Principal Electrical & Electronic Engineer

Unleash the Power of Multi-Mission Excellence: Safeguarding the Seas for the World’s Navies. Step into a world where cutting-edge technology meets unparalleled expertise. Ultra Maritime pioneers delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower the naval forces worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of capabilities, our innovations are utilised on naval fleets across our allied navies around the globe. As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we tirelessly push the boundaries to develop advanced specialist systems that provide our ‘five-eyes’ Defence customers with an unbeatable warfighting edge. From surface vessels to sub-surface operations and unmanned platforms, we are revolutionizing the way naval missions are executed. We thrive on collaboration and partnering with our customers to ensure mission success. Our expert solutions encompass an array of game-changing technologies, including state-of-the-art sonar, radar, expendables, signature management, and naval power systems.

Flexible Working

At Ultra Maritime, we understand that your personal life is just as important as your professional one. That’s why we support and promote flexible working arrangements where possible. Whether you prefer a hybrid model, working remotely, or the structure of being on-site, we will support you as best as we can. Embrace the freedom to shape your work hours according to your needs, whether it’s part-time, compressed hours, or a unique arrangement that suits your lifestyle. Loudwater, Greenford, and Weymouth exclusively offer a 9-day fortnight working pattern, offering extended weekends every other week, granting you more time to pursue your passions. And that’s not all – we provide flexible start and finish times, as well as Time off in Lieu (TOIL) for up to 1 day per calendar month which tie in with our Values of Integrity, Transparency and Alignment. We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities as a Principal Electronics Engineer:

• Interpretation of system requirements and ability to decompose and flow them down into hardware requirements;
• Conduct Electronics and/or Firmware development activities and reviews, covering full system, sub-system and individual board design/coding;
• Ensure that the technical solution meets the customer, legislative and business requirements;
• Responsible for some level of technical oversight of the engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle;
• Responsible for supporting the team planning and estimation activities at the kick-off of new projects;
• Act as Project Engineering Lead (PEL) and/or Work Package Manager (WPM) on one or more projects;
• To identify and resolve qualification, certification and safety issues;
• Produce project technical documentation, including: Management Plans, Requirements Specifications, Design Documents, Interface Specifications and Acceptance Tests, Approval of design change requests and concessions;
• Coaching and mentoring of more junior Engineers;
• Liaising with customers and suppliers as appropriate;
• Overseeing initial test and integration including formal testing;

Role Requirements:

• In-depth experience across the whole project lifecycle as electronics/firmware engineer, from bids and proposals through to in-service support (ideally from within the defence sector).
• Hands-on experience of designing complex systems involving multiple electronics disciplines and understanding of associated challenges / usual pitfalls.
• Successful delivery of reliable solutions to timescale and budget as part of fixed price contracts.
• Used to dealing with a wide range of stakeholders beyond Electronics Engineering domain (i.e. Project Management, Systems, Mechanical and Software Engineering) as part of multi-disciplinary project team to resolve issues that arise during the lifespan of a project.
• Degree level (or equivalent) in engineering discipline
• Breadth of exposure to the following:
• Analog and digital technologies,
• Design for EMC, Electrical Safety & Signal Integrity including schematic and PCB layout,
• Exposure to appropriate branch of electronics (e.g. power/high speed digital/analogue/RF/Sonar);
• Familiarity with one or more PMRP and ECAD tools;
• Design for manufacture, understanding of full project life cycle.
• Prototyping, test and verification of electronic subsystems at PCB, unit and sub-system level.
• Component selection and an understanding of associated issues to include obsolescence and environmental aspects (REACH, RoHS etc.)
• Use of standard office tools and knowledge of engineering tools such as DOORS, ERPs and Configuration Management tools.
• The Candidate must be capable of acquiring SC clearance as a minimum.

Desirable Experience

• Design for Low Noise, Low Power Analogue Receiver front ends utilising JFETs and Low noise differential Amplifiers,
• MicroSemi/Intel FPGA Design experience
• 24 Bit ADC Design
• Filter Design
• VME/VPX Design Experience
• Power Amplifier design SIC FET technology up to 1500V DC
• Power Supply Design Mains Supply and DC-DC converters
• Cadstar ECAD experience

Benefits on offer:

• Optional 9 day fortnight
• TOIL
• Flexible working hours
• 1pm finish on a Friday
• Annual bonus
• Hybrid working for certain job roles.
• Casual dress
• 25 days holiday
• Christmas shut down.
• Option to buy or sell holiday.
• Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
• Reward hub – discounts at over 200 online stores
• 4 x annual salary life cover
• Pension starting at 5% Employer / 4% Employee. You can select your employee contribution level from 4% to 70% (providing this sacrifice does not cause your salary to drop below the National Minimum Wage/ National Living Wage).

Relocation Support

Attracting high-level talent and people that can add value and expertise, is vital to our success. Attracting and retaining brilliant people is imperative so that’s why we search across the UK for talent. We offer financial support to candidates that are considering relocating; this is considered on a case-by-case basis per role and subject to HMRC guidelines.

Nationality Requirements

Candidates must be eligible to obtain the relevant security clearance required for the role, due to the nature of the programmes we deliver for our customers.

Diverse & Inclusive Employer

Ultra Maritime is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity, inclusion, equity and equality. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be your best and authentic self. We promote a workplace that welcomes people from all backgrounds and cultures; believing that this will increase our diversity of thinking, and ultimately ensure we continue delivering on our commitments to our customers. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status and welcome applications from all candidates.

Company: Ultra Maritime

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