Animal Dynamics

As a Senior Electronics Engineer you will participate in the full electronics lifecycle, from system architecture design to system delivery. A key part of the role is designing bespoke electronics and interface boards for COTS items. You will be working on complex issues with minimal supervision. You will have a proactive working style with the ability to identify solutions and build effective working relationships across the business. You may be given responsibility for a discrete part of a project or be working on multiple projects simultaneously, managing priorities and deliverables. 

  

Responsibilities: 

• Participating in the full life cycle of electronics design from informing requirement capture to acceptance testing of PCB boards.  
• Participating in design peer reviews. 

• Integrating COTS components with bespoke electronics designed in-house. 
• Creating and updating documentation for new and legacy products. 
• Planning and estimating tasks for project planning requirements. 
• Ensuring industry standards and best practice are incorporated into your work and promoted in the team.  
• Ensuring that processes are followed in designs and reviews. 

• Conducting research and producing evidence for proposed solutions. 
• Working from requirements to identify solutions. 

• Identify areas of inefficiency in current processes and suggest improvements to a wider technical and non-technical audience.  

• Create roadmaps for your individual work and manage expectations of customers both inside and outside of your immediate team.  

 

What we think you need to succeed: 

• Relevant degree, such as Avionics or Electronic Engineering, or significant technical experience in aerospace avionics/electronic systems. 
• Significant hands-on, industry experience in electronics design. 

• Significant and proven experience designing and using communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, CANbus etc. 
• Experience integrating COTS electronics i.e., by designing schematics and PCBs. 
• Proven expertise identifying and troubleshooting technical problems and quality issues at component level. 
• Ability to take initiative, work in a self-driven manner, and make clear and unambiguous decisions. 

 

Bonus points will be awarded for: 

• Experience using task tracking tools like Jira, Mantis, MS TFS, or Bugzilla. 
• Experience with version control applications like Subversion, GIT or mercurial. 
• Previous experience with Altium products. 
• Proficiency with PLM software such as Keytech. 

• Proficiency with ALM software such as Codebeamer. 
• Software development in C/C++. 
• Exposure to use scripts to automate repetitive tasks. 
• Able to conduct low level, speculative research or follow structured development processes as required. 
• Exposure to developing under standards like DO178, DO254, DO160, MISRA will be a plus. 

• Working with UAVs. 
• EMC testing. 

Like the rest of the Animal Dynamics team, you’ll benefit from:  

• Competitive salary in the region of £46,500 - £55,500 pa, dependent on experience
  

• Flexible working
• Pension scheme (5% matched)
• Career Development Framework to support your professional development
• EMI share options scheme
• Private Medical Insurance (Vitality)

• Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance
• Group income protection

 

Note to all applicants.  

Due to the security classification of the work we do, we will undertake a routine Baseline Personnel Security Standard check on the successful applicant. This is a standard process which includes references and career history checks. 

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