Are you looking for the opportunity to work with industry leading experts within the power electronic field, working for one of the UK’s leading Power Electronic design and manufacturers that has won awards for its innovation.

Ford & Stanley – The Rail Recruitment Experts are recruiting a Principal Power Electronic Engineer, who has a speciality for power electronic convertors for our prestigious client based in the north east of the country.

The Opportunity

Our client is an award winning Power Electronic Design and manufacture that services a variety of industry critical to the UK’S economy, including Rail, Energy and the Defence sector. Our client that is praised for its innovative solutions to challenging requirements that other companies have failed on. The company offers a diverse range of products, that include power conversion equipment, high speed motors, Hermetic motors and power delivery systems. The company exports 85% of all of its products worldwide, highlighting its product quality and its reputation worldwide.

Location (s): The position is based specifically from the Gateshead site.

Role and Responsibilities:

• To provide a professional technical interface between the company and the customer.
• To deliver a product technically compliant to the requirements of the customer within the prescribed lead time and meet the financial requirements defined by the companies tendered budget
• To define and produce the system functional description for the design to disseminate the requirements to the rest of the technical team and to ensure customer acceptance of the design is achieved at the earliest opportunity
• To schedule and chair design reviews of all project sub systems to ensure compliance with the technical requirements, product safety, risk (programme and technical),cost and manufacturability.
• To provide advice on all aspects of design and engineering to other senior managers and staff to ensure effective decision making.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be an experienced power electronic engineer looking to take the next step and become a principal engineer, possessing excellent communication and presentation skills both written and oral. You will be expected to communication with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will also be able to determine a strategic technical direction and be able to guide their team into fulfilling agreed objectives.

This is a great opportunity to work for a thriving business, that is a leader in their sector, that offers attractive pay and exceptional benefits. The company will offer the chance for the successful candidate to work on a variety of projects and is looking to make a name for themselves within a smaller company.

The company is happy to hire exceptional candidates from across the globe, providing they are fluent in English and meet all expected criteria listed below.

Essentials

• Degree qualified (BEng 2:2 or higher) in Electronic Engineering
• At least 5 years design and test experience of Power Electronic Converters (AC:AC, DC:DC, DC:AC) and/or Motor Drives
• Demonstrable experience in using simulation tools including Matlab/Simulink.
• Knowledge of Power Electronics Design, Analogue and Systems Engineering, Digital Electronics, System Simulation, Embedded Systems and Control Engineering. Knowledge of EMC standards and mitigation through design.

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in Electronic Engineering (M.Eng or PhD), Member of IET, Chartered Engineer
• Experience of Rail, Energy, Defence and/or Industrial Power Products. Support for preparation of technical bids.
• Knowledge of microprocessor control, software development, thermal design and specification of electromagnetic assemblies.
• Proven managerial and leadership skills i.e. experienced in managing day to day running of a team of 3-6 multi-disciplined engineers.

Closing Date: 23/10/2017