Lead Engineer – Embedded Systems

Who is hiring?

Our client is a large global organisation with R&D and production site in Christchurch.  Starting from humble beginnings with an entrepreneurial local engineering design team, their power electronics products are niche market and state of the art, new clients are being added to their already large high profile customer base around the world. With new product roadmaps and markets in the pipeline they are seeking to appoint a Lead Engineer who is responsible the delivery of functional resources (people, tools, processes). They own the quality of the work completed by the functional team and instigation of performance improvements where necessary.

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The role:

The Functional Leader owns the cost of the processes, procedures and working systems that are in place, making continuous improvements as required to meet the changing needs of the business. They will ensure that the right resources with the right skills (including personal and team development) are allocated to the appropriate project in a timely manner.

They will provide technical expertise to projects, advice on the differing technologies that could be employed to create innovative solutions and building commonality and loyalty across multiple projects.

The role would suit a Senior Electronics / Firmware Engineer who has progressed into project leadership within product development but retained a desire to be involved at hands-on design level.

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What you will need:

As the ideal candidate you will come from a senior embedded engineering background with a solid broad technical knowledge base. You will also have sound experience in verification, validation, and compliance.  You will have a degree relevant to engineering and senior level experience in various embedded design environments.  You will also have the ability to motivated and lead a team of engineers as well as managed resources and budgets.

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This position is Auckland based and NOT a remote work option.

Ideally you will bring into the role also the following knowledge and experience:

• Designing, building verifying and complying embedded hardware solutions
• Simulation tools (LtSpice, Tina, Micro-Cap), Mathcad (Maxima, Scilab, Python), thermal, magnetic, and electric field FEA and project management techniques.
• National and international regulatory frameworks including UL, RCM, CE, CEC, FCC and CB as well European directives (low-voltage, EMC, RED).
• Experience using system verification tools and automated testing frameworks (including LabView).
• Hardware test and monitoring tools (oscilloscope, spectrum analyser and power meters).
• Differing SMPS topologies, PCB layout for power solutions (including creepage and clearance distances) and SMPS design (closed loop control, amplifier / magnetics design and noise control).
• Agile development tools and techniques including scrum and Kanban.
• Configuration management and change control.
• Electronics design, including the ability to understand and navigate electrical schematics.
• Strong commercial skills including financial, reporting, project management

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