Design Engineer

Recruiter:

The Legends Agency

Job Ref:

Design Engineer

Date posted:

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Market-related

SUMMARY:
To develop new and to improve existing test regimes and equipment to support the manufacturing of electronic detonator products, as well as manufacturing plant equipment at local and international Joint Venture Channel partners, with a special focus on the EDU’s. Interact with research and development engineering.

POSITION INFO:

Design Engineer

Purpose of the job: To develop new and to improve existing test regimes and equipment to support the manufacturing of electronic detonator products, as well as manufacturing plant equipment at local and international Joint Venture Channel partners, with a special focus on the EDU’s. Interact with research and development engineering.

Requirements: Qualifications & Experience

B.Eng/ Bsc Engineering (Electronics) or equivalent.
Knowledge of integrated circuit design, analogue design, and digital communication interfaces.
A minimum of 5 years’ experience with analogue and digital circuit design as well as the industrialization of electronic products.

Required outputs: Functional

Developing new plants and equipment to manufacture the company''s products globally.
Assist with developing and improving EDUs
Participate in developing regional manufacturing facilities.
Design (or contribute towards) a testing facility for the product.
Document the design according to specified standards.
Assist or manage production ramp-up projects.
Develop and qualify initial qualification and volume production testers and jigs.
Provide initiating systems testing and qualification services.
Attend far and near range product tests as Technical Supervisor during experiments, trials, and qualifications.
Design “characterization” trials and marketing field trials. (This includes detonators with explosive products.
Consult and work closely/under the direction of Technical custodians.
Advise on alterations and modifications that can improve product performance, quality, and ease of manufacture.
Develop and review product test regimes and production flow specifications.
Compile test specifications and methods. Conduct the specified and write the final qualification test report.
Investigate plant failures, field failures, and incident causes. Design and conduct experiments to prove or disprove hypotheses. Analyse failure samples of all the company''s products.
Perform experimental and prototype testing of all the company''s products at various ranges when required.
Support Quality Engineers in the qualification, development, and support of suppliers.

General

Excellent understanding of electronic system design, electronic circuit diagrams, and embedded software.
Good Altium Designer skills
Good understanding and experience of both hardware and software.

Personal Attributes:

Mechanical aptitude
Strong mathematical and analytical skills
Excellent technical writing and documentation skills
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities
Able to work within tight deadlines
Effective and efficient planning
Effective and analytical solving skills

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