Electronics Team Lead

Overview

Lead Electronics Engineer. We are looking for an experienced Electronics Engineer to lead the electronics development for a key programme in Leonardo's Advanced Targeting Sector. Advanced Targeting is an area with significant growth opportunities due to a strong pipeline of work, and this position primarily focuses on a vacancy on the team developing a cutting edge laser product. You will be working within a multi-disciplined delivery team with responsibility across the full Engineering Lifecycle, from requirements capture to final delivery.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a highly skilled team at a time of significant growth.

• Lead a team of around ten electronics engineers developing the laser beam-director electronic hardware.
• Develop new electronics through the full design lifecycle; from requirements analysis, concept development through design, build and test; to system integration; and finally to acceptance test and delivery to the customer.
• Work closely with Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Systems and Safety engineering leads to solve integration problems on test systems.
• Collaborate with engineers from partner organisations within the laser consortium and user community.
• Take ownership of all electronics work packages, planning the team’s work, supervising engineers in completion of tasks, and reporting to all stakeholders.
• Create high quality and robust electronics designs; fully document and record work products; keep them under configuration management and provide plans and reports on progress.
• Ensure electronics development progresses in accordance with applicable Leonardo processes and procedures.
• Provide support to ongoing off-site system trials, as required.

• Degree qualified in Electronics Engineering.
• Expert-level proficiency in at least one aspect of electronics design, for example: analogue, mixed-signal, digital or power electronics.
• Extensive experience of team leadership and work package management.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to coach less experienced members of the team.
• Capable of adapting to different contexts and situations.
• Proven ability to develop electronics within a development process framework.
• Able to demonstrate experience in most areas of the design lifecycle from requirements definition through to implementation, integration test and delivery.
• Desirable additional experience:
  Electro-Optics, Lasers, Camera Imaging Systems, Servo Control Systems, Power Electronics, Safety Involved Hardware.
• Extensive experience developing electronics system architectures.
• Experience with Siemens Xpedition, or similar ECAD toolsets.
• Strong understanding of the principles of design for EMC.
• Well-rounded engineering experience in all phases of the Product Life Cycle across several projects.
• Experience of customer/supplier relations and working within multi-discipline project teams.
• Security Clearance

Note: You must be eligible for full security clearance.

• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  GB - Edinburgh (2 days per week)
• Contract Type: Contract Inside IR35
• Hybrid Working: Yes