Electronic Engineer - Lower Withington, United Kingdom - SKA Observatory
Description
An amazing opportunity for an Electronic Engineer to join an international, multicultural team and contribute to the delivery of the largest radio telescope on the planet.
The Role The Electronic Engineer will join a dedicated Product Delivery Team (PDT) focused on the delivery of signal processing system for the SKA-Low Telescope. The Electronic Engineer will work in collaboration with the PDT Project Manager and the Systems Engineer.
In that respect the Electronic Engineer will act as design authority for the SKAO, working with contractors to guarantee the required performance of the subsystem following the SKAO standards and best practices.
Reporting to the Domain Specialist Team Lead, the Electronic Engineer may also be requested to provide support and expertise for other areas of the SKA Telescope design and construction.
This role will be based at the SKAO Global Headquarters at the iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, UK, and will require occasional travel and liaising with colleagues located overseas.
There may be occasions where this role requires the post holder to work across different time zones and, in line with SKAO policy, flexible working hours will be supported in agreement with the line manager.
Key Responsibilities, Accountabilities and Duties:
- Provide technical leadership in domain expertise across the entire SKAO project.
- Support the Low Telescope Domain Specialist in performance analysis of the Low Telescope.
- Act as Design Authority for the SPS system for the Low Digital Product Delivery Team.
- Work with project managers as required to provide guidance, advice and technical assistance.
- Develop and maintain working relationships and communication with key stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of engineering activities.
- Participate in and lead team projects, and provide specialist assistance to working groups, colleagues and engineering project managers.
- Manage suppliers and contractors in collaboration with the project managers.
- Lead the Product Delivery Team's technical reviews and participate in other project reviews when requested.
- Represent SKAO in the electronic engineering discipline at international events (e.g. workshops, conferences).
- Travel nationally and internationally as required (typically for 12 weeks, 23 times per year).
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the Line Manager, the Head of Engineering or the Senior Management Team.
Mandatory Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Physics, Engineering or another closely related and relevant field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience in design and test RF electronic complex circuitry (e.g. Low Noise Amplifiers, Limiters, Circulators, Filters, Mixers and Phase Locked Loop usage)
- Experience in circuitry simulations.
- Comfortable with manipulating schematics and defining/reviewing required layout and models.
- Experience in design for manufacturing.
- Experience in high volume production and largescale manufacturing and assembly.
- Ability to quickly adapt to the needs of a significant engineering and technical/scientific project.
- Familiarity with system engineering principles for deriving and verifying requirements as well as maintaining interfaces.
- Ability to influence to ensure delivery of joined up solutions, working effectively with engineers and scientists in a multicultural environment.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Familiarity with electronics standards (IPC, etc).
- Familiarity with telescopes based on radio interferometry, including experience with debugging interferometers at an early stage of development.
- Knowledge of, or a demonstrable interest in, the development, operation and ethos of largescale international research infrastructures such as observatories.
- Membership of, or eligibility for membership of, a recognised national or international engineering institutes.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion Statement
SKA Observatory recognises that our diversity is a strength.
We aim _to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong, and diverse perspectives and ideas thrive.
_As such, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion are at the core of SKA Observatory's agenda.
Our aim is to recruit and retain the most talented individuals, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, nationality or background.
Where applicants with a disability need facilities or adjustments to enable them to participate in the recruitment process, these will be provided.
