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Crane Payment Innovations Systems Engineer in Oldham, United Kingdom
Systems Engineer
Location Oldham, U.K.
Department Supply Chain
Employment Type Full Time
Have you ever used the self-checkout in a Supermarket? Played the slots at a Casino? Maybe you grabbed a drink from a vending machine or paid to park your car? If you’ve answered with a resounding “YES”, then you’ve done so with the aid of one of the 10 million devices installed by Crane Payment Innovations (CPI).
We make the technology that powers your everyday life, enabling more than 4 billion transactions every week in more than 143 currencies worldwide. From cash and coins to cards and mobile, we keep the world of payments moving with smart validation devices and business management software.
Headquartered in Malvern, PA (USA), CPI is supported by: >2,500 global associates, 6 manufacturing sites, 12 corporate offices and 43 service branches.
At CPI you will become a valuable part of an inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation with the support of over 2,000 associates working in one of our 15 offices across the world. If you want to have a hands-on global impact on payment solutions, we want you to join our team as an Electronics Engineer working with our supply chain team. This is a full time position based in our office in Manchester, UK.
Primary Function:
The Systems Engineer (Internally Components Engineer) will provide dedicated electronics component engineering expertise for Supply Chain Engineering team and CPI currency acceptor products. Supply Chain Engineering implements engineering changes to resolve supply chain delays, resolve obsolete material, implement productivity projects, and improve product quality. The primary objectives for the position will be conceptual research, hardware design, validation design, and implementation of engineering changes.
Responsibilities:
Independent leadership of assigned projects to resolve obsolescence issues, productivity projects, and quality improvement projects
Communicate with key stakeholders and define project requirements, constraints, and acceptance criteria
Hands-on prototyping and circuit analysis in an electronics lab environment
Generate schematics and perform detailed circuit analysis to verify design compliance to specific performance targets.
Create, simulate, prototype and implement value engineering product and part redesigns
Thoroughly document qualification test results in detailed technical test reports
Manage projects and create/track project plans for PCBA redesign, supplier transfer, cost reductions and various other support projects
Participate in design reviews and design related brainstorming events
Travel to manufacturing, supplier, and customer sites as needed with appropriate notice
Assist manufacturing facility with root cause analysis and quality improvement projects
Must be able to work with and lead diverse teams spanning multiple sites as well as be able to work independently
Must manage their own career development, continuously learning through experience and staying abreast of technology.
Support activities within the global CPI Supply Chain Engineering team.
Job Requirements:
Must have experience in the design and development of digital and analogue electronics principles and design.
Familiarity with design and biasing of bipolar transistors and MOSFETs in oscillator and closed loop opto control systems.
Able to specify suitable opamp / comparator for specific functions without over specifying with cost disadvantage.
Track record in power switching circuits including the specification of suitable power switches and flywheel diodes.
Familiarity with resonant circuits based on opamp and comparitor building blocks.
Some background in motor drive systems, perhaps in choice of brushless dc motors and drivers.
Good awareness of optical and electromagnetic sensors and their functionality.
General awareness of new technologies and their benefits.
Able to use schematic capture [Cadstar, Mentor Graphics].
Able to demonstrate technical expertise and technical delivery.
Able to develop and manage a sub-project within the broader constraints of the overall project plan.
Innovative and able to convert concepts into reality.
Practical application of electronics design relating to EMC theory.
Able to communicate, take part and contribute in technical discussions with other engineers and senior managers.
Ability to deliver and complete projects to strict deadlines.
Requires an Engineering qualification in a related discipline.
Experience in electronics design.
WHAT WE’RE OFFERING
Examples include:
Flexible work environments
Competitive salary & benefit package
Defined career growth plans with opportunities to go outside of your “comfort zone”
Car allowance
Community involvement and volunteering events
Opportunities to travel and work at our global sites
Sound interesting? Come see why we areOneCPI (https://www.cranepi.com/en/careers) !
CPI is part of Crane NXT
Crane NXT is a premier industrial technology company that provides proprietary and trusted technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate what matters most to its customers. The company is a pioneer in advanced, proprietary micro-optics technology for securing physical products, and its sophisticated electronic equipment and associated software leverages proprietary core capabilities with detection and sensing technologies. Crane NXT has approximately 4,000 employees with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Malta.
For more information, visit www.cranenxt.com.
Crane Payment Innovations is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. Applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.
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