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Electronic Design Engineer

Electronic Design Engineer

  • Location

    Manchester

  • Sector:

    Mechanical & Electrical Design

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    40000-60000 Per Annum

  • Contact:

    Alex Taylor

  • Contact email:

    ataylor@lerecruitment.com

  • Contact phone:

    01619763540

  • Job ref:

    955420

  • Published:

    almost 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-06-05

Position: Electronic Design Engineer

Location: Manchester

Salary: £40-60,000

We are a lead manufacturer of rapid, battery stored electric vehicle charging solutions.

We are in the process of building our own:

· Electric vehicle charging stations (both hardware and software)

· Home & business energy management systems (both hardware and software)

· Website and various other back-office systems (software)

We are looking for a Power Electronics Design Engineer (minimum 5 years’ experience) who has a proven track record of delivering both electrical and mechanical solutions as part of a design team.

Core Duties

· Design and develop products for power electronic systems, including but not limited to power modules, charging systems, communication systems, cables, connectors, and power electronics.

· Prepare guidelines and procedures to develop company products as per specifications and schedules using safest and cost-effective processes

· Use of CAD to develop mechanical enclosures, framework, and panel work to house the electrical and electronic components

· Review and approve electro-mechanical engineering designs before manufacture to ensure design review conformance and repetitive errors elimination

· Research and evaluate data for customer design proposals, parameters, and manuals to identify design and application feasibility

· Develop and maintain relations with other departments for optimum product development focusing on product standardisation

· Direct and coordinate design activities to ensure systems and products comply with electro-mechanical engineering standards and customer specifications

· Provide technical assistance to clients and company’s representatives

· Develop preliminary, final as well as working layouts related to electro-mechanical engineering.

· Estimate engineering time and complete dimensional studies of projects

· Perform calculations, qualify, analyse, and test units

· Evaluate, interpret, and execute commercial and customer specifications for materials, processes, and finishes

· Interact with customers, vendors and other outside representatives on specific matters related with product design.

Skills/Qualifications:

· Competent user of Microsoft Office

· Competent in translating customer requirements into design technical documents

· CAD experience preferably with Solidworks

· An appreciation of the interaction between hardware and software required for defining hardware requirements.

· Technical background is essential, preferably holding a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) qualification or equivalent recognised apprenticeship
Character and personal qualities:
· Discipline & reliability – someone who can be trusted to work largely unsupervised

· Clear and confident communicator – able to interact effectively with a distributed team of technical experts

· Passion for delivering technical solutions

· Someone who has a desire to develop their own technical skills both in and out of work

· Has the ability to; listen, coach, make decisions, can manage their own time, Be able to challenge technical specialists