Gooch & Housego PLC - Senior Hardware Systems Engineer chez Gooch & Housego PLC

LOCATION 

Ashford / Travel may be required to other G&H sites and to customer locations from time to time. 

REPORTING TO More Senior Engineer, Project Managers and R&D Global Director 

ABOUT US

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications

Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognized for the breadth of their acousto-optic, electro-optic, crystal-optic, fiber optic, and precision optic products. G&H is recognized as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defense industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy-five years.

ROLE

This position is based at our UK Centre of Excellence for Life sciences in Ashford, Kent. 

You will take responsibility for the electronics and firmware design of products from concept through to 

production taking into account requirements, timescales, cost and regulatory constraints. You will be 

working with colleagues across the business including product management and business development 

to support new commercial opportunities as well as operations, supporting technology transfer to 

manufacture. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team of design and development 

engineers working on new cutting-edge Lifescience and Medical products for the betterment of 

humanity.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree (2:1) or better

MANDATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational 
• procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and 
• Quality.
• Provide Environmental commitment for site in order to maintain sustainability and progression 
• to net zero.
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and 
• contracted personnel in order to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity.
• Promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Integrity, Action, Unity, Precision.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Digital/analogue Electronics and firmware design of products from concept through to 
• production. FPGA VHDL preferable.
• System architectural design and concepts.
• Schematic and board layout using Altium Designer CAD tool.
• Prototype build, test, and fault finding
• Specification and requirements capture.
• Hands on soldering, fault finding.
• EMC and electrical safety compliance support.
• Cost Model generation, Rohs analysis and compilation.
• Possible oversight of junior engineers 
• The responsibility of every employee is to promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Integrity, Action, Unity, and Precision.
• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity.

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Ontime completion of projects to the satisfaction of Project Mangers and Clients 
• Appraisals.
• Regular 1-1 meetings.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Can do attitude.
• Team player.
• Inquisitive.
• Time and cost sensitive.
• Willing to take on tasks as deemed necessary for the project and go beyond in delivery.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Client facing attributes.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Digital, Analogue design experience.
• Embedded Programming Experience in ‘C’, FPGA VHDL
• C++, .net, C#, java, Python, or algorithm development an advantage
• Familiarity with CAD for schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium preferred)
• Some exposure to EMC compliance design techniques, accompanying equipment to test 
• sites can be expected. Knowledge of safety and EMC standards advantageous.
• Clear concise report writing with good attention to detail.
• Ability to take on other systems elements within a project such as thermals, optics etc an 
• advantage.
• Competency with Microsoft Office products.
• Willing to take on tasks as deemed necessary for the project.
• Good presentation and communication skills.
• Ideally 8+ years design experience. Exceptional candidates with lower experience will be 
• considered if evidence of outstanding ability can be demonstrated.
• Ability to client face, conveying technical information in an easy-to-understand confident 
• manner.
• Hands on, self-motivated, willing to learn and help evolve the R&D department and build an 
• expert team.

Notes: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.