http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/ Engineering Jobs, Engineer Jobs, Engineering Recruitment and vacancies. Free Job Posting. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:59:23 +0100 rss20 by http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/ admin@4engineeringjobs.com http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16908 My clients in west Hertfordshire are looking for a Digital Electronics Hardware/Firmware Engineer. This role is commutable from Welwyn, Hemel, St. Albans, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Harpenden, Luton, Rickmansworth, Hatfield. My client is part of an exciting, interesting and challenging industry, and they need to add an engineer to their development department to cover existing and new engineering projects. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16837 My clients in Hertfordshire are looking for a Cam Engineer / Process Engineer - PCB Manufacturing. This role is commutable from Stevenage, Luton, St, Albans, Potters Bar, Welwyn, Hoddesdon, Hertford. My client is a leading prototype/small production manufacturer of printed circuit boards. They produce a wide and varied range of product, from the simplest single-sided circuit board to very complex multilayer constructions in both rigid and flexi-rigid formats. Successfull candidates would be responsible for one or other of the following areas: The introduction and improvement of new processes for the fabrication of rigid or fully flexible PCB's. Working in the Front-End tooling department translating customer data, drawings, specifications and other requirements into a package suitable for PCB manufacture. It would be of interest if you had some experience in the production of printed circuit boards. The following list includes some areas which would be useful but is not exhaustive: day to day production planning and throughput support of a PCB process operation. tools such as Genesis, Omega or PCP for CAM activities and the production of route cards and instructions. specialised PCB fabrication skills. adapting CNC tooling sets to work with alternative process machining. In summary, if you are currently working in PCB production and feel you have more to contribute than your current role allows we would be keen to talk to you ASAP. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16836 My clients in Surrey are looking for a Senior Hardware / Firmware Engineer. This role is commutable from Redhill, Reigate, Horley, East Grinstead, Crawley, Horsham. My clients specialise in the design, development & support of advanced electronic communication systems. You will play a key role in R&D including involvement in hands-on engineering. You should have a relevant technical degree or equivalent experience. Key areas of knowledge & experience include the design & development of digital & analogue hardware & embedded software. Advantageous experience would include experience of RF / microwave frequencies and defence technologies such as radar, GPS or EW (electronic warfare). Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16835 My clients in Essex are looking for a Continuous Improvement / Lean Six Sigma Expert. This role is commutable from Bishops Stortford, Dunmow, Braintree, Chelmsford, Witham, Maldon, Brentwood. My client manufactures a diverse range of electronic devices for customers in a worldwide market. The company vision is to become the Market Leader in these products and expand through both organic growth and acquisition. Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Methodologies are key components in their programme to achieve process and service excellence. The successful candidate will work as a change agent across the organisation, and will need to be able to work with, and influence, all levels of employees. They will need excellent understanding and experience of using LSS tools and techniques. They will work closely with senior management to identify business improvement opportunities and add real value to strategic planning. Main Accountabilities Complete business improvement projects ensuring value-added application of LSS methodologies, tools and standards. Establish mechanisms to drive effective involvement of all Operations employees to implement and sustain a Continuous Improvement culture. Train, mentor and coach colleagues across all levels of the organisation and other resources (internal and external) to create a strong, focused and effective operations team. Use practical experience and industry best practice knowledge to contribute to the continued development of the LSS strategy, approach, methodologies and tools. Continually identify new areas of opportunity within and outside (Supply chain / customer base) of the company. Build strong relationships with other functions across the organisation to ensure that best practice is shared. Drive formal communications to ensure Lean Six Sigma builds and retains an appropriate profile, results are shared and recognition provided to those involved. Essential Experience Knowledge and experience in applying six sigma or lean six sigma. Knowledge and experience of problem resolution techniques and application. Qualified to a minimum HNC (mechanical or electronic discipline desirable). Experience in transactional or non-transactional industry. Good understanding of Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word). Knowledge of Statistical Analysis software tools, (e.g. Minitab). Experience of managing cross-functional projects is desirable. Willingness to travel domestically and internationally where required. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16833 My clients in Herts & Essex are looking for Software & Hardware Engineers. These roles are commutable from Luton, Bedford, Letchworth, Stevenage, Welwyn, Romford, Southend, Basildon, Brentwood. You will be responsible for the development and support of video and graphics products. Working as part of a small team, you will be responsible for all aspects of the development for a product, from the preparation of the specification through to the formal release and maintenance.You will need to be able to work as part of team with hardware and software engineers. Position Responsibilities include: Application level and embedded software development using a variety of operating systems and hardware platforms. Troubleshooting and testing of hardware / software under multiple operating systems and hardware platforms. Industry research and awareness of comparable offerings in graphics and video field, radar and sonar would be beneficial though not essential. Development of enhancements to existing Software / Hardware products. Essential Skills and Experience: Proven software development skills C/C++. Proven ability to work with Hardware / Software Engineers to debug products. Familiarity with video compression techniques including JPEG 2000, MPEG, JPEG an asset, networks, streaming, server/client experience. Development of low-level (driver or embedded) software. Experience with the integration and debug of software with new hardware Experience in development on a PowerPC target. Software development experience with some of the following: X Windows. X11R6. CUDA. Linux. Windows. Advantageous skills & experience: Experience with PCI, Compact PCI, VME and PMC. Knowledge of Graphics Processor architectures such as ATI, nVidia, etc. Experience with OpenGL, X, Direct X graphics software development. Minimum Education requirements: MSC/PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related subject (or equivalent experience). Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16706 My clients in west Hertfordshire are looking for a Graduate Digital Electronics Systems Design Engineer. This role is commutable from Welwyn, Hemel, St. Albans, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Harpenden, Luton, Rickmansworth, Hatfield. My client is an emerging international company in the development of leading edge products covering a range of technologies. Products are engineered for low volume production, typically 1-100 units/annum and involve complex systems with mechanical, electronic, chemical and software content. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and testing circuits and sub-systems, writing test specifications, planning test programmes and transferring designs and developments to manufacturing and support. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=17088 My clients in Hertfordshire are looking for an Engineering Assistant / Technician (Electronics). This role is commutable from Stevenage, Luton, St, Albans, Potters Bar, Welwyn, Hoddesdon, Hertford. My client is a leading developer of portable electronic test instruments. Their engineering team currently comprises several experienced designers in the electronics, software and mechanical disciplines. Responsibilities will include supervised project work, testing pre-production units, collecting experimental data, some use of CAD (Vutrax) for supervised circuit design, and helping to create new product variants. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=17083 My clients in Cambs are looking for a Technical Product Specialist - InkJet Printing. This role is commutable from Newmarket, Royston, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Ely, St. Neots, Biggleswade, Sandy. The role will cover a number of key areas within the business including: Technical Product integration: You will take ownership of a number of products and define, agree and monitor deliverables with product suppliers. You will outline, manage and undertake tests or validation to prove product viability/compatibility or performance in target applications You will assist with the completion and production of technical documentation & product materials including commercial bulletins, accessory guides, brochures, and spare parts lists. Product and applications Support You will provide direct on site Technical Support to assist service channels in corrective measures on a global basis. You will provide installation assistance at the end customer to prove system principles when a new product or product enhancement is released. It will be necessary to maintain an Engineering Project priorities list in order to ensure that all customer requests (internal and external) are professionally handled, scheduled and acted upon. You may be called upon to use your individual skills to develop and produce tools or product enhancements that will benefit the business. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16793 My clients in Hertfordshire are looking for a Software Developer/Engineer - C++/C#/Windows. This role is commutable from Bishops Stortford, Stevenage, Potters Bar, Welwyn, Hoddesdon, Hertford, Harlow, Waltham Abbey. My client is a well established and successful company with a very international customer base. They design & manufacture a range of hardware/software products for testing Control & Power Systems Protection systems. They are seeking a graduate calibre engineer (Computing/Electronics/Physics or similar) with very good all round application development experience for an immediate start. The successful candidate will assist in maintaining and developing new software systems to control hardware products. Current products are based on embedded processors/soft processors on FPGA’s running Embedded Linux which are controlled via PC’s, mobile devices and remotely over the web. To be considered for this role you must have very good C++/C#/Windows application development experience. Additionally any of the following would be highly desirable: Linux application development. Real-Time/DSP/Embedded. TCP/IP networking. A scientific/electronics background Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.4engineeringjobs.com/view.php?job_id=16789 My clients in Surrey are looking for a product engineer & a process engineer. These roles are commutable from Epsom, Kingston upon Thames, London, Richmond, Staines, Egham. Main purpose of jobs: Ensure stable solar cells (photovoltaics) manufacturing yield and drive yield improvement activities. Oversee and improve process design and control at outsourced solar cells wafer processing, test and assembly manufacturing. Key tasks and responsibilities: Analyse yield of various production steps. Suggest yield improvement activities to design and process engineers. Develop software tools/query to support analysis activities. Verify product performance stability. Ensure product design is implemented correctly. Feedback information to design and process engineers. Suggest improvements to product design. Implement and improve product manufacturing flow. Oversee process control at outsourced manufacturers. Maintain and improve product manufacturing cycle time. Qualifications: It is expected that candidates will hold a degree in engineering or physics to master level or equivalent experience. Experience required: Previous experience in product engineering in a manufacturing environment. Ideally experience in semiconductor wafer processing, test and assembly. Familiarity with SQL databases, programming, SPC and Quality Control is required. Previous experience with optoelectronic devices and/or solar cells is highly desirable. JMP knowledge a plus. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100