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Competitive salary, Private Healthcare / Pension / Life Assurance / 33 Days Holiday inc Bank Holidays

Overall Purpose of Role:

• To support and develop the current generation of variable speed drives and power inverter modules, and to lead the design and development of the next generation products in those areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible to maintain and continuously improve the current generation designs of variable speed drives and power inverter modules.
• Lead investigation and resolution of any failures seen on those power electronics modules.
• Drawing upon your knowledge and experience of power electronics design & development to assist in review, selection, and development of future product concepts.
• Lead the detailed design, validation, and industrialisation of these future product concepts, to create the next generation power electronics modules.
• As the design authority for the next generation power modules, also responsible to support the nominated electronics manufacturing partner to successfully transition those products from low volume batch builds into full volume production.
• As a member of the electronics team, actively contribute to the ongoing system level integration and testing activities, and to the design proving of the individual power modules and of the complete electrical system also.
• Support and deliver continuous improvement efforts in line with the established and committed product continuous improvement roadmaps.
• Work with minimum supervision and maximum responsibility, and to operate all equipment in a safe and effective manner.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience Required:

• Degree in electrical & electronic engineering, with subsequent specialism in power electronics.
• Significant experience (5 years plus) in design and development of power electronics designs, including variable speed drives for 3-phase BLDC machines, and single phase 230V ac inverters at the 10-20kW level.
• Expected to have good working knowledge of EMC, in particular strong familiarity and experience in application of best practice design techniques to provide good control over levels of conducted and radiated electrical noise.
• Experienced in design of high-power switching circuits using IGBTs and MOSFETs. Including design of high efficiency, high frequency MOSFET power switching circuits (100kHz or higher) using silicon carbide component technologies.
• Trained and experienced in high voltage (+400V DC) testing of power electronics modules, including test and development of solutions for Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
• Preferably having successfully taken designs from concept into volume production, in an industry such as automotive, where products are typically manufactured in high volumes at low cost yet meeting exacting quality standards.
• Experienced and capable in use of modelling and simulation, using tools such as LTSpice, PLECs, or equivalent, to analyse and develop circuit designs prior to committing to physical prototypes.
• Preferably having well developed skills in schematic capture and PCB layout, ideally in Altium Designer, although experience in other PCB design packages would be considered.

Personal Characteristics:

• We are looking for an experienced senior engineer, who will become the design lead for one or more electronic modules. Equally comfortable working alone or in small teams.
• A strong self-starter, highly organised and efficient, flexible, and adaptive, comfortable working in a fast paced, highly dynamic environment.
• Able to demonstrate sound technical judgement. Will be expected to manage his/her time effectively so as to ensure robust delivery on both technical targets and timescale commitments.

Are you a Service Engineer who loves to travel and work in various locations around the world? 

Bladon is currently recruiting for an experienced Service Engineer, to work within our customer support team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative engineering company.

This is a worldwide customer facing role which requires the ability to communicate with customers and distributors at all levels and play a key part in our evolving business.

What you'll get from us:

· Opportunity to work in various locations around the world

· A supportive, fast paced and energetic team environment.

· The opportunity to add real value and play a critical part in our evolving business.

· Private Medical Insurance, funded by the Company.

· Competitive salary DOE.

· Pension contribution.

· Life assurance.

· 33 days holiday entitlement, inc Bank Holidays.

What you'll deliver for us:

· Support New Product Introduction (NPI) project and infant care programme.

· Diagnose electrical and mechanical problems.

· Replace mechanical and electrical components.

· Produce reports on field issues.

· Carry out installations and commissioning in the field at customer sites.

· Liaising with factory engineers on field issues.

· Working with customers locally and remotely to understand and rectify problems on a daily basis.

· Ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety standards including producing risk assessments.

· Design and provide field training as required.

· Work with distributors and their technicians.

What we're looking for:

· Qualified to HNC/HND in electrical or mechanical subject - Must have experience in both disciplines

· Demonstrable experience in a field service environment – circa 5 years

· Previous customer facing experience and working within an OEM environment would be advantageous

· Previous experience of training field personnel would be advantageous

· Experience with troubleshooting, failure diagnostics and the ability to analyse system data.

· Knowledge of FTAs and failure reporting systems

Senior Electronics Design Engineer

If you are a highly capable and experienced Electronics Design Engineer, with the skills which can allow you to move seamlessly between electronics design and printed circuit board layout activities then we have the perfect opportunity for you. You will have the opportunity to progress your own designs all the way from the initial idea through to volume production.

Bladon is a dynamic company with a highly innovative and market leading product. This role is exciting and unusual in that working as a member of a small but high performing team, you will be responsible for all aspects of the design, and development of digital control boards within our next generation product.

If you have primary skillset in electronic design (microprocessor and small signal), and a secondary skillset in PCB design using the Altium toolset, please get in touch.

Contact: Angelika Koziarowska, HR Advisor: angelika.koziarowska@bladonmt.com 

What you'll get from us:

• Satisfaction of taking your own designs all the way through to volume production

• Be part of a company developing a simply revolutionary new product.

• A supportive, fast paced and energetic team environment. 

• The opportunity to add real value and play a critical part in our evolving business. 

• Personal laptop and dual monitor set up

• Private Medical Insurance, funded by the Company. 

• Competitive salary, up to 60k DOE. 

• Pension contribution. 

• Life assurance.  

• 33 days holiday entitlement, inc Bank Holidays.

