Job Description
Next Generation Products (NGP) is part of British American Tobacco Group, focused on developing and delivering high quality nicotine alternatives to adult smokers in the key areas of Vapour and Tobacco Heating Products. In NGPs, our aim is to provide consumers with a compelling range of inspiring products that drive change. This means developing products that meet consumer needs and, by driving change, will reduce the public health impact of tobacco.
The responsibility of this role is to lead the continuous improvement of THP devices to improve product quality and reduce product cost.
Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Lead the development and testing of THP device electronic design solutions to reduce product cost and / or address product quality / performance issues
Determine verification test requirements and devise appropriate test plans
Lead R&D continuous improvement projects
Briefing device electronics development to external partners
Project manage initiatives ensuring progress to plan / budget
Facilitate design reviews and manage relevant stage gate documentation
Communicate project status to stakeholders and Senior Management
Support commercialization stage
Conduct root cause analysis into device quality issues and product returns
Review and manage device engineering documentation including engineering drawings, test reports and technical manuals
Lead the development of design verification tests to ensure that new electronics designs are robust and will prove reliable in the field
To work effectively as part of a cross functional team including internal and key external partnerships critical in the delivery of projects and initiatives
Ability to communicate in clear and simple terms and influence others to deliver against challenging objectives
Key representative in engineering solutions for innovative materials/products with internal stakeholders and cross functional teams
Key representative in interactions with external suppliers on electronics engineering solutions
Write technical reports and presentations for internal communication, as well as conferences and industry working groups
Development work supported by objective evidence and validation
Identification of new approaches and technology applications
Identifying and predicting potential failure modes and causes, as well as developing mitigation approaches
Interpretation of data submitted for Management/Technical Review
Job Benefits and Offers
Base salary from £43,200 to £54,000 per year, depending of relevant experience
Bonus target 15% of annual base salary
25 days annual leave
Participation in Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme
Participation in Company Share Reward Scheme
Company Pension Scheme
Private Healthcare Cover
Eligibility for Company Flexible Benefits Scheme
Job Requirements
Experienced in optimizing complicated circuits to achieve safe operation, power reduction, competent in power supply design and familiar with most topologies
An excellent understanding of PCB and component costs, and designing for the lowest possible cost of goods
Can analyse performance across process, voltage and temperature variations
Can devise hardware architecture to meet requirements using appropriate technology to meet cost targets
Experience in writing and debugging software/firmware for similar hand-held electronics devices
Knowledge of battery technologies, specifications and performance
Able to test and select batteries for use in THP devices and appropriate safety circuits
Understands best practice design for EMC and other safety & compliance requirements can resolve seemingly conflicting requirements or product issues
Understands electronic assembly failure modes and can develop investigatory techniques
Knowledge and experience of PCB design and chipset selection for BT and WiFi applications and products
Excellent problem solving skills and experience in using a variety of fault finding techniques
Good overall communication skills including report writing and presentations
Good leadership skills and an ability to produce clear and simple plans
Desired Skills
Ability to create end-to-end PCB designs in a suitable PCB CAD packages (i.e. Altium or similar), including placement and layouts and knowledge of the process of transferring these into a mechanical CAD package and design team
Experience working with far eastern suppliers and manufacturers for the mass production of lowest cost of goods PCB’s and systems
Ability to manage any PCB CAD software package, making recommendations for process and setup improvements
Antenna/device/system design to meet international type approval regulations
An understanding of consumer electronics technology roadmaps/evolution and proposing and designing for future trends and technologies that are relevant to our consumers and markets
Experience of managing and sourcing the rapid prototyping of PCB’s, either locally or from the far east, especially during the early development phases
Job Details
Company/Organization: British American Tobacco - BAT
Vacancy Type: Full-time Job
Job Functions: Engineering
Job Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Application Deadline: N/A
