PCB Layout Engineer

Bolton

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to broaden your interpersonal and technical skills whilst working on complex and varied projects. You'll be working with highly talented and motivated colleagues in a friendly and supportive environment whilst enabling your personal and professional development!

Job Title: PCB Layout Engineer

Salary: Circa £56,000 depending on experience

Location: Stevenage or Bolton sites (We may be able to offer a relocation package for this role)

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

The opportunity:

Our PCB Layout team is responsible for providing a full PCB Layout Service to all Internal Programmes. These span all technologies from PTH boards to complex multilayer, rigid/flexi-rigid, surface mount, impedance matched, RF etc. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to develop your technical skills across our broad range of products.

You'll be working closely with engineers and PCB suppliers developing complex PCB Layouts based on technical requirements (electrical, mechanical, thermal and environmental). This can entail developing and adapting emerging technologies to meet our high reliability requirements, whilst maintaining a high production yield, delivered on time, on cost, on quality.

You'll also mentor and participate in knowledge sharing with other team members playing an active role in their own and your development.

Should you decide to be based out of our Bolton site, regular travel to our Stevenage site will be required to meet with our design team, project designers and fulfil your training needs. This is an essential requirement.

What we're looking for from you:

• Extensive/specialist experience in one or more areas such as RF/High speed/Analogue/Power/SI or EMC
• Good negotiation and influencing skills to ensure design requirements are suitable for production processes
• Ability to lead and support design reviews as well as new technology introductions both national and international.
• Substantial knowledge and experience of PCB design and best practices for PCB layout for high reliability products.
• Substantial knowledge of PCB fabrication processes and technologies (materials, stack-ups etc.)
• Strong communication skills to facilitate regular face-to-face and electronic communications with all relevant stakeholders including our international partners.

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Our company:

MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

What we can offer you:

Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)

Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime

Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days

Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave. Enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments.

Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...

Training and Development: Excellent career progression, training and career development opportunities

Our Business:

We respect new perspectives and experiences, and we value our collaborative ways of working. We are committed to growing and supporting diversity in our workforce and ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to reach their potential. MBDA is proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity and more...

We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process. We also welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements.

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