Position: Electronic Hardware Engineer

An opportunity exists within the Engineering department for an Electronic Hardware Engineer reporting to the Hardware Engineering Manager.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To research, design, develop, analyze, test and document products and sub-systems from specification to full release
• To design products that meet both internal and external customer requirements, design standards and specifications
• To identify issues and risks and develop plans to mitigate such issues and risks
• To provide technical mentorship and input in hardware development including architecture, high level design, validation, tool selection and documentation
• Provide engineering input including technical, costs, schedules and risks where required
• Provide support to relevant departments to address component obsolescence, alternative suppliers etc.
• Provide problem solving and technical support to relevant departments
• Interface with customers and suppliers to define/resolve specification(s) issues
• Interface with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects, products, specifications etc.
• Provide engineering training to both internal and external customers
• Review specifications both internal and external to ensure all requirements are clearly defined and understood
• Electronic hardware design to meet the requirements of both internal and external specifications
• Electronic hardware schematic circuit design and PCB layout
• Host and attend engineering design reviews, DFMEA’s and PFMEA’s
• Component procurement for alpha and beta prototypes
• Test and debug alpha and beta prototype builds to ensure designs meet requirements
• Generate and validate bill of materials
• Perform verification testing (Lab and simulation) including component level testing
• Generation of project plans
• Communicate project status and progress on a regular basis
• Ensure all ICR’s are fully evaluated and processed accordingly
• Conduct, Co-ordinate and track root cause failure analysis for production and field failure investigation
• Ensure all standard operating procedures are adhered to
• To ensure that all project file documentation is complete
• Keep up to date with the developments with respect to management systems; as well apply policies and procedures relevant
• To communicate improvement possibilities with respect to the management system to the relevant process owner or directly to quality & customer satisfaction and participate in improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualification & Experience

• Must be in possession of a BSC / BTech or equivalent electronic engineering degree
• 10 years’ experience in hardware product design and development experience
• 2 years mechanical engineering product design and development experience
• Project Management experience in a product design environment
• 2 years schematic design and capture
• 2 PCB design capture

Knowledge and Skills

• Electronic analogue and digital hardware
• EMC / EMI principles
• Design for manufacture
• Firmware design
• Design for ROHS
• Change and control processes in a design and production environment
• Electronic RF hardware design
• Operate computer – assist engineering or design software or equipment to perform engineering tasks
• Circuit analysis and problem solving on designs and products
• Critical thinking – using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solution

Offer

• 420k CTC, Medical aid and pension

All appointments are made in accordance to the company’s Employment Equity Plan.