Lead Electronic Hardware Engineer

General Electric ,
Stafford, Staffordshire
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**Role Summary:** + GE Grid Solutions is a provider of products and systems to the Electrical Power Transmission and Distribution sector. + The Substation Protection Relay Products Business is a cutting-edge technology provider for mission critical applications in power system protection and control. **Essential Responsibilities:** The candidate will be part of a global hardware team and be responsible for Maintenance of existing designs plus delivery of new designs into protection and control hardware platforms. Activities will cover: + Low power mixed signal designs for data acquisition, sensors, status monitoring and control. + High performance, low power processing platforms running real time operating systems. + FPGA / SOC based solutions for DSP filtering, communications controllers and highspeed processing interfaces. + Redundant Ethernet topologies and serial communications interfaces. + Wide input, high efficiency power supplies. + The ideal candidate will deliver innovative and practical solutions that satisfy diverse requirements including a wide input voltage range and high reliability. + The successful candidate will be a team player, with a methodical and structured approach to work and excellent verbal and written communication skills. + Maintain & resolve defects for existing platform/Hardware design releases. + Resolve obsolescence issues for existing platform/Hardware design releases. + Support and Resolve customer/production related issues occurring on existing product designs. + Plan and deliver innovative designs for new projects to stringent quality standards. + Ensure products comply with relevant safety & environmental impact legislation. + Maintain ownership of designs and documentation throughout the full project lifecycle. + Keep abreast of latest developments in technologies, tools and processes. The successful engineer will have a proven track record in digital and mixed signal design and will have a majority of the following technical skills: + Experience in the hardware development for Transmission / Distribution protection products, existing experience in hardware development for the MiCOM platform is preferred. + H/W Architecture - Able to define several hardware architectural options and trade off against defined criteria to identify optimal hardware solution. + Bus technologies / Communications - Good knowledge of main communications technologies. + Skilled in application of modern tools and techniques for ensuring quality and reliability (RAMS) in H/W and/or S/W designs. - Has solid practical experience in the application of techniques and processes used in the field of RAMS engineering. + EMC Design and Legislation knowledge - Good understanding of theory of EMC. + Design for Manufacture/Assembly. Manufacturing Processes - Good knowledge of the manufacturing processes and design technique. + Design for Test. Test processes - Good knowledge of the test processes and design techniques. + Microprocessor / DSP Architectures - Good knowledge of architectural trends of current microprocessor and DSPs. + Digital signal processing - Expert knowledge of digital signal processing theory and simulation and modelling tools. + Simulation / Modelling - Good knowledge of main modelling and simulation tool solutions. + FPGA / CPLD development - Good knowledge of major device architectures with a good understanding of the VHDL language. + ECAD schematic entry & PCB layout - Good knowledge of ECAD tools for schematic entry and PCB layout. + Product Safety - Understand main aspects of products safety. + Experience in the hardware development for Transmission / Distribution protection products. + Knowledge of WEEE and RoHS legislation. **Qualifications/Requirements:** The candidate will have solid experience of the full hardware development lifecycle from requirements gathering to delivery of the finished product. In addition, he/she must possess the following skills and experience: + Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills. + Have the ability to multitask. + Have excellent attention to detail with a high standard of work. + A passion for well-designed hardware architecture and circuit designs. A successful candidate would be required to have the following experience: + Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering or the same knowledge/experience. + Major hardware design experience. + Knowledge of elec transmission & distribution industry operating practices for protection & control products. Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EU/EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post, as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. For further information please visit the UK Border Agency website at . **About

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