Our client in the manufacturing industry is looking to engage the services of a Development Engineer. The core purpose of a Research Engineer is the growth of the company’s IP and technology portfolio through concept/idea formulation and prototype development relating to electronic detonator products/systems, providing shareholder value and important competitive advantages.


Responsibilities
• Take ownership of assigned project tasks and provide outputs and feedback in a timely fashion. Outputs include, but are not limited to, analogue and digital circuit design, firmware development, software development, technical documentation, answers to technical questions and feasibility studies.
• Research new and existing technologies and formulate concepts/ideas to create new processes, electronic initiating systems/products/ methods.
• Ascertain the application suitability and feasibility for new designed electronic initiation product/system concepts through feasibility studies and prototype development.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external resources to maintain thorough knowledge of product requirements and goals.
• Generate specifications and liaise with the relevant internal and external technical resources to fully develop a new concept/idea.
• Follow company policies, procedures, project flow process ensuring all gate requirements are met. Ensure the development safety requirements and processes are followed (FMEA, HARA,HAZOP’s).
• Idea/patent/ IP generation through the stimulation of an innovation and technological development culture within the company.
• Provide support to the engineering and production teams in achieving full industrialisation and implementation of developed concepts/ideas/technologies.
• Work closely with global supplies of applicable technology to ensure effective integration and industrialization of the latest technology.
• Keep up-to-date with competitor products, patent applications and emerging technologies.
• Communicate project time lines, changes and updates to the project manager to achieve agreed project outputs.

General

• Excellent understanding of electronic system design, electronic circuit diagrams and embedded software.
• Simplifies complex or diverse information.
• Use intuition and experience to complement data.
• Identifies and resolves problems, gather and analyses information skilfully develops alternative solutions.

Qualifications and expertise required (Must)

• BEng (Electronic) / BSc (Eng) (Electronic) or equivalent.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience with analogue and digital circuit design, embedded firmware and software development (e.g. Visual C++).
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the development of new products in a highly technological environment.
• Experience in electronic initiation and the mining industry is an advantage.

Competencies (skills, knowledge and characteristics)
• 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
• Effective and efficient planning
• Balances team and individual responsibilities

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.