Design Engineer

12 Months

Edinburgh

60ph Outside IR35

We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join the Radar Test Equipment delivery team. In this role, you will develop hardware-based equipment that will perform various testing, from design verification through acceptance to repair on our range of Radar products.

You will be working within a multi-disciplined delivery team with responsibility across the full Engineering Lifecycle from requirements capture to final delivery. This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a highly skilled team at a time of significant growth within the Radar sector. Initially this role will involve delivery of equipment to support Antenna test, however future work will most likely involve the other key elements of the Radar system.

Typical responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Design and development across the full lifecycle from requirements analysis; through conceptual, preliminary and detailed design, procurement and manufacturing support; to integrating the hardware with the hosted software and firmware; and lastly to acceptance test and delivery to the customer.

As a design engineer, you will be responsible for creating high quality and robust data packs; for fully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management and providing plans and reports on progress to your line manager.

Completing tasks in accordance with appropriate processes and procedures.

Taking an active role in engineering process improvement.

You will work closely with Software and Firmware engineers to solve real integration problems at system level.

Dependent on experience, you may also:

Provide technical direction for the design, as well as guidance to the wider Test Equipment team.

Be responsible for project deliverables.

Mentor, coach and teach other engineers within the team.

Review engineering estimates of tasks incorporating advice on how to reduce cost and timescale, increase compliance and reduce technical risk to inform bids and estimates to complete.

Lead the technical direction and provide the oversight needed for the engineering team to achieve technically compliant work packages.

Act as the domain expert in support of customer and user engagement understanding their requirements in the context of the solution.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.