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Principal Electronic Engineer

Milton Keynes
2 weeks ago
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YT Technologies are on the lookout for a principal electronics engineer for a client in the defence and aerospace industry based in Milton Keynes.
This role is a principal level position looking for someone from a similar position or looking for their next step. Primarily the role will involve the design and development of embedded electronics for aerospace products, schematic design and PCB layout of low voltage embedded circuits, taking a design from requirements capture through to manufacture and test hands on experience will be needed. SC Clearance is essential.
The company are going through growth within their avionics and electronic team and therefore need someone to come in with strong hands on skills but happy to mentor junior employees and oversee small teams.
Essential Skills;

  • Full electronic engineering life cycle experience
  • To develop requirements and specifications for electronic and embedded firmware systems.
  • Requirements capture and review.
  • Circuit design and schematic capture.
  • Multi-layer PCB layout design.
  • Good understanding and experience of using OrCAD or equivalent package for schematic capture and PCB layouts
    If you're interested, and you match the criteria above, please apply with your most recent CV and I will be in touch to discuss further

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