Pay rate of up to £33.73 per hour PAYE or up to £45.00 per hour through an Umbrella company.

An experienced Electronics Design Engineer is required to work on a contract assignment for 6-12 months, with the possibility of a further extension supporting our prestigious Defence client based at their site in Stevenage.

Overview of your role and the department you will be assigned to:

The Electronic Engineering function is a friendly and supportive environment. Within the function, you will be working with other engineers who have a collective wealth of experience across a wide range technologies and products and are happy to share their knowledge to support one another, ensuring opportunities for improvement are identified and best practice is upheld.

The experience you bring will be met with enthusiasm and you will be encouraged to share any learning.

Your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

You will be responsible for developing cutting-edge electronic solutions for weapon systems. This will include on board missile sub-systems and Land, Sea and Air based Firing Units.
Your role will entail responsibility for the quality and performance of the electronic solution together with providing cost and schedule updates to a project manager.
You will have a sound track record in electronic design capability throughout the product life cycle, i.e. early concept through to production.
The technical solutions you will implement will range across the Power and Analogue Electronics sphere of expertise and will be at both sub-system and board level.
This role will require you to liaise with other domains, e.g. Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Environmental, EMC etc. to ensure your designs perform in all respects to the requirements placed upon you. In so doing you will be key to delivering world class missile solutions to our customers.

You will have the following skills and experience to carry out your duties:

Ideally, degree qualified with significant post qualification experience in Electronic Design, development and delivery.
Someone who can demonstrate the capability to lead significant Electronic design work packages and have experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team with the awareness and understanding of the challenges that this may bring.
Excellent problem solving skills and knowledge of a wide range of electronic technologies and products.
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders across the business.

The role is based in Stevenage which offers excellent transport links, is in close proximity to London Stansted Airport and is commutable from Hitchen, Letchworth Garden City, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Hertford, Bishop's Stortford, Hoddesdon and Harlow.

Due to the nature of the work our client is involved with, suitable candidates will already be SC cleared or eligible to gain this level of clearance.

Guidant Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.