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We are seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer to join our client's collaborative R&D team based at their brand-new R&D facility in rural Cambridgeshire close to Royston. This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving company who have created a well-recognised brand synonymous with quality.

The Company

Our client is a well-established technical manufacturing company that designs & manufactures PID Sensors, Gas Detection instruments and leak detectors for a range of industries and applications. They have grown steadily and consistently since they started over 30 years ago and offer a superb place to work, thrive and be part of something truly exciting. Having recently won the Queen's Award for Enterprise within the innovation category, the company values are at the core of everything they do so with each recruit as they grow, they are seeking like-minded people to help build on the success which they already enjoy.

The Role

As a senior member of the team, you will apply your talent for electronic design to develop and implement world-leading gas sensors and gas detection instruments that are used in Hazardous Locations (certified to ATEX and SIL)

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, responsibilities will include:

* Architect and system level design of portable and fixed industrial gas detector hardware

* Lifecycle development of New Products using STM32 microcontroller platform

* ON time completion of product developments to high standard and satisfying requirements

* Maintenance of existing designs to meet new requirement and fix bugs or obsolescence

* To develop common hardware modules that can be used for multiple products to decrease development

* Identify emerging technologies and solutions that are relevant to the industry

* Integration of hardware and firmware

* Hardware troubleshooting, fault finding and problem solving

* To facilitate technology decision making throughout the team

* Adopt the engineering quality process in accordance with ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISP45001

* Reporting to management and other stakeholders

The Requirements

For this role, we are seeking a talented digital electronics professional who ideally will be qualified with a degree in a relevant subject and has a wealth of relevant hands-on experience. Experience with ATEX design and certification, in addition to some knowledge of integrating sensors, would be highly advantageous. Other requirements are:

* Hardware Design with microcontrollers including STM32, TI MSP430, Microchip AT SAM3A

* PCB Design packages – Proteus Design Suite preferred

* Hands-on prototyping of surface mount components

* Digital design experience

* Analogue design experience such as transimpedance amplifiers, voltage regulation and signal conditioning

* The ability to read schematics and mechanical drawings

* Working with PCBs and microcontroller programmers

* Use of standard electronics tools including surface mount soldering, multimeters and oscilloscopes

* Understanding of mechanical and software components

* Ideally, knowledge of scientific principles relating to Gas Chemistry and relevant to VOC gas sensing and detection

* Proven experience of developing products for test and production environment (DFT/DFM)

* Familiar with C,C++ for embedded development

* Familiar with FreeRTOS

Details

This role is offered on a full-time, permanent basis and the working hours are 37.5 hours a week as follows: Monday – Thursday 08:30 – 17:00 and Friday 08:30 – 15:45 (with 45 min unpaid lunch). The salary is negotiable, depending on experience and comes with some excellent benefits, as well as the opportunity to progress and grow within the business.

How to Apply

Please apply to Gemma Turp through our website or CV Library

We aim to respond with specific feedback to every applicant via email within 14 days. However, as we are a small two-person independent agency, if we are extremely busy this may take longer. If you would like feedback sooner, then feel free to contact us via email and we will come back to you ASAP.

About Horizon

Horizon Search and Selection Ltd is owned and run by Gemma and Kate from our private offices in Bury St Edmunds. We’ve been in business for 14 years but have a combined 30(ish!) years’ recruitment experience between us. We’re friendly recruitment folks and love what we do. Here, we are acting as an employment agency on behalf of our client, the employer. We act as the ‘introducers’, so if you are successful, you will be directly employed by our client. We never share your details with anyone (including our client) without your consent. Any questions? Get in touch!

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