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Power Electronics Engineer

April 11, 2024/in Greater London, Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Salary: up to £100,000

Location of work: Hybrid. You can work remotely when the task work suits.

Location of office: Milton Keynes

The role:
A growing start-up electronics business with very secure financial investment are looking to recruit a Power Electronics specialist to the team.

The business is using cutting edge disruptive technologies to design highly efficient power supplies that use high frequency AC and operate at very high speed. These power supplies can be applied to various applications and will make an offering that is different to anything currently available on the market.

The business is receiving interest from a wide range of customers in different industry sectors where their power supply solutions could be applied. Some of the industries proof of concepts are to be designed for are Agriculture, Emergency Services, Lighting, Mini-Grid and other Commercial applications.

As the work is so cutting edge and disruptive to power distribution you will have the opportunity to work on all conventional power supply topologies but will also be working with resonant topologies.

You should have experience with push-pull, buck and boost, flyback and resonant topologies and have experience designing power supplies to output High Frequency AC using GaN, SiC all in digital power with micro’s and fpga’s and frequencies ranging from 50 kHz up to Megahertz. The use of silicon carbide in product designs illustrate how cutting edge the developments are.

You should be a Power Electronics Engineer who can work through the full lifecycle, be comfortable working in a lab, and can use one of simulation packages mentioned below. You should also have magnetics and full design documentation experience.

Skills and Experience required:

Power Electronics/ SMPS expertise
Simulation programmes e.g. PCM, PSpice, LT Spice, SIMetrix /SIMPLIS
Invertors/ Power Bridges
PFC
Resonant topologies
EMC

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

March 27, 2024/in Greater London, Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Salary- up to £120,000 + equity & benefits

Location of work- 2 consecutive days onsite every 2 weeks, the rest of the time remote. Any travel & accommodation expenses will be reimbursed. When in London the team go for dinner, have fun & socialize.

Location of office- Farringdon, London

The company: Our client is an exciting AI startup company that is looking to revolutionize the way software is developed for businesses without a software engineering department.

Up until now many utility, logistic and civil engineering companies use large IT consultancies to develop software tools to support their custom processes. This can be very expensive and time consuming.

Our clients ‘autonomous AI software factory’ allows these non-technical companies to develop the same software tools considerably quicker and cheaper and without the need for an IT consultancy.

The above might sound ambitious, but the founders of the company have a seriously impressive track record. The last AI business they created was acquired by one of the largest globally recognized companies in the world.

Having recently raised $5 million in funding, they now wish to grow the team which will be UK based. At the present the company is 15 people, with the large majority being the engineering team.

This is your chance to join a company at the early stages, where you can expect to part of another huge success story.

The role: The business currently has no infrastructure team. At present one of the Co-Founders and a couple of the Software Engineers have temporally covered things.

Now is the time for an ambitious Infrastructure Engineer to own the infrastructure and really set the infrastructure culture for the company. As the company looks to scale there is opportunity to lead the infrastructure team if you wish.

Infrastructure for this role means pure infrastructure combined with some DevOps.

To be suitable for this role you should have a background in software engineering. Someone who can configure things but has also written some code in Go, Python, Ruby or something similar would be ideal.

Experience working in a start-up company, scale up or a big tech company (ideally a combination) would be advantageous.

Technical skills required: You should have experience using a Modern infrastructure stack. The business is using Azure, Terraform, Flux, Kubernetes, Postgres and Go.

Experience with as many of the technologies above, or that are similar is desired i.e. Azure is desirable, but if you have used AWS or GCP this is fine.

They key is that you have a breadth of experience in cloud infrastructure and after confident getting things done quickly.

Embedded Firmware Engineer

March 22, 2024/in South Permanent /by admin

Position: Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location of Office: Swindon

Location of Work: Hybrid Work from Home

Salary: Up to £60,000 + benefits

The Role: Our client is growing their engineering team and now seeking an experienced Embedded Firmware Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will be based in a commutable distance of the Swindon area and be able to illustrate industry experience with bare metal development coding in C. You will have worked with a range of microprocessor families (ARM, Microchip PIC, Atmel etc) and have good knowledge of electronic circuits and schematics. Any experience with C++ or RTOS level programming is desirable.

