Senior Analogue Electronic Engineer - Pretoria Verfied

Salary Negotiable Pretoria, Gauteng Pretoria, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 05-05-2015 2:59:21 AM
02-06-2015 2:59:21 AM
Senior Analogue Electronic Engineer, Pretoria, R k pa neg.

Our client in the Material Science and Manufacturing (MSM) environment has a vacancy for a Senior Analogue Electronic Engineer in the Sensor Science and Technology (SST) group. They focus on research and development in ultrasound transducers and systems, solid-state actuation and electro optic technologies and applications. Projects are conducted across the innovation chain in order to develop ultimate solutions into the market. Such work is often conducted in collaboration with industrial clients, both local and international. They are looking for a Senior Electronic Engineer who will particularly focus on analogue electronic design.

Qualification, skills and experience required for this position are:
• A BSc/BEng degree in electronic engineering.
• Proven skills in analogue circuit design with 8 years’ relevant experience.
• A keen understanding of digital and analogue circuits, interfaces and standards.
• Ability to work independently and within a research and development team.
• Ability to work simultaneously on more than one project.
• Technical leadership abilities and willingness to coach and mentor junior engineers and technicians.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment with clients, engineers, scientists, project managers and technicians.
• A track record of successful completion of electronic development projects.

Responsibilities
• Develop circuits to interface with piezoelectric transducers (these are capacitive loads, and requirements are for signal generation, high voltage power amplifiers, preamplifiers for amplification of received signals, transformer design and impedance matching to loads).
• Design power supplies and protection circuits for voltage surges and short circuits.
• Develop data acquisition systems that interface with transducers.
• Compile specifications and design documentation. Clearly document all phases and outputs of the development as defined in the quality system (V-Model).
• Schematic capture and inputs to PCB layout and routing.
• Prototype and industrialise designs.
• Perform system testing and integration.
• Support electronic production activities.
• Provide inputs to project planning and costing.

Criminal, qualification and employment history checks are a pre-requisite for this position.
Please note that correspondence will be entered into with short-listed candidates only.