Electronics Engineer

As a global leader in life sciences research support STEMCELL Technologies is looking for an Electronics Engineer to join our Instrumentation UK engineering this role you will play a key role in supporting the continued manufacture performance and evolution of our innovative cell sorting instruments while also contributing to the development of our next generation of instrumentation.

As an Electronics Engineer your initial priority will be sustaining engineering for our existing cell sorting platform investigating technical and manufacturing issues implementing design improvements and supporting the product throughout its lifecycle. Alongside this you will contribute to the design development and transfer to manufacture of next-generation instrumentation as our product portfolio evolves.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support ongoing product improvement and lead or support electronics-related quality investigations through problem investigation root-cause analysis design change verification and implementation into manufacture

• Own and deliver sustaining engineering activities including management of component obsolescence substitutions supplier support product lifetime improvements and cost reductions

• Contribute to new product design development and transfer to manufacture including prototype builds design verification engineering documentation and design transfer

• Design simulate and test analogue and digital electronics within complex scientific instrumentation including low-noise optical front-ends ADCs FPGAs photodetectors precise motor control and embedded processors

• Integrate board-level communication interfaces including I2C SPI Ethernet USB and NFC

• Collaborate with software teams to support board bring-up using embedded C/C or VHDL/Verilog

• Develop schematics and multi-layer mixed-signal PCB layouts in Altium Designer ensuring strict control over signal integrity grounding and EMC

• Ensure new designs and engineering changes consider applicable safety EMC and regulatory requirements including standards such as IEC 61010 IEC 61326 and EN 301 489

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related discipline with 26 years of relevant engineering experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)

• Practical experience designing simulating and troubleshooting analogue and digital electronic systems incorporating power supplies ADCs motor/fan controllers sensors and interfaces (I2C SPI SMBus Ethernet USB)

• Proficiency in schematic capture and multi-layer mixed-signal PCB layout with circuit simulation experience being desirable

• Hands-on experience using laboratory equipment (oscilloscopes logic analysers multimeters VNAs) for bench testing fault finding and board bring-up

• Proven ability to perform root-cause analysis and deliver product lifecycle support in a manufacturing environment

• Experience with FPGA firmware design (VHDL/Verilog including IP blocks synthesis and place and route) is desirable

• Strong communication and technical documentation skills with the ability to work effectively across Engineering Manufacturing Quality Service and Supply Chain teams

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STEMCELL Technologies is a privately owned Vancouver-based biotechnology company that helps power leading-edge life science research around the world. Driven by our love of science and passion for quality we are a company of Scientists Helping Scientistsstanding by our customers to provide the outstanding products technical support and training they need to advance their research. Scientists performing stem cell immunology cancer regenerative medicine and cellular therapy research are among those who rely on our cell culture media cell separation products instruments accessory products and services. Through our many regional offices as well as our distribution centers in Vancouver Seattle Grenoble and Singapore we deliver our innovative specialized products to more than 100 countries. With over 1800 employees globally most with scientific or engineering degrees STEMCELL is proud to be the largest biotechnology employer inCanada.

This is an opportunity to work with highly motivated colleagues in a science-oriented creative and dynamic environment. We offer a competitive salary excellent benefits and meaningful career development opportunities.

STEMCELL is well recognized for exceptional leadership and business practices. We are one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and operate an ISO 14001-certified environmental management system to measure and reduce our environmental impact.

As an equal opportunity employer STEMCELL is dedicated to ensuring that every employee feels safe valued and respected for who they are. We know that scientific progress and innovation occur when diverse creative minds come together and we are committed to nurturing a culture of inclusivity and belonging. STEMCELL enforces a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination. Selection decisions are solely based on job-related factors.

The annual salary for this job ranges from:

36800.00 - 49800.00

STEMCELL determines an individuals pay within the range based on multiple factors including experience education job-related skills and equity within the team or organization. For jobs that are eligible for sales incentives the range noted above is inclusive of target incentives; actual incentives are based on individual performance results in accordance with company addition to base salary STEMCELL offers a comprehensive total rewards package that may include health benefits retirement savings and more (depending on region).

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