Graduate Electronics Innovation Engineer - United Kingdom - Sterling Kohler

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Graduate Electronics Innovation Engineer

CHELTENHAM, United Kingdom

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Graduate Electronics Innovation Engineer

Hybrid-Cheltenham.
Salary up to £36K subject to skills & experience, plus a fantastic benefits package including a company bonus

Kohler Mira Ltd is a successful multi brand organisation that has grown significantly over 100 years and has always innovatively led the way in showering technology. Kohler Co., our parent company since 2001 and themselves in their 150th year, employs over 30,000 associates worldwide and is a global leader in the manufacture of kitchen & bath products, energy solutions and an operator of golf and resort destinations.

From day one you're part of the Kohler Mira community – a collaborative, forward focused team with a shared pride in our work and commitment to delight our customers, develop innovative products and services and inspire our people (who knew a bathroom manufacturing company did all this?)

We are looking for a Graduate Electronics Innovation Engineer to join our Creative Lab team

Creative Labs is a dynamic, fast paced innovation focused team that prototypes new technologies and delivers concepts for next generation showering experiences. We are looking for a someone who is passionate about ideation, prototype development, testing, validation, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

About the Role

• This role offers the opportunity to develop new ideas and insights to lead innovation within Kohler Co. including delivery of technology demonstrators and high-quality proof-of-concepts. Taking an active role in the embedded firmware and hardware design activities within the Creative Labs team, you will support development from a blank sheet or an idea to polished proof-of-concept and beyond
• Gain hands on experience with the development of electronics for advanced proof-of-concepts. Making use of schematic capture and PCB layout to deliver embedded hardware, whilst employing embedded firmware development to create prototype consumer products and internal technology demonstrators. Primarily focusing on user interfaces, sensing and control.
• Support and collaboratively engage with scoping and system identification of new projects. Bringing ideas, innovations, future trends and new opportunities through to next generation concepts.
• There are opportunities to grow your career at Kohler Co. Support with developing a robust personal and technical development plan, mentoring from more senior team members and the chance to work on many high-profile innovation projects.
• The position reports into the Creative Labs Program Manager and sits within a multi-disciplinary team touching upon functions including mechanical engineering, marketing, approvals, industrial design and external suppliers.
• Kohler Co. offers flexible working opportunities.

You will be actively contributing to the next generation of products and technologies for Kohler Co. For this you will need to be curious and tenacious individual with a drive to experiment and develop generation showering experiences.

Key requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Electronics/Mechatronics or equivalent electronics discipline.
• Highly motivated and self-driven with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Innovative approach to problem solving.
• Capable of supporting the delivery of high-quality proof-of-concepts within tight timescales.
• A good understanding of developing real-time embedded software for a range of microcontroller platforms (Mainly ARM).
• Experience of schematic capture and PCB layout (OrCAD or Altium preferred).
• Proficient with Embedded C and object-oriented design (C++/Python).
• Familiarity with development tools such as: Emulators, debuggers, logic analysers, oscilloscopes, etc.
• Knowledge of the Linux environment.
• Experience with defining and interpreting system requirements.
• Prior relevant electronics industry experience (Firmware or Hardware).
• Knowledge of: I2C, SPI, UART.
• Experience developing on the Linux environment.
• An appreciation of the design of electro-mechanical products/mechanisms.
  
  
• An understanding of sensing technologies, DSP and control theory.
  
  
• Familiarity with machine learning (PyTorch, Tensorflow etc.).
  
  
• An understanding and working knowledge of Bluetooth Low Energy.
  
  
• An understanding of one or more of the following: WiFi , MQTT, Matter.

We can offer you a lot in return

At Kohler, you're not a number, you're avalued member of our team (or as we like to say, an "associate"). What thismeans for you, is focused development that is personalised – all of the challenge you desire withall the support you need, as well as global opportunities should you desire .We also offer competitive benefits, including a focus on wellbeing and agenuine commitment to 'giving something back' through our Stewardship (CSR)efforts. We believe that our depth of knowledge and breadth of opportunitiesset us apart and if you believe you'd add something to our team, we'd loveto hear from you. You can find out more about our operating philosophy,Believing in Better, here

As an organisation, Kohler Mira is committed to diversityand inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future everyday for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities. Asan equal opportunities employer, it is Kohler Mira's policy to recruit, hire,and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If,as an individual with a disability, you require adjustmentsduring the recruitment process please contact

*Important update for candidates applying to roles within KohlerEnergy, including Power Systems, Engines, Home Energy, Kohler UninterruptiblePower, Clarke Energy, Curtis Instruments, and Heila Technologies.

On November 6, Kohler Co. announced the strategic decision toestablish Kohler Energy as a separate, independent business with PlatinumEquity as the majority investment partner. Kohler will continue to stayinvested in the Energy business following the closing and remains committed tosupporting the acceleration of long-term growth strategies for bothorganizations. Talent and operational transition plans are underway, and KohlerCo. and Platinum Equity expect the agreement to close in the first half of 2024.Thankyou for your interest in joining our growing team as we embark on the nextphase of growth

About Us

In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three marketleading brands; Mira Showers, Rada Controls and Kohler Company. Whereour brands differ in market position, they are equal in quality, each living upto the Kohler Company mission to live on the leading edge of design andtechnology and provide a single level of quality regardless of price.
Learn more about us, our brands and careeropportunities at

Note forRecruitment Agencies – the Kohler Talent Acquisition team is responsible formanaging all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals whereverpossible. We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require externalsupport we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on ourPreferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sentby any agency to Kohler Co. without a specific request by our TalentAcquisition Team will not be accepted and with no introduction feeapplicable.

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