R&D Engineer

Our clients, a high-end manufacturing company, are looking to recruit a R&D Engineer to join their growing team. Reporting to the Directors, the chosen candidate's responsibilties will include: 

• Maintaining the Qualification lab up to current requirements, creating, managing and maintaining a comprehensive documentation system;
• Focusing on diagnostics and design related to the electronics used in our fibre optic gyroscopes;
• Development and diagnostics of analog boards;
• Testing optical components including but not limited to:
  • Measurement of distributed polarization crosstalk in PM fibre with Michelson interferometer.
  • SpectraFiber optic gyroscopes.l measurement of PM (polarization maintaining) fibre beat length.
  • Spectral measurement of fibre cut-off wavelength.
  • H-parameter testing of PM fibre and fibre coils.​

• Must possess a hands-on approach with the rest of the R&D team
• Able to work independently and in a team environment
• Capable of good communication skills with technical and non-technical people
• Possess a sense of creativity and an eagerness to learn
• Knowledge / experience in Analogue circuit design, Altium Software for Schematic & PCB design, Optical and photonics field, Optical interferometry, Single-mode PM fibers, Super luminescent diodes, Fiber optic gyroscopes.

• Must possess a minimum MQF level 6 (level 7 or higher preferred) in Electronics or Physics
• Able to make general use of Microsoft-based PCs and associated software