Electronics Engineer

• Job Title: Electronics Engineer
• Location: WMFTS UK - UK - Cardrew Industrial Estate
• Location Type: On-Site

Website:https://www.wmfts.com/en/

• Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/
• Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax
• Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group
• with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal
• solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.
• When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging
• team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing
• growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our
• website to learn more.

Key Responsibilities

• Using hardware
• design expertise and experience to deliver a wide range of electronic schematics
• and PCB designs to further and maintain our product range and projects.
• Use simulation and
• CAE tools, backed by experience, to produce sound, robust and manufacturable
• products both for small- and large-scale manufacturing and can easily interface
• with Global partners and manufactures.
• To investigate any functional,
• customer, supply and manufacturing issues and identify solutions working with
• software and project partners.

Mechanical

• interfacing of PCBs to enclosures and other mechanical parts through extensive
• use of CAD/CAE, working closely with the Mechanical Engineers and project
• partners.
• Generation of
• required documentation for production and test.
• To research new
• technologies and work with other across the Engineering team to implement
• To manage projects
• or tasks within projects as required.
• To ensure all
• electronics designs are rigorously tested and comply with all relevant
• standards, directives and regulations
• To work to and
• proactively look to improve existing processes
• To provide input and
• technical expertise to the development electronics strategies at WMFTS
• To help create an
• agile, creative, pro-active, efficient and effective working environment.
• Other Accountabilities include
• Absorb and collate differing amounts
• of product & customer information and turn it into a concise summary
• to allow requirements to be easily understood and conveyed.
• Ensure the best practices are employed
• in any design study, project activity or sub-contract activity, including
• pro-active peer reviews of designs

Interpret

• product and market requirements and convey them into a design, construct a
• hardware requirements specification around which the design is constructed
• to ensure visibility of the design and to allow challenge, filter, ensure
• clarity and test theories.

Create

and foster a culture of openness, technical excellence, continuous

improvement and learning.

Working

• within an Agile environment; work with the software team to ensure that projects
• meet targets, using the visual management tools, review code/hardware
• integration and progress, actively working to understand the coding and
• testing approach and the interaction with the electronics hardware,
• inputting as appropriate to improve output.

Work

with teams of all sizes to actively achieve a common goal, to pull

together when challenges face the team and focus on solutions.

Maintain

• a positive attitude when facing challenges, focus on understanding the
• problem and providing a solution.
• Investigate,
• using practical methods, to understand functional issues with products,
• both on new product development and when solving engineering issues with
• existing products.

Communicate

concisely and convey technical information in a simple, professional

format with a range of stakeholders, including with customers.

Be

accountable for information and decisions, stay calm when challenged and

push development boundaries.

Skills/Experience

• Ideally you will have Honours Bachelor degree in an appropriate subject (BSc, BTech, BEng (Hons), MEng, MSc, PhD or equivalent in an Electronics/Engineering subject
• Experience of electronics engineering working at or above graduate level.
• Product concept, circuit definition, circuit design, PCB layout, verification/test, mechanical interfaces through to manufacturing and customer/sales interfacing.
• Digital electronics: Embedded microprocessors, analogue to digital, digital to analogue interfacing, I2C, SPI, USB, LVDS etc and ancillary functions.
• Analogue electronics: Real world signal interfacing and protection
• Power electronics; use of 48V DC switching and linear power supply designs, power interfacing.
• Design for manufacture, design for test, DFX and EMC compliance
• Demonstrable schematic and PCB layout experience, including multi-layer as well as low cost, single- and double-sided low layer value/economical designs.SI and EMI compliance PCB best practice.Part generation and library management.
• Mechanical interfacing of PCBs to enclosures and other mechanical parts through extensive use of 3D CAD (SolidWorks )
• Generation of required documentation and specification from power models to simulation, reliability calculation and reports
• Understand thermal management and use of Simulation tools
• At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking
• care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package,
• including:
• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group

Inclusion Plan

• Everyone is Included at Spirax Group
• We are passionate about creating inclusive and
• equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their
• full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships
• where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural
• backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities,
• neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else
• that makes us human and unique.
• We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will
• always consider requests for flexible working.
• We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we
• have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion
• Commitments. These include
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or
• domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more
• Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.
• We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If
• you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our
• application form.
• We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive
• and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to
• apply.
• If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us
• know.

Company Overview

• At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are
• driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace
• where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in
• manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for
• the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products,
• including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use
• applications.
• Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders
• as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our
• technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and
• industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage,
• Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and
• Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that
• sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans
• to mobile phones!
• Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and
• inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make
• their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers,
• our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment
• where everyone feels included.