PCB Design Engineer
Job description
- Job grade: Other
- Contract type: Permanent
- Business area: HMGCC - Engineering
- Type of role: Engineering
- Working pattern: Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours
- Number of jobs available: 1
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About the job
Job summary
Can you design and layout printed circuit boards?
Want to use those skills to make bespoke, low volume but high impact products?
You can do exactly that with HMGCC, in a modern engineering environment with state-of-the-art equipment, working on cutting-edge hardware that will help protect national security.
You’ll join a product development team, helping to create unique electronic hardware. You’ll bring your existing knowledge, technical expertise and fresh ideas to develop, improve and maintain hardware solutions.
You will have the freedom to influence the design process from concept through to production, seeing your ideas and work become real world products.
In this role, no two days will be the same. One day you might be laying out a PCB, the next you could be liaising with a manufacturer to discuss processes or researching and innovating the latest in PCB technology.
If you’re curious, motivated and ready to take ownership of real engineering challenges, this is your opportunity.
Job description
Putting your skills to use
Using your diverse range of skills, you will:
- Design and develop electronic PCBs to the highest standards.
- Verify designs by understanding design rules used in ECAD.
- Work with a variety of customers and design engineers.
- Support manufacturers and investigate process improvements.
- Contribute to project planning and meetings.
- Contribute to the assurance of engineering systems and processes.
- Provide mentorship for more junior members of your team.
- Perform best practices by implementing appropriate modern tooling and applications.
- Actively incorporate modern methods of testing.
- Keep up to date with IPC standards.
Person specification
More about you
To apply for this role, you will already have the ability to:
- Design and layout multi-layer PCBs.
- Work through PCB manufacturing processes.
- Build and manage an ECAD part library.
- Manage manufacturing documentation for PCBs.
It would be beneficial if you also have one of the following (although these are not essential):
- Experience of PCB design for RF, EMC and signal integrity.
- Power distribution networks knowledge.
- Configuration control abilities e.g. able to use GIT.
Your personal skills
You will be someone who:
- Displays behaviours that promote a collaborative working environment which supports equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Is enthused by collaborating with other capable engineers, combining your collective knowledge to produce better results.
- Enjoys the challenge of thinking of innovative solutions to hard problems, you are not constrained by convention.
- Can manage your own workload and can adapt to changing demands on your time.
- Puts plans in place to make improvements.
- Works with customers to clearly understand their desired outcomes and expectations.
- Is keen to learn and continually improve both technical and non-technical skills.
- Likes seeing things through to the end. You have the drive and commitment to finish projects to a high standard.
Benefits
What we offer
Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will be doing, here’s what we can offer you:
- A positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
- 8 bank holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
- 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
- Pension. Our government pension scheme is Alpha. It’s a competitive, defined benefits scheme.
- Opportunities for development.
- Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
- Flexible or compressed hours to support you to balance your life with your work.
- Paid parental and adoption leave and neonatal policy.
- Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
- Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
- Free secure parking and allocated parking for car shares.
- Affinity groups – whether you are a person with a disability, part of the LGBTQIA+ community and/or from an ethnic minority background, we provide an inclusive environment, support and a variety of networks for everyone.
- Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
- Bike to work scheme.
- Multi-faith prayer room. This is a quiet contemplation room for staff to use for prayer or reflection.
- 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
- Sports & social society. We have a range of clubs and societies and offer regular subsidised theatre tickets and on-site activities.
- On site café and restaurant.
- On site nursery (subject to availability).
- Change of employment loan*.
About HMGCC
We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.
We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.
We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.
To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.
Equal Opportunities
Inclusion and diversity really matter to us. It’s not just about numbers or visible differences.
HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.
We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.
To find out more about our culture and inclusion and diversity, please visit our website.
We are proud to offer applicants who declare a disability or long-term health condition the opportunity to apply through the Offer of Interview Scheme. We aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that best meet the minimum essential criteria for this position are offered an interview where practicable.
We offer reasonable reimbursement of travel costs for candidates attending in person interviews or assessments during the recruitment and vetting process. Full details will be provided with your interview or assessment invitation. Reimbursement is discretionary and will only be made in line with the Candidate Expenses Policy, as amended from time to time. Candidates must book their own travel, using the most economical option, and provide original hardcopy receipts for reimbursement.
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Our recruitment team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.
Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.
*We offer an interest free loan of up to £2,500, which is to be repaid in equal instalments over a period of 24 months, to support any costs incurred due to your change of employment.
It is the organisation's policy not to provide feedback at any stage of the recruitment process. This may be contrary to this message.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Recruitment
- Email : Opportunities@hiringteam.org.uk
- Telephone : 0800 138 8221 (Our lines are open Monday to Friday from 9am until 4pm)
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- Email : Opportunities@hiringteam.org.uk
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