Lead Electronics Engineer

Primarily responsible for leading, designing and delivering power solution projects, this role involves the provision of design, documentation and technical reports.

The role is also responsible for the mentoring of junior / senior engineers as well as assisting the Head of Engineering in leading & developing new business opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications to establish feasibility and possible conceptual solutions.
• Identify and develop new technologies to improve products.
• Determine optimal power converter topologies and product overall electrical design.
• Develop, review and approve the electrical sections of proposals, including time/cost estimation of tasks and hardware.
• Own compliance matrix responses relating to electrical and electromagnetic compatibility in the final product.
• Develop and maintain mathematical models and simulations of electrical power converters.
• Create, review and approve electrical design schematics and PCB layouts (using Altium Designer).
• Develop test plans and procedures for design assurance testing and qualification testing.
• Support and lead electrical testing during development process and review and interpret results.
• Lead investigations relating to power product failures.
• Involvement in safety analysis tasks such as FMEA and FMECA.

Core Requirements

• Relevant power converter and / or power management design experience.
• Good knowledge of multiple topologies and understanding of selection criteria.
• Schematic Capture Experience.
• Demonstrable understanding of at least two of the following:
• DC/DC Converters
• AC/DC Supplies
• AC/AC Converters
• DC/AC Inverters
• 3 phase Motor Control Inverters
• Production level Military, Automotive or Aerospace PCB design experience (Altium Designer experience preferred).
• Understanding of EMC Best Practice.
• Awareness of Power Quality Standards such as MIL-STD-704F, DO-160G and BS 3G100.
• Awareness of Environmental Qualification Standards such as MIL-STD-810G.
• Understanding of production processes used in power electronics.
• Have previous experience of working in an engineering business.
• Have previous experience in designing power and control products detailed in the knowledge section.
• Awareness of concept development and requirements capture.
• Experience of technical document preparation including hardware description documents, test strategies and procedures.

What We Offer You:

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Site incentive plan
• Financial wellbeing benefit
• Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted RAC membership
• Discounted Gym membership
• 5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays

Candidates will be required to achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard Clearance.

We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the Wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.

Solving Technology Challenges for a Sustainable World

We want the very best people in our TT family across the globe - so we welcome applications from everyone, to celebrate a diverse mix of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and you can rest assured that TT Electronics takes positive steps to ensure we are an inclusive business, that will welcome and support you, from your initial application to wherever your career takes you!

Please get in touch if you'd like to discuss any reasonable adjustments to your application, in order that we can accommodate and support you in the process.