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Job Title: Electronics Development Engineer
Location: Derby (Derbyshire, East Midlands)
Salary: £50,000 - £80,000 per annum
Great Benefits Package – See Below
 
Company Overview & Job Title:
An award-winning & successful engineering company based in Derby (Derbyshire, East Midlands) that produces top-class products and high-quality technology for industries such as Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Manufacturing, and many more is now seeking to hire a brand-new Electronics Development Engineer to join the team and business. This a genuine exciting opportunity because the Electronics Development Engineer will have a route to grow into a Team lead for career progression.
 
Salary on offer and working onsite and hybrid:
The salary on offer for the successful Electronics Development Engineer is £50,000 - £80,000 per annum. For the first 6 months of onboarding, the role will be in full time in the office 5 days a week then after will be hybrid working of 3 days onsite and 2 days WFH.
 
The role:
This is an exciting role because the ideal Electronics Development Engineer will have a strong background in electronics for complex systems. The Electronics Development Engineering role will embrace designing, developing, testing, and maintaining electronics architecture for company’s high-quality products. This role will have a collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, advanced solutions.
 
Electronics Development Engineer Key Skills:

3-5+ minimum industry experience
Electronics Circuit Design (analogue & digital)
PCB Design & Schematic Capture
Exposure or knowledge of Altium - not essential, but good to have
Embedded Software programming in C
Experience of VHDL for FPGA designs
Experience of FPGA development tools
Experience with electronics simulation tools
Enthusiastic, motivated, good problem-solving skills
Good team player with good communication skillsBenefits Package:

Normal holiday entitlement is 26 days plus bank holidays a year: including office closure days over the Christmas period.
Pension in the current scheme equates to an 8% contribution (3% from the employer and 5% from the employee).
Discretionary bonus scheme – 5% of salary. 
Following the probationary period, we provide:

Income Protection – this will provide 75% of your salary (after a 13-week deferred period) should you ever have a long-term illness.
Life Assurance – a lump sum of 4 x your salary.
Normal hours of work will equate to 37.5 hours per week. The Company operates flexitime with core hours between 9.00 am and 3.45 pm (3.00 pm on Fridays). 
If you are interested in the above exciting Electronics Development Engineering position and think you have the skills required to join the successful company and to be working on new exciting technologies, please don’t hesitate to apply and contact Frank Kanjanda on (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for more information

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