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Field Services Engineer: RF, UHF, VHF, Satcoms, Field Engineer, Telecoms, Engineer, RF Engineer, Field Technician

Opportunity for a Field Services Engineer with RF/ UHF/ VHF or Satcomms experience to join this growing organisation in the Defence Sector working from their offices near Fareham.

Role requires UK passport holder eligible for SC and ideally DV clearance.

This role could suit a Defence, Military, Navy, Air Force service leader or an individual or a civilian Telecoms Engineer

In this role you will assist clients with the technical support and servicing of UHF Satcom radios, installed on Royal Naval/RFA ships, submarines and shore establishments.

Full training in the systems will be provided and you will have the opportunity to become a technical authority / SME (Subject Matter Expert) in their field and provide a high level of technical support.

This role will require travel both in the UK and globally and sometimes at short notice.

Overview:

• Provide off-site engineering support; fault finding and maintaining the equipment in support of the Project Manager to meet the short and long term customer work programmes.
• Deploy nationally and globally when required, inclusive of Contractors on Deployed Operations areas, in order to fulfil contractual and operational requirements.
• Contribute, as an active team member, towards ’24/7 Help Desk’ operations, when required. Providing technical support and being prepared at times to fulfil a short notice deployment in support of defect rectification and support for the customer, when required.
• Liaise and communicate with ‘system’ maintainers.
• Provide training to ships’ staff and sub-contractors.
• Test equipment, spares and systems in house.
• Take responsibility for quality of work carried out and ensure that the Health and Safety policy is adhered to.
• Review, update and improve internal processes and user technical documents and write reports.
• To carry out and lead system installations on platforms around the UK/World.

Experience sought:

• The role will suit a Military Services leaver with RF knowledge and experience or a civilian Telecoms Engineer with 3/4 years RF experience
• Experience of working Maritime communications and Multi Media systems to include basic networking and computer skills.
• Ideally qualified to HNC / HND in a related discipline or in lieu of academics, or possess considerable equivilant experience.
• Experience of working with RF, UHF or SATCOM systems
• Have a good working knowledge of RF theory and application, including the use of equipment involved in problem solving of RF systems. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, Power Meter, TDR, Frequency Counter, Spectrum Analyser, Cable loss measurements.
• Customer facing, field based technical support experience.

Additional Information

• SECURITY – All candidates must be in a position to obtain UK security clearance to SC/DV level – Additional restrictions may apply on certain defence programmes.

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Senior Buyer: Technical Buyer, Procurement, CIPS, Engineering, Electrical, Defence, Military, Naval, Maritime, Manufacturing

Excellent opportunity for a Senior Buyer to join a growing organisation in the Defence Sector.

In this role you will lead a small team of Technical Buyers. Supporting the business in new bids and projects won. Working closely with stakeholders in a dynamic and fast paced environment you will ideally come from a strong background in Technical procurement within the engineering, electrical, defence or manufacturing sectors.

Eligibility for UK SC level clearance as a minimum is required.

Key experience sought:

• 2 years experience in a supervisory role
• Ideally have experience within Technical buying within the Defence, Military, Naval, Maritime, engineering electrical, manufacturing sector – an advantage
• CIPS level 4 heading to 5 ideally sought
• Strong stakeholder liaison and management experience required
• Ability to identify Supply Chain risks and appropriate mitigation’s
• Clean driving licence
• Experience with trade compliance and export controlled goods (ITAR/ EAR/ EU) of key interest

Senior Buyer: Technical Buyer, Procurement, CIPS, Engineering, Electrical, Defence, Military, Naval, Maritime, Manufacturing

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Buyer: Procurement, CIPS, Defence, Engineering, Military, Naval, Maritime, Electrical, Manufacturing, Technical

Our client are a growing organisation in the Defence Sector with an opportunity for a Buyer working from their offices near Fareham.

In this role you will assist the organisation in Technical procurement on new bids and projects won working closely with stakeholders. Experience in Defence, engineering, Naval, Maritime, Military, electrical, engineering, manufacturing sectors ideal.

Eligibility for SC level clearance as a minimum is required.

Key experience sought:

• Proven experience in a buying role
• Experience of using MRP and accounting system
• Holding, desire or currently working towards CIPS qualification
• Experience in Defence, Engineering, Military, Naval, Maritime, Electrical, Manufacturing sectors advantageous
• Awareness of export controls an advantage

Buyer: Procurement, CIPS, Defence, Engineering, Military, Naval, Maritime, Electrical, Manufacturing, Technical

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Principle Electronics Design Engineer

Opportunity for a Principal Electronics Design Engineer with a growing organisation in the Defence (Naval & Air) sector. Working closely with clients you will be instrumental in solution design and development working on a variety of projects.

Seeking a broad background in electronics deign and highly experienced in the design of innovative, high reliability and low power consumption electronic circuits taking into account component obsolescence and manufacture-ability.

