Do you have a passion for innovation and a drive to create exceptional solutions? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! We are currently seeking a Senior Product Design Engineer to become an integral part of our dynamic team in Swindon.
Who We Are and What We Do
We create, licence, manufacture, sell and provide services for technologies which:
* Control and monitor high voltages and power (11 kV to 400 kV and up to 1000 MVA); and
* Are fitted in electricity substations, on overhead power lines, and in control centres.
We call this Total Voltage Control.
We have a can-do attitude which comes into play in our sense of purpose in solving our customers' difficult problems. We are looking for people who will 'embrace the adventure' of our constantly adapting business as we respond to our changing market and sector. Our team approach and wearing the (metaphorical) shirt has an enormous part to play to achieve this and helps to successfully build great relationships with customers.
The health and wellbeing of our people and planet is very important to us. We support a healthy lifestyle, breaks and interpersonal interactions during the working day and not working during weekends and holidays.
For the health of the planet, we have committed to being a Net Zero company by 2030.
This role is based 4 days a week in our offices in Swindon . This supports our mental wellbeing, creates stronger teams and helps us to share knowledge and experience and have fun and be happy.
Salary will be dependent on experience and the role.
Purpose of the role:
Filling the gaps and crossing the boundaries by applying a broad range of engineering knowledge and experience in taking the collection of parts and making it into the whole product for improving the Health and Performance of the Electrical Grid.
As Senior Product Design Engineer you would be spending most of your time:
* Works in and contributes to an Agile team that uses methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum
* Leads collaboration on the definition of use cases and user stories for products or parts of products
* Delivery of hardware and software - designed to requirements and satisfying selected software use cases.
* Breaking deliverable requests into smaller, valuable deliverables. Working iteratively and incrementally to deliver value early and incorporate feedback and learnings.
* Software and prototype hardware manufacture - testing and verification including Type Testing to recognised standards
* Development of embedded software for embedded micro-controllers
* Development of mixed low-frequency analogue and digital circuits for AC voltage measurement, current loop and various serial busses, including schematic capture, PCB layout and prototype testing
* Design and manufacture of test equipment
* Mechanical design of test jigs and product prototypes using e.g. Fusion360
* Mentor junior engineers
* Supporting the technology development team to achieve deadlines and targets
* Taking a proactive, overall solutions driven approach to work, to develop solutions to problems, supporting and flexing with other functions as required to deliver WOW!
* Leading by example; demonstrating and promoting the company values
Senior Product Design Engineer Essential requirements:
* A degree in Product Design, Embedded Systems Design, Electrical or Electronic or Software Engineering or equivalent experience
* Able to read, understand and communic
