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A position for an Principal Electronics Engineer, based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire has just become available, offering hybrid working plus a fantastic 9-day working fortnight!

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a global-leading design and manufacturing business involved with RF / Microwave devices that are predominantly marketed into the space, aerospace, and defence sectors.

The successful Principal Electronics Engineer, based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire will be responsible for developing best in class, complex, high-speed analogue and digital PCB assemblies for high reliability applications.

Ideal candidates for the Principal Electronics Engineer role based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire will have design and development experience in the following areas:

Designing opto-electronic analogue circuits that meet the required performance.
Designing high speed digital circuits that utilise the latest FPGA, Microprocessor and high-speed interconnect technologies.
Schematic Capture using Altium.
Integrating in-house designs with COTS modules (power supplies, single board computers, RF interfaces).

The successful candidate for this Principal Electronics Engineer job will have:

A degree educated in Electronic Engineering or similar subjects with provable practical design experience, ideally in an aerospace or defence company
Working knowledge of serial interfaces i.E. RS485, RS422, MLVDS.
Mixed signal knowledge using ADC/DAC, FPGA, SoC based design for high performance signal processing, communications and control.

This position will require successful candidate to undergo Security Clearance (SC). Candidates will need to have lived in the UK for 5 consecutive years to achieve this.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established R&D team that will provide superb on-the-job training and opportunities for career progression.

To apply for this Principal Electronics Engineer role in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, please contact Tom Drew on (phone number removed) or (phone number removed) or alternatively email (url removed) quoting reference THD1328. Otherwise, we welcome conversation regarding similar positions to Design Engineering roles

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