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 ongoing development and testing of NGP vapour device electronic test solutions to reduce product cost and / or address product quality / performance issues
Determine verification test requirements and devise appropriate test plans and equipment
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
Develop and run test procedures andlead the development of design verification tests to ensure that new electronics designs are robust and will prove reliable in the field
Create small scale, bespoke test solutions, including test kit, software, technical documentation and user guide
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
Development work supported by objective evidence and validation
Creating automated test solutions including programming with simple user interface for cross-platform functionality and life testing
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
Equivalent to Electronics Engineering based degree
Electronics test design experience to analyse component, PCB and system performance, stability under stress and early failure modes
Can analyse electrical and comms performance across process, voltage and temperature variations
Experience in writing and debugging test software and IC firmware for similar hand-held electronics devices
Understands EMC and other safety & compliance requirements
Understands electronic design and assembly and can develop functional and stress tests to identify infant mortality failure modes
Knowledge and experience of PCB design and chipset selection for BTooth and Wi-Fi 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
Experience working with far eastern suppliers and manufacturers for the mass production of lowest cost of goods PCB’s and systems
Ability to use a PCB CAD package, making recommendations for design 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
Knowledge of battery technologies, specifications and performance. Able to test and select batteries for use in Vapour devices and appropriate safety circuits
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
