Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Rugby, UK

Company
Rugby Consultants Ltd is an engineering design consultancy based in Rugby offering Electronics & Embedded design and development services to clients in Oil & Gas, PA/GA, Medical & Rail sectors. Due to upcoming new projects in automotive sector, we are now looking for a Senior Electronics Design Engineer with automotive experience to work at our office based in Rugby.

Role
The role is mainly hands-on with project management and planning responsibilities. The role involves full electronics life cycle development and there will be some travelling required for visiting clients. Depending upon the project, there will be some off-site work required and there will be flexibility of working remotely.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Master degree in Electronics.

• 10+ years of relevant experience in electronics hardware design.

• Automotive industry background mandatory.

• Deep expertise in vehicle electrical systems; knowledge of CAN, Automotive Ethernet, FlexRay, LIN, etc.

• Proven experience with integrating automotive sensor systems into vehicles.

• Analysis of performance, calibration, data collection, system integration & testing in the context of vehicles.

• Experienced with capturing requirements and authoring high-level specifications.

• Automotive High Voltage (450V/800V) experience would be an advantage.

• Conduct Electronic Circuit Analysis (Tolerance analysis, worse case analysis and circuit simulation).

• Knowledge of DFM, DFT and ATE test equipment.

• Good knowledge of Automotive standards, design methodologies & working practices.

• Liaising with partners on PCB design, Validation testing and production implementation.

• Familiarity with EMC design techniques and solutions.

• Perform block level and component level design safety and reliability analysis.

• JLR GRADE experience will be an advantage.

• Basic familiarity with software and software engineering.

• Basic understanding of, and interest in, mechanical principles.

• Provide electrical/electronic support for the Hardware Test/Validation.

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Behavioural Attributes

• Communication: ability to communicate on a number of levels including senior management, engineering team, sales and HR departments.

• Leadership: will need to be able to lead a team of electronics engineers.

• Attention to detail: will be responsible for ensuring the hardware is designed with reliability and quality in mind.

• Analytical: will assist in troubleshooting the ongoing technical issues and understanding what the systemic quality related issues are.

• Practical: Will need to work closely with the project, mechanical and software teams, will be required to get their hands dirty.

• Persistent: Ensure a task is driven through completion.

• Flexibility: Prepared to work off-site for short periods of time and willingness to work extended/flexible hours when required.

Salary/Benefits

• Competitive Salary

• Flexi-Time Scheme

• 25 Annual Holidays

• Early finish on Fridays

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