A chance to join a successful high-tech, manufacturing business working within the sensors and instrumentation industry. We are now looking for an experienced Electronics Engineer to oversee Root Cause Analysis & Test Development within the Quality department.

 

Reporting to the Quality Manager, you’ll be responsible for providing technical leadership to the service centre, technical support for in-house test, as well as design & development of new products and processes. This position is all about improving customer satisfaction by providing Failure Analysis Reports on customer returns.

 

• Work with the Service team to determine direct cause of failure on customer returns

• Produce Failure Analysis Reports for customers, using 8D to determine root cause

• Support the development of relevant metrics to monitor field failure / delivered quality

• Provide analysis of field failure data

• Investigate and address the causes of production down-time due to test failure, In-House and at subcontractors

• Lead cross-functional efforts to identify and address root causes of recurring issues

• Support New Product Development through participation in design reviews with focus on Design for Test, Reliability and Serviceability

• Support new product / process validation

• Provide technical support to IQC (Incoming Quality Control), Production Test and contract electronics manufacturers

• Maintain, repair and improve existing test fixtures

• Design and develop new test solutions

• Improve existing and develop new process documentation and Work Instructions

• Support customer audits and quality reviews

 

 

• Working knowledge and fault-finding experience of:

• Micro-controller-based systems

• Digital systems (ADC/DAC, FPGA, I2C, SPI, JTAG, RS485)

• Analogue systems (audio / ultrasonic / low noise design)

• Test development experience including Test jig design

• Able to carry out investigations and produce reports

 

• LabVIEW / National Instruments / Arduino

• PCB CAD (Altium experience would be an advantage)

• IPC-610 certified

• SMT rework – fine pitch QFP, micro BGA

• HALT / HASS

• Experience of an effective Continuous Improvement culture

• Structured problem solving using Automotive 8D or A3

• Working knowledge of APQP core tools, especially FMEA

• Knowledge and experience of modern high-volume surface mount electronics manufacturing processes

• Working knowledge of business systems – ERP, PLM, Power BI

 

This position would suit an Electronics Engineer who has a strong customer focus, a self-starter who is motivated and proactive. You’ll need a high level of technical competence coupled with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, be a good communicator & enjoys working in a cross-functional team environment.

 

• Non-contributory pension plan, 9% company contribution

• Life assurance scheme

• Private health care plan

• 24 days holiday per annum, increasing to 25 days after one year’s service, plus all bank and public holidays

• Flexi-time

• Recruitment referral bonus scheme

• Patent reward scheme

• Season ticket loan scheme

• Subsidised gym membership

• Subsidised social events and sports activities

• Cycle to work scheme

• Free breakfast, fresh fruit and snacks throughout the day