Electrical Engineer

Oxford Instruments X-Ray Technology Seeks Seasoned Electrical Engineer for our Scotts Valley Office

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About Us

Oxford Instruments plc is a leading provider of high technology products and services to the world's leading industrial companies and scientific research communities. Our core purpose is to support our customers to address some of the world's most pressing challenges, enabling a greener economy, increased connectivity, improved health and leaps in scientific understanding. We are proud to be recognised as the leaders in what we do and for the difference we make in the world.

This is an exciting time to come join us!

How we work

We're committed to being the leading provider of high-tech products and services for the world's most important industrial and scientific research communities. Our people are vital to our success. We strive to offer the opportunities that will attract, motivate and retain the very best talent in our sector. This involves creating an inclusive environment and culture, where difference is valued and people are recognized for what they deliver and bring to the team.

Empowering People to Make a Difference

We don't wait for change to happen. We enable it. That's why we aim to create the best working environment and culture for our people to thrive. We share the same goals and value diversity of thought, perspective and experience. With a focus on the ongoing development, engagement and wellbeing of our people, we know we will continue to exceed customer expectations and drive change for the future.

About the Opportunity:

We are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join us as a key member of our highly technical research and development team. As part of the Oxford Instruments Group, X-ray Technology (XT) is a leading global manufacturer of world class high-performance X-ray sources. Our customers - Industry leaders in X-ray system applications - greatly value the quality, performance, and cost-effective solutions that we provide.

Oxford XT products address applications in analysis, spectroscopy, gauging, and imaging. Our portfolios can be adapted to the individual requirements of our customers. They contribute worldwide to new insights and solutions in many areas of science, research, and development. This position is based full-time on site at the X-Ray Technology office in Scotts, Valley, CA.

The focus of this job centers around producing timely results that are high quality and accurate. Benefiting from an analytical, inquiring and critical mind, this job requires imagination and strong problem solving skills, but with a strong technical orientation. The job requires an ability to deal with abstract concepts, systems and ideas and all of that in an organized and self-disciplined way.

It also requires that serious consideration be given to all possibly related facts and potential problems. This job demands deep knowledge and expertise and to do it successfully depends on understanding detailed information. Intellectual confidence is important in this job and to do it well requires close, hands-on involvement, careful follow-up and very disciplined, and limited, delegation. This job is technically demanding and 'strictly business', with little need for influential 'people interactions'.

Central to this job is the need to weigh all decisions carefully and thoroughly, based on expertise in order to avoid unpredictable risk. Getting the job done and getting it done right are the two, equal, drivers for this job, and that may create conflict.

Key Responsibilities:

* Collaborate in our dynamic and flexible Oxford X-ray Technology R&D team

* Solve complex problems, design, develop, and implement analog-digital circuits and systems for the control and processing of our sealed glass X-ray tubes

* Design solutions for high voltage applications associated with X-ray generation

* Implement and optimize interface solutions for hardware and software controls and automation

* Development of firmware for microprocessor and/or FPGA control

* Support of entire life cycle: from ideation to…