Lead Electronics Engineer

Position: Lead Electronics Engineer 108271
Lead Electronics Engineer Edinburgh, Luton, Bristol, Southampton (2 days from home)circa £84 per hour + overtime

Contract position Virtual interview

Mon-Fri Certain Advantage is collaborating with a key client to recruit a Lead Electronics Engineer. You will lead the electronics development of a key sensor project for aircraft. This is a key role in developing, maturing, and delivering a mission-critical, electro-optical system that will be installed onto the aircraft platform.What will you be doing?

• Manage and lead a team of Electronics engineers in developing the sensor system's electronic hardware through the full engineering lifecycle from requirements analysis to customer delivery.
• Ownership of electronics work packages, agreeing budget and schedule with engineering management, day-to-day planning and execution of the teams' work, supervising engineers in completion of their tasks, and status reporting to key stakeholders.
• Lead the electronics architecture development while working closely with Systems, Mechanical, Firmware and Software Leads to optimise system capability and performance while minimising volume, weight and power.
• Act as primary point of contact and interface with Engineering Management for all aspects of electronics development.
• Ensure electronics development is progressed in accordance with applicable company processes and procedures.

A couple of things you should know:

• Experience in team leadership and work package management.
• Experience of developing complex electronics system architectures.
• Expert in at least one or more areas of electronics design, such as analogue, mixed-signal, digital / FPGA / DSP or power electronics.
• Knowledge of developing electronics using a structured/gated development process.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience of working as part of a team.

During an interview, you may be asked about:

• Your experience of developing electro-optic and / or servo control technology, such as:
  Optical Detectors, Lasers, Camera Imaging systems, Control Theory & Motor / Servo Drive electronics, Power electronics & Communications systems.
• Experience of developing electronics for avionic systems.
• Experience across all phases of the Engineering Product Life Cycle, on several projects.

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