The purpose of the job of a Development Engineer – Hardware is to develop new or improve existing electronic products through innovation and research of new and existing technologies to provide a blasting solution and to add shareholder value.

Required outputs: Functional

• Design a product or product part according to a provided system specification.
• Build a prototype of the design to test the theoretical analysis.
• Test the prototype to ensure that it will perform consistently in the specified operating environment.
• Where necessary, ensure that the product will integrate efficiently with the devices developed by other engineers.
• Design a production version of the prototype according to the specified standards ensuring that the product can be replicated reliably and consistently.
• Design (or contribute toward) a testing facility for the product.
• Document the design according to specified standards.
• Follow up on any application specific problems that may occur.

General

• Excellent understanding of electronic system design, electronic circuit diagrams and embedded software.
• Good Altium Designer skills.
• Good understanding and experience of both hardware and software.

Qualifications and expertise required (Must)

• B.Eng (electronics) / Bsc Engineering (Electronics) or equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience with analogue and digital circuit design and embedded programming as well
as the industrialization of electronic products.
• Experience in a high technology environment as well as in the development of new technology.
• Good C/C++ skills preferential.

Competencies (skills, knowledge and characteristics)
• Mechanical aptitude
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Balances team and individual responsibilities
• Effective and efficient planning
• Be able to work within tight deadlines
• Self-driven, high energy optimist who thrives of challenges
• Problem and analytical solving skills

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 7 working days, please consider your application to be unsuccessful. However, we will keep your CV on our database for any position that may become available.