Supply Chain Electronics Engineer

Position: Supply Chain Engineer - Electronics

Business Unit: Crane Payment Innovations

Location: Oldham, U.K.

Reports To: Supply Engineering Manager

Crane Payment Innovations is the leader in world class automated payment solutions. We partner with businesses to provide payment experiences that set new and innovative standards for consumer convenience, security and reliability. We are excited to explore new ways every day to improve how millions of people across the globe can make their payments in a way that fits with their lives. Our global engineers develop products and deliver innovative solutions in currency validation technologies, cash management systems, digital payment technologies, mobile applications, security and digital advertising. We offer a range of devices for bill and coin validation, cash recycling and dispensing systems, IoT applications for our enterprise-level connected products and services, and software applications to integrate sensory hardware to machines and networks.

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 Supply Chain Engineer will provide dedicated mechanical engineering expertise for supply chain value engineering for CPI currency acceptor products. Primary objectives for the position will involve concept development and validation as well as design activities to improve cost, value and quality for CPI products. In addition, the engineer will cooperate with Quality, Production and Supply Chain departments whenever design engineering support is required.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and verify alternate hardware designs and part sourcing opportunities and identify cost reduction opportunities
• 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
• Manage projects and create/track project plans for PCBA redesign, supplier transfer, cost reductions and various other support projects
• Develop detailed product design knowledge. This ongoing responsibility is required to provide timely production support and identify potential cost reduction opportunities
• Create production yield analysis and implement design improvements to maintain product quality
• Participate in design reviews and design related brainstorming events
• Travel to manufacturing, supplier, and customer sites as needed with appropriate notice
• Produce work which meets the Company quality requirements.
• 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.
• Engineer with at least 3 years experience in electronics design.