Lead Electronics Engineer

Lead Electronics Engineer Location: Derby Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 dependant on level of experience plus pavkag including; - Company Pension - 150 hours annual leave, plus BH's & Christmas close down - Fantastic progression opportunities Summary A leading specialist resolution provider of electronic and electro-mechanical assemblies within rolling stock and varying other sectors are on the look out for a Lead Electronics Engineers to join a tight-knit team of engineers who specialise in managing the issues of obsolescence, bringing an innovative approach to failure analysis and problem resolution. You will be joining a team of like-minded engineers who have developed their capabilities in root cause analysis, fault finding, fit and function replacements and reverse engineering. With a strong leadership team, it's an exciting time to join and be part of their growth journey into wider sectors. Key responsibilities for this Lead Electronics Engineer role: - Working autonomously as well as part of a team, with the ability to effectively allocate time and resources to projects, working to strict deadlines. - Effectively engage and liaise directly with customers and clients - gathering project requirements, provide realistic and detailed assessments of practicality and manage expectations throughout. - Supervise and delegate to junior engineers and apprentices where appropriate. - Provide technical input to design phases. - Be involved in research and development processes with the wider team. - Ensuring all electronic systems comply with national and international rail industry standards, such as ISO, EN standards, or other safety standards. - Creating detailed schematics, wiring diagrams, and system specifications for the electronics systems. - Contribute to process improvements for the development and maintenance of rolling stock electronics. Skills needed for this Lead Electronics Engineer role: - Appreciation of a "safety culture": Able to work safely with power/machine tools, high voltages, and high power plant, an ability to safely supervise others whilst demonstrating best practice, leading by example. - Experience in the design of PCB's - Understanding and practical experience of risk assessment methods. - Ability to liaise with customers, effectively gathering project requirements, giving realistic assessments of practicality, managing expectations, and deconflicting completing demands. - Familiarity with high speed digital layout methods. - Practical workshop/lab skills; ability to solder through-hole/SMD components, design/assemble wiring harnesses, crimp connectors, and machine enclosures. - Familiarity with diagnosis and repair of old and/or obsolete equipment. Desirable technical skills - Ability to effectively organise complex hardware and/or firmware projects, managing complexity without sacrificing functionality or performance. - Ability to write well-structured and documented code in c, c++, and/or python. - Experience with embedded firmware development for 8 and/or 32bit targets (PIC, AVR, ARM, TMS320). - Experience developing control systems (H infinity, LQR etc.). - Experience with PCB layout using CAD design tools (e.g. KICAD). - Experience with thermal, dynamic, and control system modelling using Matlab or Simulink. - Experience developing firmware to documented quality standards (MISRA etc). - Familiarity with in-system debugging tools (JTAG, SWD etc.). - Ability to simulate and optimise analogue and power supply systems using SPICE simulation package. - Experience developing hardware subject to emissions standards, constrained thermal environment, water/moisture ingress protection etc. - Experience with high voltage power electronics, preferably for use in rail applications (traction inverters, static frequency convertors etc.). - Experience maintaining and/or designing/developing high reliability or mission critical hardware (e.g. for medical, defence, nuclear, or aerospace applications). For further information on this fantastic opportunity and to apply get in touch with a copy of your CV Navartis Ltd is a specialist recruitment company supplying highly skilled technical and management professionals within the global Transportation, Civil Engineering & Utility industries, if you are seeking a new position our recruitment team can locate the opportunity to suit your needs

Location: Derby, GB

Posted Date: 6/25/2025