Electronic Design Engineer

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.

UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment. 
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, 
• Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Wide range of career development opportunities
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive

The salary for this role is £42,858 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected 5 days a week for this role. 

This role is based at  Culham, Oxfordshire 

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. 

The Role

UKAEA is looking for a talented Electronic Design Engineer to bring their expertise to a range of innovative projects and programmes at UKAEA.

In this role, you will provide electronic engineering expertise across UKAEA projects and programmes. You will take a proactive approach to the design, development, construction, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of electronic cards, assemblies, sub-assemblies, and control and instrumentation systems.

Be part of a team shaping the future of energy and apply your skills where they truly make an impact. We're looking for someone with strong organisational and time management abilities, excellent electronics design expertise including mixed signal design, and confident interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal. If you're ready to contribute to world-leading innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and deliver small to medium work packages and technical studies, working with engineers, technicians, and contractors to design, install, commission, and maintain electronic systems in line with UKAEA technical controls and procedures.

• Capture requirements, develop designs, produce schematics and PCB layouts, and lead design reviews using appropriate EDA, modelling, and simulation tools such as Proteus, MATLAB, Simulink, PSIM, and LTSpice.

• Provide responsive on-plant technical support and expert advice across UKAEA programmes, including MAST-U, overseeing the build, test, evaluation, repair, and low-voltage testing of electronic modules, cards, and sub-assemblies.

• Develop firmware and embedded software for FPGAs, microcontrollers, and related systems, ensuring systems are commissioned, tested, and maintained to high safety, quality, and performance standards.

• Prepare work control documentation and supervise technical staff, ensuring all activities comply with UKAEA safety, quality assurance, and technical procedures, while undertaking additional duties as required by management.

Essential:

• An honours degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline and demonstrable post graduate experience in an electrical/electronic engineering role. Or an HND in an Electrical/Electronic discipline, or equivalent qualification level, with significant industrial experience.
• Able to work effectively both independently and within a team, adapting to diverse tasks while applying technical expertise to solve problems.Being flexible and able to work across teams and the business where necessary.
• Embedded programming experience
• Experienced in using EDA software for schematic and PCB design, as well as performing work following safety protocols such as risk assessments, method statements, and formal permit systems, particularly for low and high voltage testing.

Desirable:

• Demonstrated success in working with a multi-disciplinary team in a dynamic research environment.
• Some experience in supervising others.
• HDL design and test

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission.  We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.  

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.