the lighting industry
- To take the product from initial concept through to market and subsequent support. To co-ordinate these activities with the R&D Engineers and technicians to ensure set timescales are met
- To work within ISO quality procedures conforming to ISO9001
- Simulation of initial designs, analysis of fault conditions and protection, testing of prototype and first production units, overseeing the creation of production bills of materials, drawings and test instructions
- Activities may include contacts with suppliers of materials or design services
- To provide technical support to Purchasing, Production and Service departments for the products
- Keep up-to-date with the market place
- To support R&D Engineers and Technicians ie technical queries
- In the absence of the R&D Section Manager, to manage the Department
- Mentor and develop junior members of staff and technicians
Location: Spennymoor, UK
Your profile
- Higher national level in electronics and/or physics; degree level is of advantage
- Minimum of 3 years experience of electronic design; Experience of working to ISO 9001 desirable
- Able to demonstrate a proven track record in concept/designing and developing Switch mode power supply (SMPS)
- Advanced knowledge in topologies and mathematical analysis of models
- Top-level concept and “can do” attitude / demonstrable successes and enthusiasm
- Ability to analyze problems efficiently and produce cost-effective solutions
- Ability to identify key tasks required to develop a product and to lead R&D Engineers and Technicians to complete the project
- Ability to work to tight time scales and manage tasks and time within a given development task
- Good organisational skills
- Good problem-solving skills
- PC literate
- Able to communicate technical matters clearly to others
- Experience of a product manufacturing environment
- Basic knowledge of LED’s and photometry an advantage
Contact
You are interested in joining an international company with a challenging range of tasks? We are looking forward to receiving your online application
Ian Wilson
Technical Manager
Tel. +44 1388825583
23 Sep