The Company

Be a part of one of the UK’s most innovative companies and one of the UK’s largest privately owned electronics manufacturers.

Our client is a leading technology solutions provider offering a comprehensive range of vertically integrated design and manufacturing solutions tailored to meet their client’s highly diversified business requirements. We recognise the market need to be flexible and responsive to meet the demands of a constantly changing landscape, focusing on low to medium volume high mix product profiles with localised support.

Our client is searching for a PCB Design Team Leader who will be responsible for running of the PCB Design team and the development of PCB designs for both new and existing products for a variety of major OEMs.

The Role

Reporting into the Engineering Manager you would lead the PCB Design Team producing PCB designs for electronic products for a variety of major OEMs in market sectors including Automotive, Clean Energy, Communication & Broadcasting, Consumer, Defence & Aerospace, Homeland Security, IP Development Platforms, Medical, Scientific Research & Space. With this spread of market sectors, you can see that the scope of projects will be vast, challenging and interesting.

Working with a multi-disciplined engineering team consisting of Mechanical, Electronic, PCB and Software Engineers you will be involved in every aspect of the product lifecycle from initial contact with the customer through quotation, conception and design to manufacture.

The work is rewarding and diverse enabling you to use the full scope of your electronic engineering skills and experience.

About You

You will be an experienced hands-on PCB Design Engineer who has designed products for manufacture, accustomed to working to deadlines and able to communicate with customers in an eloquent and professional manner. You will be self-managing and highly motivated with a methodical, analytical approach and a willingness to work to existing design ethics and style.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Layout planning and progression

• Layout quotations & negotiation

• Layout team workload coordination and planning

• CID or CID+ Certified

• Customer contact & technical consultation

• Contract negotiation and management

• Liaison with CAD Vendors and IT Interaction

• Layout contractor management and overseeing

• Contractor resource identification and engagement

• Develop PCB designs supporting both new and maintaining current products

• Creating complete design packages, to include all PCB design data

• Read, understand, and interpret engineering drawings & electronic circuit symbols

• Create single image and panelised designs reflecting in-house manufacturing rules

• Review and check design data to ensure production standards are maintained

• Working confidently and liaising with PCB and project design team members

• Provide efficient placement and routing analysis for design consideration

• Be able to work to deadlines and produce work of high quality

• Degree level qualified with an electronics engineering discipline or equivalent

• Experience of designing with high-speed digital design, analogue or complex circuits, including fine pitch components (BGA) and high pin count devices

• Experience of working within an engineering design environment

• Ability to work to predefined timescales and deadlines

• Understanding electronic design documentation (schematic and layout definitions)

• Familiarity of PCB fabrication and assembly processes

• Understanding of Design for Manufacture / Test (DFM, DFT)

• PC literate and familiar with Microsoft office

Proven experience of at least one of the following

• Altium Designer

• Cadence Orcad/Allegro

• Siemens PADS

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of Product Data Management (PDM) systems

• Experience of electronic circuits and components

• PCB routing for impedance control, power planes and signal integrity

• Experience of Signal Integrity Analysis

• Experience of Power Integrity Analysis

• Experience of Conductive Thermal Analysis

• Experience of EMC requirements for PCB design

• Knowledge of UL, FCC, and CE certification

• Knowledge and ability to work to IPC & ECSS standards

• Keeping up to date with design tools and methods

• Focussed and self-motivated

• The ability to understand, review, and develop processes to enhance and support PCB design role

• Motivated

• Organised

• Problem Solver

• Excellent communication skills

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

• Hybrid / remote working

• Company pension

• Free parking

• BUPA healthcare (after successful completion of probation period)

• Life Insurance

Location

This role is a is of a hybrid construction with the occasional requirement to travel either to our Luton HQ or to a clients’ site.