The successful Embedded Firmware Engineer will be tasked with leading the development of a new range of software solutions using modern software practices and be expected to bring innovative designs and quality processes to the team. You can expect plenty of variety in your task work, the chance to contribute to the full design life cycle and the opportunity to progress to a senior/lead role within a short period of time.

Required Skills and Experience:

Embedded C programming
Bare metal development
Microprocessor families – ARM, PIC, Atmel etc
Knowledge of electronic circuits and schematics

Desired Skills and Experience

C++
Python scripting
RTOS development
Git or GitLab

This role will best suit an Embedded Firmware Engineer who is able to illustrate successful experience in a similar role who is looking for the opportunity to move into a lead hands on development focussed role, where they will play a pivotal role in the development of a new range of products whilst updating existing products.

Apply today with an up-to-date CV or contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions for more details.

Electronic Design Engineer

March 21, 2024/in South Permanent /by admin

Position: Electronics Design Engineer

Salary: Up to £55,000

Location of Office: Rochester

Location of Work: Hybrid WFH Available

The Role: A new role has now been created for an experienced Electronics Design Engineer to join our clients growing engineering team as they continue to design industry leading devices that are used around the globe. Our client has an excellent reputation in their sector with 40+ years’ experience successfully delivering products and bespoke solutions to their customers. They are now looking for an electronics design engineer who can illustrate experience in a similar role, who is keen to use modern technology to build a new, innovative generation of products.

Skills and experience required:

Analogue and Digital circuit design
Multilayer PCB design – Altium ideally
ARM and/or Microchip PIC processor development
RS232, RS485, SPI, I2C, CANbus etc

You will be joining an existing engineering team of 10 and have the chance to contribute to every aspect of the design life cycle. You will be given plenty of opportunity to develop new skills and use modern design techniques. You should expect plenty of variety in your role and relish the chance to solve complex engineering problems whilst working in a team design environment.

Their office is based in the Rochester area, and they offer hybrid WFH, with plenty of onsite parking available they are easily commutable via large parts of South East London, Maidstone, Canterbury, Folkestone, Dartford and Tunbridge Wells areas.

Desirable skills and experience:

Digital video technology
LCD Displays
Embedded C or Assembler

*Due to the nature of work candidates must be able and willing to achieve SC clearance*

For more information on this fantastic opportunity apply today with an up to date CV or contact Laurence Powell or Chris Oddy at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions today.

Electronics Engineer

March 4, 2024/in Remote Working, South Contract /by admin

Rate: £60 per hour, outside IR35

Location of client: Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Location of work: Hybrid. This work can be performed largely remotely. You should be flexible to come onsite when the task work requires.

The role: An electronics business specialising in industrial products for the renewable energy sector require an Electronics Engineer to join them for an initial 6-month contract that is likely to extend.

You will initially be tasked with doing design work for an existing product so it has new features which has been requested by the customer.

Once the design work has been completed you will be responsible for creating the EMC test plan and EMC testing.

To be suitable for this role you should be an Electronics Engineer who is confident working from Design all the way through to EMC test.

Skills required:

· Full electronic lifecycle design

· Analogue and Digital circuit design

· EMC testing

· Documentation

· Altium or OrCAD for PCB schematic

Embedded Software Engineer

February 20, 2024/in Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Location of office: Bristol

Location of work: Onsite, with flexitime

Salary: up to £60,000

The role:

An SME electronics/ embedded systems business based in central Bristol require an Embedded Software Engineer with a good level of industry experience to join their multi-disciplined R&D team. You will be the sole Embedded Software Engineer and will take ownership of all firmware tasks.