Key experience sought:

• Electronics related degree or significant demonstrable experience
• Highly proficient in the design and layout (ideally using Altium) of innovative, high-reliability, power-efficient electronic circuits for use in demanding environments
• In depth understanding of the principles of designing for success in EMC testing
• Experience of designing PCB assemblies with JTAG interfaces
• Experience of electronics packaging design
• Experience of working with various micro controllers and associated micro code
• Experience of designing for test
• Experience of designing functional test and establishing and documenting test coverage
• Experience of analogue circuit design for sensors and interfaces
• Able to identify and assess power/battery solutions for demanding environments
• Able to estimate work effort with reasonable accuracy, and finish on time without close supervision
• Pro-active problem solver and out-of-box thinker

Additional skills of key interest:

• Experience of electronics cooling simulation software (ideally SolidWorks Electronics Cooling)
• Knowledge/experience of designing Intrinsically Safe circuits
• Practical LabView experience
• Experience of working with C++ and/or C for microcontrollers
• Practical exposure to software programming
• Knowledge or proven ability to interpret defence standards
• Experience in a fast-paced Aerospace or Defence Quality manufacturing environment desirable.

Principle Electronics Design Engineer

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Electronics Design & Test Engineer

Opportunity for an Electronics Design & Test Engineer with a growing organisation in the Defence (Naval & Air) Sector working from their offices near Fareham.

In this role you will be involved in the requirements capture, design and test working on a range of bespoke project solutions. Varied role & challenges.

Eligibility for SC clearance or current SC Clearance is required for this role.

Key experience sought:

• Electronics related degree/HND – significant demonstrable experience may be considered in lieu
• Proficient in the design of innovative, high-reliability, power-efficient electronic circuits for use in demanding environments
• In depth understanding of the principles of designing for success in EMC testing
• Experience of working with various micro controllers and micro code
• Experience of designing circuits with JTAG interfaces
• Experience of electronics packaging design
• Able to identify and assess power/battery solutions for demanding environments
• Able to estimate work effort with reasonable accuracy, and finish on time without close supervision
• Pro-active problem solver and out-of-box thinker
• Attention to details and a ‘right first time’ approach
• Willingness and desire to acquire new skills and invest in professional self-development
• Excellent communications skills with proven ability to engage and build strong working relationships in a team environment

Electronics Design & Test Engineer

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Multi Cloud Technical Consultant: Azure, AWS, Google GCP, Server, VMWare, Networking, Security, DevOps, scripting

Opportunity for a Multi Cloud Technical Consultant to join this leading global IT consultancy. In this role you will work hands on with their customers to deliver multi cloud technical solutions.

This role will be working remotely currently but outside of Covid you will need to be able to collaborate with colleagues at their Slough offices, and attend customer sites when required.

Key skills and experience sought:

• A technical degree background
• Certification in either Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud (multiple certifications great)
• Proven experience in customer facing technical delivery of multi cloud solutions
• 5+ years IT Infrastructure engineering experience
• Extensive hands-on experience of using Cloud Services: Networking, Windows/Linux virtual machines, Container, Storage, ELB, Auto Scaling, Serverless Architecture, SQL DB/DW and Analytics Services.
• Expert in defining, designing and developing distributed and scalable products and services, including reusable domain-specific microservices on multi-platform /hybrid clouds
• Deep understanding of Application, Infrastructure and security architecture and non-functional aspects like Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Availability
• Working awareness of Linux/Unix environments and scripting languages like Python, Perl, and Shell.
• Ability to review deployment and delivery pipelines/ troubleshoot issues
• Experience in designing and building solutions to migrate data
• Demonstrate strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills by leveraging the latest trends in technologies such as cloud, AI, and big data

Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with presales and sales teams
• Contribute to RFP technical and solution responses
• Technically support presales to close deals utilizing your knowledge on solutions
• Provide customer facing expertise on multiple platforms and services e.g (VMware, Openstack, AWS, Azure, Google)
• Maintain and improve cloud platform infrastructure and ability to configure auto-scaling, terraform, ansible etc…
• Find solutions to problems that disrupt availability, performance and stability
• Suggest ways to improve and reduce Cloud operational costs with adaptive performance tuning
• Provide technical leadership in provisioning and maintaining a multi-tenant hybrid cloud infrastructure.
• Cloud migrations – audit, migrate and perform post migration analysis where required.
• Compose, publish and manage IT documentation.
• Participation in disaster recovery solution design, implementation and testing.

Multi Cloud Technical Consultant: Azure, AWS, Google GCP, Server, VMWare, Networking, Security, DevOps, scripting

For more information on both contract and permanent roles via aap3 Recruitment, industry news and updates, check out our new website, follow our aap3 Defence & Aerospace Recruitment page on Linkedin and follow us on twitter @aap3recruitment

Principle Electronics Design Engineer

Opportunity for a Principal Electronics Design Engineer with a growing organisation in the Defence (Naval & Air) sector. Working closely with clients you will be instrumental in solution design and development working on a variety of projects.

Seeking a broad background in electronics deign and highly experienced in the design of innovative, high reliability and low power consumption electronic circuits taking into account component obsolescence and manufacture-ability.