What you’ll deliver to us:

• Owning the design and development of the digital control platform for our next generation product, as well as participating in the ongoing development and validation of existing electronics designs, including support to manufacturing and applications engineering teams.

• Creating new and/or modifying existing PCB designs to support the department objectives of delivering electronic hardware optimised for high-volume manufacturing, excellent levels of quality and reliability, combined with lowest possible cost.

• Investigating and resolving any functional and/or performance issues identified at board- or system-level following a structured problem-solving approach including reporting of progress and producing suitable documentation.

What we’re looking for:

• A Degree (or HND plus significant experience) in Electronics Design. 

• At least five years of electronics design and development experience including microprocessor designs with analog input circuitry.

• Significant recent experience (at least five years) of printed circuit design and development ideally, although not essentially, gained using Altium PCB design toolset. 

• Strong knowledge and experience of design for manufacture and design for test in the context of creating PCB designs for high volume, high-quality, low-cost manufacturing.

If you are an experienced Warranty and Parts Controller seeking an opportunity to put a personal stamp on a growing organisation, we have the perfect opportunity for you. Bladon is a dynamic and innovative engineering company with complex and interesting product.

We are currently recruiting for a Warranty and Parts Controller, to work within our Customer Support team. This role is reporting to the Head of Customer Support and is required to control the warranty process and ensure the availability of parts to support a global customer base. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to own a critical area of a new and expanding business with a global customer base. This role carries with it a substantial level of responsibility for delivering critical business infrastructure and driving the warranty function forward through development, communication and implementation of action plans, where necessary, to improve warranty control processes. 

As this is a full lifecycle role it offers substantial career growth opportunities for successful individuals. If you are an analytical thinker with high attention to detail and customer focus, please get in touch.

What you'll get from us:

• Ownership and responsibility, you will be Bladon’s main Warranty and Parts Controller.

• Be part of a company developing a simply revolutionary new product.

• A supportive, fast paced and energetic team environment. 

• The opportunity to add real value and play a critical part in our evolving business. 

• Personal laptop and dual monitor set up

• Private Medical Insurance, funded by the Company. 

• Competitive salary, up to 45k DOE. 

• Pension contribution. 

• Life assurance.  

• 33 days holiday entitlement, inc Bank Holidays.

What you'll deliver to us:

• A warranty control process and associated systems. 

• Controlling the warranty process and warranty decisions based on evidence and information provided by our global distributor partners

• Implementing a system for parts management, to ensure parts are always available for Bladon’s customers. This system must integrate with the existing SAP system and will need to be largely automated to scale with the business.

• Developing full working knowledge of the existing SAP system and keeping up to date with enhancements as they become live

• Tracking of KPIs for warranty claims, costs, and parts statistics that can inform the wider business.

• Communicating with customers about their warranty claims and parts requests

What we’re looking for:

• Previous experience, ideally at management level or with experience of system implementation, within a stock control or parts warehouse environment, or some other relevant experience to demonstrate a working knowledge of parts control.

• An understanding of warranty processing and what this entails. Ideally the candidate will be familiar with a Warranty Controller’s roles and responsibilities and will have some relevant prior experience.

• A high level of IT literacy is required in order to convey requirements to the IT team and work effectively with data systems.

• Some previous experience of expanding or setting up scalable business processes.

• Ability to work on own initiative. This role involves substantial levels of ownership and the delivery of these systems is critical.

At Bladon, we recognise our Sales team as vital to our success and the essential link between our Product and Customers. We are a growing dynamic company with a highly innovative and market leading product.

If you are looking to build a career in Sales, we offer you an opportunity to join our team as a Graduate Sales Associate. The role itself is varied with training provided and opportunity for substantial career growth. As our Graduate Sales Associate you will proactively work with the Global Head of Sales, Marketing and the Regional Sales Managers to provide sales support, market information and customer feedback. 

The ideal candidate will be driven to deliver and capable of demonstrating strong sales potential. We are looking for an energetic addition to our team with excellent and effective communication skills.

If you are early into your sales career and are looking for your next opportunity, this role will be perfect for you.

What you’ll get from us:

• Opportunity for personal and career growth 

• Be part of a company developing a simply revolutionary new product.

• A supportive, fast paced and energetic team environment. 

• The opportunity to add real value and play a critical part in our evolving business.

• Private Medical Insurance, funded by the Company.

• Competitive salary 30-40k DOE.

• Pension contribution.

• Life assurance.

• 33 days holiday entitlement, inc Bank Holidays.

• Hyrid working, with set office days 

What you’ll deliver for us:

• Produce accurate and insightful forecast and demand reports

• Produce weekly activity reports

• Help to implement and manage an effective CRM system

• Provide sales support for our multi-national sales teams

• Organise planned customer visits to our Head office 

• Support new distributor partners in order to ensure effective onboarding and achievement of sales targets

• Provide holiday and sickness cover for the Sales Administrator

• Work with internal stakeholders to develop and deploy digital and telephonic customer satisfaction surveys and market product feedback tools

What we’re looking for:

• A positive can-do attitude, an individual who can work well with minimal supervision

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – Ability to initiate contact and communicate confidently

• Demonstrable experience of report writing with the ability to analyse.

• Understanding of digital survey tools such as Survey Monkey

• IT literate, comfortable with using Microsoft Office and Teams

• Experience of using SAP system

• Experience of working in a B2B environment with an industrial type of product, ideally power products - Desirable 

• Working knowledge of CRM systems, ideally Salesforce - Desirable