The company specialises in designing and manufacturing bespoke solutions for customers in the commercial, entertainment and hospitality sector. All design and manufacturing take places in the Bristol office.

Since the company diversified into a new sector there has been huge demand for its products and solutions. They are currently distributing to 40+ countries with this only set to grow. If you wanted to, there is opportunity to travel occasionally if this was of interest.

There is a great buzz within the company with an exciting product roadmap ahead. In this role you will be enhancing existing products with new features whilst also developing brand new products from concept stage.

You will be predominately programming in Embedded C, using PIC and ARM microcontrollers/ microprocessors.

The products you will be working will use different communication protocols. Experience with as many of the following would be beneficial: I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet, UART.

Being a small R&D team, you will work closely with the Electronic and Mechanical Design Engineers, as well as the Software Developer.

If you would like the chance to work for a growing SME company, on fast paced and exciting products then this Embedded Software role will be ideally suited.

Skills required:

Strong Embedded C programming experience
Microcontroller/ Microprocessor. Ideally PIC and ARM
Communication protocol experience e.g. RS485, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet
A good understanding of electronics

Electronic Software Engineer

February 15, 2024/in Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Salary: £40,000-£60,000

The Role:

We are working with a client who develop and maintain cutting-edge complex mission critical communications systems for harsh environment that ensure that complex issues that are faced in the real world which involve, sensors, acoustics, hydraulics, actuation systems and complex electronics and embedded systems are monitoring at peak levels. These systems also help to preserve life.

The business employ people who love solving complex technical challenges which are often bespoke and novel. The embedded software engineer will take part in the full product life cycle of this complex instrumentation, working from cradle to grave and having involvement in the entire design process as well as interaction with manufacturing. The chance to work on site with customers also adds to the breadth and variety of the role.

The team is small, friendly, enjoys working onsite the majority of the time, you can work from home one day per week, as long as it does not impact the business, and the offices have parking, are warm, welcoming and everyone has access to each other.

This opportunity is ideal for an electronics software engineer who wishes to have a real impact on the design and development of a product, you will have opportunity to speak to the customer to understand their requirements from concept through to manufacture.

When KO2 were on site with the client it was explained to us that an engineer was actually installing a product in Brazil he had designed from the embryonic stage and taken through to manufacture and customer deployment. If you want to truly own a project this is for you, engineers are totally autonomous and raise their own PO’s and acquire their own components and parts without the need for sign off.

When working on this instrumentation you will need the ability to

Write embedded software in C
Work with existing code bases to upgrade, enhance and optimise
Create embedded instrumentation electronics, including the chance to work with power and analogue and digital electronics.
Select components, manage availability
Schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer

Benefits Package

Friendly, motivated happy small team environment
Full-time, 37.5hrs per week
The ability to work one day from home as long as it dos not impact the business
Life Assurance
Private Medical Insurance
Profit sharing scheme
Spacious headquarters site
Travel opportunities

Electronics Technician

January 26, 2024/in South Permanent /by admin

Position: Electronics Technician

Salary: Up to £40,000 + Benefits

Location of Office: Thame

The Company: A multi award winning business is now looking to expand their engineering team. The successful Electronics Technician will be joining a growing, multidiscipline engineering team with the chance to be involved in new products from initial concept meetings through to onsite production and manufacture in their Thame based head office.

The Role: They are looking for an enthusiastic Electronics Technician to join a busy engineering team. The successful Technician will have similar experience working in a research and development company working alongside electronics, mechanical and production engineers.

You will work within the R&D team to help deliver the NPD plan with tasks such as prototype builds and product testing. You will also work collaboratively with other areas of the business to provide general electronics focused technical support as required, for example: fault finding and repair of faulty PCB assemblies and creation of electronics test rigs.

