£60.00 per hour Umbrella / £45.36 per hour PAYE
About the role
You will join our Modems and Software Defined Radio group and report to the Engineering Manager of the project, delivering a new product to the UK MOD.
As the project is for UK MOD, you must be eligible for a UK Security Clearance.
The role will be based in Portsmouth, UK. The role has a flexible working pattern and you will be required to be in office 60% of your time.
You will be an experienced PCB Design Engineer with knowledge of designing mixed RF and digital circuits.
In particular, your skills will include:
Mandatory Skills:
• Update of existing and generation of new schematic design and circuit board layout design for both digital and RF circuit boards in Mentor Graphics.
• Applicants should have a broad range of experience with mixed-signal electronics design (RF/analogue up to 2 GHz and digital up to 3 Gbps)
• Design of circuits to meet harsh environmental and EMC standards
• Testing and diagnosis of the resulting circuit boards in the final installation
Beneficial Skills:
• Experience in designing to meet CE/UKCA, DO-160 and Mil-Std 810 environmental standards
• A background knowledge in the use of system test hardware, for both RF and baseband diagnosis
• A background knowledge/interest of satellite communication systems/industry or Modem technology
About you
To be successful in this role you will need to live the organisation s values, work with passion and determination, able to work to tight deadlines in an environment of continuous improvement. The skills and experience suited to this role:
• HND or Bachelor of Engineering and typically 5+ years of professional experience
• Experience of using high level modelling languages (e.g. SysML, UML)
• Familiarity of using agile methodologies in delivery is desirable
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team