Innovation is at the heart of everything we do here at Helix. Our e-drive technology has set new standards in electric powertrains, smashed world records, and been recognised with a multitude of industry awards.

For over 20 years you will have seen our products in action in prestigious high-performance vehicles including most recently the Lotus Evija and Aston Martin Valkyrie. We have also supported many motorsport teams to achieve great things on the track.

Main purpose of the role:

Carry out electronics design and development activities relating to power and control electronics for automotive racing as well as but not exclusively series production applications.

Key responsibilities:

Electronics Design & Development

• Design of low voltage analog and digital electronics.
• Specification and Requirement capture according to process and industry design standards.
• Complete Schematic capture, PCB design.
• Support device selection relating to Microcontrollers and FPGAs
• Execute circuit simulation process.
• Participate in design reviews of electronics/software projects.
• Preparation and release of component specifications, Bill of Materials and drawings.
• Test specification capture.
• Carry out testing and verification of power electronics devices and assemblies.
• Carry out investigation and resolution of development, launch and ongoing quality issues involving electronic assemblies.
• Implement engineering change requests and maintain detailed design records.
• Preparation and review of electronic design documentation.
• Any other tasks that are reasonably assigned to you by your line manager, including development activities, which are within your capability and grade.

Required Education and Industry Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• Strong first principles approach.
• User of schematic capture and PCB design tools.
• Circuit simulation.
• Analog and Digital design skills.
• Knowledge of standard busses such as SPI, UART and interfacing to external components like Flash memory and ADCs.
• Failure mode avoidance experience with knowledge of associated processes such as DFMEA and FTA.
• Design of low voltage analog and digital electronics for automotive ECUs.
• Experience implementing automotive communication busses such as CAN and Flexray.

Desirable Education and Industry Experience:

• Relevant Master’s degree.
• Experience delivering tolerance and lifetime calculations.
• Altium Designer.
• LTSPICE.
• PSIM.
• Knowledge of automotive standards.
• Experience developing work products in support of ISO26262 safety engineering process.
• Experience implementing automotive safety-capable microcontrollers.
• Experience within the motorsport industry.
• Experience implementing FPGAs and their configuration using VHDL or Verilog.
• Knowledge of best practice approaches for design in accordance with global EMC standards.
• Experience developing and executing electronics validation plans.

As an employee of Helix, you will receive a competitive salary, ongoing personal development, training opportunities and a generous benefits package including a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, private medical insurance, agile working and gym membership to name a few.

Please note: Direct applications only. No unsolicited staffing recruitment firm submissions will be accepted. Any unsolicited CV’s received will be treated as the property of Helix.