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Hardware Development Engineer

Location: 

London, GB, E16 2BF

Work Site:  Hybrid
Duration:  Permanent / Unlimited
Date:  Jan 21, 2025

Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines.​ Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.

Bühler is active in over 140 countries and has more than 13,000 employees worldwide. Every day, two billion people consume foods made with Bühler processes, including flour, rice, pasta, chocolate, coffee, and beer. We are continuously working to create sustainable innovations for a better world. Our aim is to transform the world’s most pressing food and mobility challenges into sustainable technologies, process solutions, and services. Our Optical Sorting business in the UK has been a pioneer in sorting technology since 1947, earning five Queen’s Awards for its exceptional contributions. With the capability to optimise over 300 commodities, we are a trusted provider of cutting-edge sorting technology worldwide.

 

Reporting to the Head of Life Cycle Management the Hardware Development Engineer will be responsible for providing hardware development and testing support for the manufacturing of Optical Sorting products and increasing the quality, repeatability, and efficiency within a safe working environment. The successful candidate will have the ability to create, define & prioritise Hardware / Electrical LCM requests, setting & supporting implementation of global LCM goals.

 

Tasks/Responsibilities

 

The Hardware Development Engineer will be responsible for:

 

  • Leading activities associated to Life Cycle Management.
  • Creating, defining & prioritising Hardware / Electrical LCM requests. 
  • Responding to LCM tickets, escalating concerns where needed. Fault-finding and debugging electronic / electrical systems for Stakeholder / Customer Complaints, including 8D investigations. 
  • Supporting the product life cycle through to end-of-life, ensuring continuous improvement, maintaining obsolete components, product performance and customer satisfaction. 
  • Providing feedback to development team, from LCM lessons learned and best practices.  
  • Supporting compliance (e.g. NRTL, EMC and regulatory, etc.) 
  • Leading activities associated to supporting stakeholders.
  • Providing manufacturing files to PCB manufacturers and collaborate to resolve technical queries and requirements, associated to both existing & new designs. 
  • Maintaining, design and implement Test Procedures for Extensive System and Sub-Assemblies for Production Testing using custom test boxes, XJTAG and LabVIEW software. 
  • Visiting suppliers and other Buhler manufacturing sites to provide technical support / feedback on improving processes and equipment. 
  • Collaborating with design engineering teams to assist in the development and introduction of new products, staying current with new software and technologies. 
  • Designing both analogue and digital electronic circuits for new products as well as for effective testing. 
  • Supporting Manufacturing & Quality issues, including hands-on support to Manufacturing and Customer Complaints 8D investigations. 
  • Supporting manufacturing test equipment including Ejector, Camera, Final Testing etc.  

 

Required Qualifications

 

  • You will ideally have a bachelor’s degree in electronics or related field
  • Hands-on Hardware Development.
  • Ability to interpret Electrical and Electronic Schematics.
  • Analog and Digital Electronics Design Experience.
  • Fault-finding and Debugging of Electronic Systems and PCBs Experience.
  • Ability to Design and Develop Test Equipment for Electronics.
  • Ability to Utilise Lab Equipment (Bench PSU, oscilloscope, signal generators, etc).
  • Competence to create Test Procedures and Liaise with PCB Manufacturers.
  • LabVIEW Design for Testing.
  • Design Machine Test Procedures.
  • Obsolescence and Product Life-cycle Management Experience.
  • Signal Integrity Knowledge.

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

  • Optical and Camera Systems Experience.
  • JTAG Boundary Scan Testing.
  • PCB Design Experience via Altium or Mentor Xpedition. 
  • FPGA and Embedded Design Experience.

Benefits

 

  • Comprehensive benefits.

Remuneration

 

  • Between £45 - £60k

Application documents

 

  • Apply using your curriculum vitae

At Bühler we are not only offering working opportunities and international exchange of like-minded professionals. We are more than just a global company. Our value proposition to transform the way companies feed and move the world, is driving positive change in the industries in which we operate globally. Become a part of a dynamic environment that combines your drive for innovation with a world ​of possibilities.​ Joining us means embracing a shared purpose of creating innovations for a better world while becoming part of a company that is dedicated to your success.

As a global organization, we embrace the diversity of our global workforce. At Bühler, you will collaborate with professionals from around the world, each bringing in a unique perspective to the table. It is a business priority for us to harness the diversity of our global workforce and include them in their uniqueness to create a culture of belonging guided by our TOP values – Trust, Ownership and Passion. Embark on a journey that combines the excitement of global collaboration with the reassurance of a welcoming workplace.

Let’s create impact together! 

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