Electrical Electronic Engineer - AWE PLC : Job Details

Role: Electrical Electronic Engineer

Location:RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking

Package: £24,270 - £34,000 (dependant on suitability and level of experience)

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

We are looking for an Engineer to join the ATE (Automated Test Equipment) team. This is an opportunity to raise your engineering skills whilst helping drive forward ATE development.

We have adaptable roles to suit all stages of career development in electronic engineering.

Supportive and experienced engineering colleagues to support your tasks and progression.

Applications welcome from a broad range of education and experience within the electronics discipline.

The tasks that you will be undertaking or supporting include (but are not limited to):

• Analogue and digital circuit design and prototyping
• Euro card systems
• Backplane systems
• Circuit board design and layout
• System integration (bringing multiple systems together)
• Cable and harness design, development and manufacture
• National Instruments LabView software development
• Product development:
• 19" Rack systems
• Euro card systems
• Backplane systems
• Boxed / enclosed designs
• Maintenance of local area computer network

Who are we looking for?

We welcome candidates from a broad range of education and experience.

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don't always 'tick every box'. That's why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don't meet every point below, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we'd love to receive your application.

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Electronic / Electrical Apprenticeship, NVQ or suitable experience
• Formal education ONC, HNC, Degree etc (Although not essential)
• Practical experience in prototyping circuits
• Simulation of circuit behaviour using PSpice tools
• Use of ECAD tools
• Experience in circuit design and/or layout
• Ability to follow technical procedures with a high level of accuracy
• Fault finding
• Problem Solving
• Genuine interest in developing expertise in the electronics field

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

Important things you need to know:

• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process.
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.

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