N P Aerospace Ltd Looking for Electrical Engineer – Military Vehicles at Coventry, West Midlands (County) Full Time

Lead Electrical Engineer

What do we do? We use high-performance composite materials across our range of armour products for effective lightweight protection of people and vehicles. Our mission is to be the best at delivering products and services that bring our loved one’s home!

Our range of combat proven body armour products contain some of the most advanced composite materials to form helmets, body plates, shields and a full range of bomb disposal suits. Our expertise also extends to highly engineered composite systems for armoured vehicles, providing a highly effective protective shield with outstanding ballistic and mechanical performance. It is up to 50% lighter than the equivalent steel armour when protecting from armour-piercing rounds, yet able to defeat a wide range of threats, including fragmentation, high velocity small arms, grenade attack, mine blasts and burning fluids.

Intrigued and up for the challenge? Read on and visit our LinkedIn page to find out more about us!

JOB PURPOSE

As a Lead Engineer, the role holder will take responsibility for the development of Electrical systems to support the integration of a range of armoured military vehicle platforms. Lead Engineer will be responsible for all of the applicable Electrical, Electronics and embedded automotive systems including but not limited to engine/vehicle/Body harness, Battery management, lighting, onboard electrical equipment’s, diagnostics, EMI/EMC and other electrical automotive ancillaries.

MAIN JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Electrical product development to support baseline products and design evaluation of customer proposals, requirements and queries
• Technical leadership in relation to and not limited to signing off Electrical Design, Schematics and data management, Hardware Design and component Material Selection Approval
• Supervise a small team of electrical, electronics and software Engineers and where necessary liaise with third party supplier, design service provider to plan, design check approve final designs
• Review, evaluate and approve Electrical product information from functional safety risk assessment
• Support electrical product design risk assessment feedback and input into DFMEA and chair/support such meetings

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Degree level education or equivalent in Engineering (Electrical/Automotive) or similar subject
• Previous experience working on full lifecycle design and development projects, within an automotive environment
• Experience in design, validation, verification and diagnostics of electrical subsystems and components
• Understanding of electrical drawings/schematics and design standards, (ideally to automotive / defence requirements)
• Familiarity with EE Architecture communication design, in CAN and LIN
• Knowledge and experience of engineering documentation such as DFMEA’s
• Experience in electro-mechanical and/or mechanical system architecture