Company Description
Lincad is a privately owned UK company in Surrey specialising in the design and manufacture of bespoke batteries, chargers, and power management systems.
The company provides a full product design and manufacturing service for bespoke power solutions across a wide range of industrial sectors and applications.
Established 40 years ago in 1986, Lincad combines battery chemistry expertise with systems engineering.
About the role
The role will involve working within the engineering side of the business, which will include design and development work, product testing and manufacturing support activities.
A successful candidate will be working closely with a team of senior engineer and engineering technicians.
Although the ability to self-manage is important, the senior engineers will support and mentor a successful candidate to allow them to grow and develop into the role.
The role may involve occasional off-site working at customer, supplier or test house facilities.
The role may include a customer facing element, which will develop as a successful candidate progresses in the role.
Lincad’s has a relatively young, dynamic, engineering team and a history of long-term staff retention throughout all areas of the company.
A successful candidate would have the opportunity to develop into a long-term career within Lincad.
Core Technical Requirements
- Relevant Degree (or equivalent qualification) with five or more years of relevant electronics design and test experience.
- Design of complex mixed signal analogue and digital systems with power elements.
- Analogue design experience including working knowledge of measurement and data acquisition circuit design.
- Experience of hardware design of microprocessor-based systems.
- Able to create full life cycle design, analysis and support documentation in line with company standards.
- Understanding of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) design principles with experience in EMC design and application.
- Experience in prototyping, debugging and functional test of complex electronic systems.
- Able to peer review electronics designs and documentation.
- Excellent problem solver.
- Able to provide engineering level production support for both manufactured products and manufacturing equipment support.
Beneficial Technical Skills
- Experience of electronic design within a field relevant to battery design.
- Low speed digital/logic systems with understanding of communication interfaces (RS485, I2C, SPI, CAN, etc.).
- Experience with power electronics and DC-DC converter-based systems.
- Working knowledge of product compliance (CE/UKCA) and familiarity with risk-based safety assessment to BS/EN/ISO standards.
- Practical electronics skills, including fine-pitch surface mount soldering and knowledge of general test equipment applications and use.