PCB Component Specialist – 12-month FTC
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, you’ll support and develop a varied portfolio of electronic design and manufacturing technologies. This will require you to:
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Lead and support the development and evaluation of new processes and equipment at a national and international level.
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Work collaboratively with internal and external partners/suppliers, visiting as necessary which may include international travel
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Understand materials, characteristics and processes of circuit card assembly/printed circuit board manufacture and how we define them for use in our products to survive in harsh environments
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Assess printed circuit board fabrication and circuit card assembly processes via laboratory work and work with PCB suppliers and manufacturing centres
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Negotiate and influence decision making, providing expert advice defining best practice and managing the adoption of agreed methodologies including generating documented standards within national and international teams
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Participate in failure analysis of circuit card assemblies at component and board level
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:
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Ideally HNC/HND/Degree qualified in a subject relevant to the role or demonstrable equivalent experience, with a strong understanding of PCB Design, Manufacture and Assembly technologies
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Strong communication skills to facilitate regular face to face and electronic communications with all relevant stakeholders
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The ability to write clear and concise engineering documentation, examples may be requested
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Determined individual that is self-motivated with a methodical and logical approach with the ability to work across multiple projects
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Committed to achieve objectives on time and to a high professional standard, working openly and sharing information with peers
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Ability/flexibility to travel to other locations including international when required
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.