Sustaining Hardware Engineer

TL;DR

Sustaining Hardware Engineer (Embedded): Manage component obsolescence, provide customer support, and develop re-spins of legacy products using latest market components to extend product lifecycle with an accent on re-designs, schematic/PCB creation, and verification testing. Focus on identifying requirements, conducting design reviews, reporting technical issues, and ensuring analysis and development activities are performed.

Location: Onsite at Colchester Office, UK. Subject to BPSS security clearance.

Company

Provider of high-performance embedded computing solutions for defence, telecoms, and aerospace industries with four decades of experience.

What you will do

• Handle component obsolescence, customer support, and re-spins of legacy products.
• Perform re-designs from requirements identification to final verification testing.
• Create schematics and PCB designs meeting original requirements.
• Report technical issues and progress.
• Prepare and submit technical work for obsolescence management review.
• Conduct design reviews including schematics and PCB layouts.

Requirements

• 3+ years electronics engineering experience.
• High speed digital circuit design.
• Debugging skills.
• Ability to meet BPSS level pre-employment screening for security clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience with PC motherboard architecture (microprocessors 64bit, PCI Express, Ethernet, DDR4 Memory).
• Programmable logic devices or FPGA.
• Embedded software appreciation.
• Experience with Intel or ARM chipsets.
• MEng/MSc/BEng in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or equivalent.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days holidays + bank holidays and holiday purchase scheme.
• Annual profit share bonus.
• Cycle to work, home & tech, and car salary sacrifice schemes.
• Death in service benefit, income protection, employee assistance programme, and virtual GP.
• Employee referral scheme and one paid volunteering day per year.
• Enhanced parental leave, generous pension with up to 10% employer contribution, private health insurance through Bupa, and YuLife wellbeing app.