Senior / Electronics Engineer Bristol, England
Job description
We are currently looking for an Senior / Electronics Engineer to join our expanding team.
What we do
At KETS Quantum Security we are combining the power of quantum technologies with the scalability and practicality of integrated photonics to fix some of the biggest security problems facing some of the largest organisations on the planet.
Working at KETS
Our values are focused on always adapting to a changing landscape, trusting ourselves and each other, connecting together, continuous development and security. In a fast-moving industry, we are expected to adapt quickly but these values act as a compass to ensure that our people are always central to our culture.
At KETS, everyone has regular individual, team and all hands catch up and career development sessions to make sure that they are doing okay, to connect them with their team goals and so that everyone knows what development opportunities are available to them. We also make sure that everyone has the right tools and resources to do their role from IT equipment to stand up desks and sunlight lamps.
We trust each other to be in the right place, at the right time and to do the right thing which means that everyone can balance their work and home commitments in a way that works best for them.
We have a host of benefits like flexible working from day one, a great pension scheme, share options, enhanced family leave and sickness leave, 28 days holiday and more.
What we’re looking for
The main focus of the Senior / Electronics Engineer will be to work with the engineering team to design, test and deliver electronics sub-subsystems for chip-based quantum photonic technologies for secure communications.
The role can be offered at a Senior / Electronics Engineer level for those who have worked in a relevant role before this one and have a good level of knowledge and experience or a Senior Electronics Engineer level for those with more extensive experience of working in relevant roles before this one and have a significant level of confidence, knowledge and experience to draw on to allow you to work semi-autonomously.
You will play an integral part in our team and your main responsibilities will be:
- Development, testing, and delivery of analogue and digital electronic hardware solutions for quantum secured communication products (examples include: laser and temperature controllers, multi-channel voltage controllers, current controllers, and photodiode power-meters).
- Design of electronic hardware systems (including PCB schematics, layout, assembly data for external manufacture)
- Testing of electronic hardware systems (analogue and digital functions)
- Development and testing of micro-controller firmware
- Technical documentation detailing the developed systems
The experience you’ll need
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
- A degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject (electrical or electronics engineering or other)
- Experience in design and testing of DC analogue electronics circuits
- Experience in the design and testing of digital electronics (microchip microcontrollers, DACs, ADCs etc)
- Experience in PCB schematic, layout, assembly, and testing
- Experience in E-CAD (Altium, KiCAD, and Proteus are most commonly used in KETS)
- Experience in microcontroller firmware development (preferably C-language based and Microchip microcontrollers) and testing for control of digital and analogue circuitry.
- Experience/Familiarity with communication protocols (UART, I2C, SPI, USB)
KETS skills & values
Our values are important as they help to guide our actions to ensure that we’re always working in a way that reflects our unique culture.
Each of our values is underpinned by skills that are important to develop if we are going to progress at KETS either through developing our role to its fullest potential or moving to future roles within the business.
The Senior / Electronics Engineer is expected to exhibit a number of the skills required with a little bit of support from your Manager and others in the team.
The Senior Electronics Engineer is expected to exhibit most of the skills required with very little support from your Manager and others in the team.
- Trust - We trust each other to be in the right place, at the right time and to do the right thing
- Connect - We connect with each other to provide knowledge, support and guidance where it’s required
- Adapt: We adapt the way we operate to best suit the circumstances
- Secure: We understand the importance of analysing risks and making the right judgements to secure the future of KETS
- Develop: We develop our approach through learning from our experiences and try-adapt-try again until we get it right
How to apply
To apply you will need to submit an online application.
We operate a rolling recruitment process which means that we will close the role once it is filled so we would advise you to complete an application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
We are able to offer a range of working arrangements for this role so please specify what you are looking for within your application. Due to the fact that some of the work of the team is lab based, you will be required to work from our Bristol office when necessary.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or you would like to speak to a member of the KETS team before applying then just drop us an email at [email protected]– we’d love to hear from you.
To enable us to build a world-leading quantum security business, KETS are proud to be Tier 2 visa sponsors. If you require visa sponsorship to work in the UK, please make sure that you include this within your online application.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE – we prefer to fill our roles without the help of recruitment agencies, thank you for respecting this.
Benefits
We support our people as they balance their home and work lives through offering a host of benefits including:
Competitive salaries that are regularly reviewed to ensure that they are both fair and equitable.
A contributory pension where we will match up to 7% of contribution
Enhanced sick leave provision which entitles you to 8 weeks of fully paid sick leave and a further 4 weeks of half-paid sick leave (where eligible).
Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay from day one:
6 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave
2 weeks full pay for paternity leave
All new parents are also entitled to up to one year of leave.
Flexible working from day one at KETS. We embrace all types of flexibility as we understand that life doesn’t stop when you start work.
28 days paid holiday each year plus bank holidays.
Regular 121s and goals sessions which are designed to check that everyone is doing okay both personally and professionally and to help people to plan their own personal development in line with our values-based career development framework.
£250 per tax year towards activities that support their wellbeing. This could be through attending evening or weekend classes, sports and activities, days out, health and wellbeing apps and more.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £28,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Electronics Engineer
