PCB Component Specialist
Salary: Up to £56,000 - depending on experience
Location: Stevenage
Headline Benefits: A bonus of up to £2,500, Paid Overtime, Strong pension, 25 days annual leave with the option to accrue 15 additional days flexi leave, enhanced parental leave, hybrid working (2-3 days a week on-site)
This is an excellent opportunity to work as a PCB Component Specialist where you will have the opportunity to drive the development of the component failure analysis capability within highly complex electronic sub-systems, from concept through to full production and beyond.
The PCB Component Specialist role:
Working in a supportive environment alongside Technical Experts and Technologists you’ll drive and develop the component failure analysis function. This will require you to:
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Lead and support the development and evaluation of new processes and equipment for component failure analysis at a national and international level.
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Work collaboratively with internal and external partners/suppliers, visiting as necessary with the opportunity for international travel
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Understand materials, characteristics and processes of circuit card assembly/printed circuit board manufacture and how they influence failures within systems, sub-assemblies and components
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Assess component failures via laboratory work and work with Component Engineering, and manufacturing centres including Test Investigation and Design Engineering
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Negotiate and influence decision-making, providing expert advice defining best practice and managing the adoption of agreed methodologies including generating reports and documented standards within national and international teams
As part of the Electronic Engineering function, you will be responsible for providing a technical support service for all internal programs in the UK and with non-UK teams developing new technologies across all areas of PCB design, manufacture and assembly. This is a unique opportunity to develop an extensive technical skill set unlike anywhere else in industry.
PCB Component Specialist experience required:
Demonstrable experience of the following:
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Electronic design, and component specification with an appreciation of PCB and sub-assembly manufacturing processes
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Fault-finding circuit card assemblies down to component level
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Managing work packages, with the ability to balance cost, quality and schedule
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A track record of on-time delivery along with good verbal and written communication skills
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Leading a small team is advantageous, but not mandatory
The business are firm believers in offering all staff the best possible platform to succeed, providing support for career development as well as personal assistance. They hold numerous awards on the back of this work and have a range of employee networks and internal communities that include Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Gender Equality, Neurodiversity, Pride, Ethnic Diversity and many more. They really care about their staff and are passionate about what they do and why they do it.
Their order book stretches for many years, and they have healthy profits and a range of new projects in place. They’re stable with steady controlled growth, offer dynamic working, and fantastic opportunities to grow and develop your career further.
Cirrus Selection offers the services of an Employment Agency for permanent recruitment and the services of an Employment Business for contract recruitment