Key experience sought:

• Electronics related degree or significant demonstrable experience
• Highly proficient in the design and layout (ideally using Altium) of innovative, high-reliability, power-efficient electronic circuits for use in demanding environments
• In depth understanding of the principles of designing for success in EMC testing
• Experience of designing PCB assemblies with JTAG interfaces
• Experience of electronics packaging design
• Experience of working with various micro controllers and associated micro code
• Experience of designing for test
• Experience of designing functional test and establishing and documenting test coverage
• Experience of analogue circuit design for sensors and interfaces
• Able to identify and assess power/battery solutions for demanding environments
• Able to estimate work effort with reasonable accuracy, and finish on time without close supervision
• Pro-active problem solver and out-of-box thinker

Additional skills of key interest:

• Experience of electronics cooling simulation software (ideally SolidWorks Electronics Cooling)
• Knowledge/experience of designing Intrinsically Safe circuits
• Practical LabView experience
• Experience of working with C++ and/or C for microcontrollers
• Practical exposure to software programming
• Knowledge or proven ability to interpret defence standards
• Experience in a fast-paced Aerospace or Defence Quality manufacturing environment desirable.

Principle Electronics Design Engineer

For more information on both contract and permanent roles via aap3 Recruitment, industry news and updates, check out our new website, follow our aap3 Defence & Aerospace Recruitment page on Linkedin and follow us on twitter @aap3recruitment

Materials Controller

Opportunity for a Materials Controller with a growing organisation in the Defence sector. Role will be based out of their offices near Fareham.

Experience in the defence sector and in particular electronic spares, kit marshalling and putting kit together ideal.

In this role you will be responsible for materials control, working to BOM’s/ works orders you will pick and pack electronic spares as required bagging and tagging items. Working on good in and goods out.

This role will be working on government funded/ MOD contracts and current SC clearance or eligibility for SC Clearance and background checks is essential.

Class B forklift Truck licence desirable but can also be trained.

Duties will include:

• Receiving goods in to the business
• Updating records in the ERP system and MOD Public Stores Account
• Defence goods in/out process and applicable Defence Standards, recording serial and batch numbers
• Organising stock on shelves and bins
• Place stock in designated areas for ongoing projects
• Monthly stock take and reconciliation of stock
• Arranging repairs and returns with manufacturers and suppliers
• pick and pack items working to BOM’s/ work orders

Experience sought:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Proven warehouse experience in an engineering/ manufacturing environment – defence ideal and experience with electronic spare ideal
• Preferably a minimum of CILT level 2
• Holding current SC or eligible for SC Clearance and happy to undergo background checks and verification
• Hold a valid UK driving license and Class B1 fork truck License (desirable)

Materials Controller: Logistics, warehouse, goods in/ goods out, picking and packing, defence, engineering

For more information on both contract and permanent roles via aap3 Recruitment, industry news and updates, check out our new website, follow our aap3 Defence & Aerospace Recruitment page on Linkedin and follow us on twitter @aap3recruitment

Electronics Design & Test Engineer

Opportunity for an Electronics Design & Test Engineer with a growing organisation in the Defence (Naval & Air) Sector working from their offices near Fareham.

In this role you will be involved in the requirements capture, design and test working on a range of bespoke project solutions. Varied role & challenges.

Eligibility for SC clearance or current SC Clearance is required for this role.

Key experience sought:

• Electronics related degree/HND – significant demonstrable experience may be considered in lieu
• Proficient in the design of innovative, high-reliability, power-efficient electronic circuits for use in demanding environments
• In depth understanding of the principles of designing for success in EMC testing
• Experience of working with various micro controllers and micro code
• Experience of designing circuits with JTAG interfaces
• Experience of electronics packaging design
• Able to identify and assess power/battery solutions for demanding environments
• Able to estimate work effort with reasonable accuracy, and finish on time without close supervision
• Pro-active problem solver and out-of-box thinker
• Attention to details and a ‘right first time’ approach
• Willingness and desire to acquire new skills and invest in professional self-development
• Excellent communications skills with proven ability to engage and build strong working relationships in a team environment

Electronics Design & Test Engineer

For more information on both contract and permanent roles via aap3 Recruitment, industry news and updates, check out our new website, follow our aap3 Defence & Aerospace Recruitment page on Linkedin and follow us on twitter @aap3recruitment

3 month initial contract opportunity for an experienced 1st line IT Service desk analyst, you will provide technical support to the organizations UK employees. Currently a mix of home-based and in the office on a rota basis. You must be based within a commutable distance of their Rickmansworth offices.

Key requirements:

• 2+ years recent IT Service desk experience in a 1st line role
• Excellent communication, customer service and telephone skills essential in addition to support of the following:

• Windows 10 operating systems.
• Office 365/ O365
• Web applications
• PC, Laptop and Printer hardware.
• iPhones and iPads.
• Active Directory services.

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment that is intent on delivering solutions to its customers in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate commitment and enthusiasm for service quality and customer focus.

IT Service desk analyst: helpdesk, service desk, 1st line, 1st level, First line, first level

AAP3 is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.