As a key part of the team the successful Electronics Technician will be responsible for:

Fault finding products to component level using drawings and basic test equipment.
Creating standard test procedures, drawings, specialized equipment, fixtures and hand tools.
Designing and building rigs for testing of PCB assemblies and other production items.
Writing test reports and manufacturing support documentation in a clear and succinct manner.
Support the Engineering and Manufacturing teams to fault find electronics related production problems.
Fault finding and re-work of faulty PCB assemblies, records faults to assist in improvement of product quality and reliability.
In this role no day will be the same and the successful Technician can expect plenty of variety within their role whilst also having the chance to develop and grow your skills set.

Skills and experience required:

Repairing and prototyping – hand soldering and reworking PCB assemblies
Fault finding and diagnostic skills
Understanding of electronic schematics
Experience with electronics test equipment – Multi-meters, oscilloscopes etc

Desirable skills and experience:

PCB design – Altium, PADs etc
PLCs
LabVIEW or TestStand

Please contact Laurence Powell at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further details.

Embedded Software Engineer

January 26, 2024/in Midlands, Remote Working, South Permanent /by admin

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: up to £60,000

Location of office: Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire

Location of work: Flexible hybrid WFH

The role: A growing SME electronics business who specialise in developing energy efficient products that are up to 10% more efficient than anything currently on the market require an Embedded Software Engineer to join their expanding R&D team.

Required Skills:

Embedded C and C++ programming
ARM Cortex Micros – STM32 ideally
Bare Metal development
RS232, RS485, SPI, I2C and other protocols

This game changing power supply design will be more efficient, intrinsically safer, and more portable than anything currently available on the market. The power supply can be used in adverse weather conditions e.g. heavy rain without any safety issues to be worried about. The product is being designed for multiple industry sectors, including agriculture, emergency services and household consumer e.g. an outdoor garden could use the power supply to light a garden easily and safely.

For an Embedded Software Engineer seeking an opportunity to work on a project at the early stages of development and work on it to manufacture then this is extremely exciting. After this product development is complete there is multiple other brand-new product developments to be kick started. With huge potential and high demand for the businesses patented technology, you will be joining the company at an incredibly exciting time, where you will make a real impact on the embedded software development.

Desirable experience:

Git
Jira and Confluence
IoT connected devices
Wireless comms – Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee etc

For more information on this fantastic opportunity contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 today.

System Design Engineer

January 26, 2024/in Greater London, Midlands, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Remote Working, Scotland, South, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Systems Design Engineer

Salary: Up to £60,000

Location of Work: Fully Remote

An electronics business who are leaders in the design and development of complex mission critical software, are looking for a systems design engineer to work on the “left hand side” of the V life cycle. The business are a multinational, with huge cash reserves, a strong order book and are looking to improve upon what was a very successful 2023 by adding to the Systems Design Team. The business is looking for the right talent, and as a result is more than happy to consider System Engineers who would like ‘fully remote working’.

The embedded software used in the businesses mission critical applications controls complex Bluetooth related applications, and their client portfolio is a who’s who of the worlds bluechip companies. You will be working with a hugely talented team of engineers who take great pride in their work and are all on the same goal of ensuring the company continues to deliver its goals and provides stable and enjoyable employment. The team you will work in is cross functional, and as a result the System Design Engineers role will be pivotal to ensuring that all the separate entities in the team are succeeding.

The System Design Engineer will be working on the left hand side of the V life cycle and as a result be responsible for working closely with customers, who will be some of the biggest companies in the world, whilst working as a product owner in a cross functional team. The System Engineer will need to have the ability to understand the customers technical requirements whilst designing and developing solutions from concept to launch, whilst designing solutions and formalised representations that meet the customer needs.

The knowledge of safety critical standards and functional safety standards will be key very much a nice to have, but one that would be appreciated by the business alongside the use of CAN tools such as CANoe and CANdela studio whilst delivering prototype to external and internal stakeholders.

The business will offer the Systems Design Engineer a salary of £40,000 – £60,000 plus bonus, pension and competitive package and fully remote working.

If you would like to apply for the Systems Design Engineer role, please send your CV to Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.