Electronic Design Engineer

Job title:

Electronic Design Engineer

Location:

Reading/Glasgow sites available within hybrid working arrangements.

Akkodis, is a global leader in the engineering and R&D market that is leveraging the power of connected data to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.

With a shared passion for technology and talent, 50,000 engineers and digital experts deliver deep cross-sector expertise in 30 countries across North America, EMEA and APAC. Akkodis offers broad industry experience, and strong know-how in key technology sectors such as mobility, software & technology services, robotics, testing, simulations, data security, AI & data analytics.

The combined IT and engineering expertise brings a unique end-to-end solution offering, with four service lines – Consulting, Solutions, Talents and Academy – to support clients in rethinking their product development and business processes, improve productivity, minimize time to market and shape a smarter and more sustainable tomorrow.

Akkodis is part of the Adecco Group and is a commercial brand under which both AKKA and Modis entities operate.

The Electronic Engineer develops integrated hardware solutions, both utilising COTS components and designing bespoke systems, through design, development, verification, and validation.

In this role you will produce electrical interconnect designs, cable schedules, ICDs, wiring schedules, LV distributions, earth & bonding strategies, assess the impact of EMI / EMC, RoHS, REACH and LV Directive on the electrical designs, etc.

• Satisfy the HW requirement set through design, development, and test activities.
• Implement the hardware architecture in physical and electrical form, fit and function.
• Support Manufacturing and Procurement during the build phase, i.e. respond to Problem Reports and implement Engineering Change Requests.
• Define the Design Proving / Hardware Test Specifications and use these during qualification.
• Define the EMC and Environmental Test Specifications and use these during qualification.
• Design and develop any special test equipment to facilitate the above.

• General Electronic and Electrical Engineering (degree level).
• COTS AC and DC LV power supplies.
• Designing with PCI, RS485/232, Hotlink and Ethernet interfaces.
• Designing cables and harness assemblies, utilising military style connectors and backshells, such as MIL-DTL-38999.
• An understanding of cable screening methods and military style cable construction methodologies.
• Designing to meet EMC and environmental standards / requirements.

• Strong relevant experience of the Skills listed above or associated experience that can be applied to electronic, electrical and electro-mechanical design in a regulated industry.
• Design and specification of COTS and bespoke sub-assemblies and equipment suitable for 19” racks / cabinets.
• Interconnection Design (i.e. wiring harnesses, copper or fibre optical network interconnections, connector types, power distribution and data comms, spatial constraints, environmental considerations).
• Full engineering lifecycle experience (Capture, Design, Implementation, Test).
• Working with requirements in a structured and evidential manner.
• Production of Design / Test Specifications and Test Reports.