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£60.00 per hour Umbrella / £45.36 per hour PAYE

About the role
You will join our Modems and Software Defined Radio group and report to the Engineering Manager of the project, delivering a new product to the UK MOD.

As the project is for UK MOD, you must be eligible for a UK Security Clearance.

The role will be based in Portsmouth, UK. The role has a flexible working pattern and you will be required to be in office 60% of your time.

You will be an experienced PCB Design Engineer with knowledge of designing mixed RF and digital circuits.

In particular, your skills will include:
Mandatory Skills:

• Update of existing and generation of new schematic design and circuit board layout design for both digital and RF circuit boards in Mentor Graphics.
• Applicants should have a broad range of experience with mixed-signal electronics design (RF/analogue up to 2 GHz and digital up to 3 Gbps)
• Design of circuits to meet harsh environmental and EMC standards
• Testing and diagnosis of the resulting circuit boards in the final installation

Beneficial Skills:
• Experience in designing to meet CE/UKCA, DO-160 and Mil-Std 810 environmental standards
• A background knowledge in the use of system test hardware, for both RF and baseband diagnosis
• A background knowledge/interest of satellite communication systems/industry or Modem technology

About you
To be successful in this role you will need to live the organisation’s values, work with passion and determination, able to work to tight deadlines in an environment of continuous improvement. The skills and experience suited to this role:
• HND or Bachelor of Engineering and typically 5+ years of professional experience
• Experience of using high level modelling languages (e.g. SysML, UML)
• Familiarity of using agile methodologies in delivery is desirable
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team