Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Digital circuit design including components such as Microprocessors, DSP, FPGA, DAC/ADC, Ethernet, DDR memory (non-exhaustive list).
• High speed digital design.
• Power supply design, linear and switched mode. 
• Analogue circuit simulation and design of amplifiers and audio filters.
• Prototyping and bench testing PCBs and circuits.
• EMC and ESD.
• Electronics design peer reviews.
• Electronics architecture reviews.
• Design feasibility evaluation.
• Selection of electronic components for long-term application (long term reliability, extended lifespan, long term availability) which are compliant with the environmental compliance standards such as RoHS, REACH (non-exhaustive list).
• Design for Manufacturability and Serviceability (DFM & DFS).
• Assess the latest technologies – Keeping up to date with the state of the art.

• Schematic design and PCB layout.
• Analogue PCB design.
• Power PCB design.
• FPC and PCB Interconnection design.
• System Integration.

• RF Design Consultants.
• Define & write the specifications.
• Co-design with our ODM.
• FFC and PCB Manufacturers.
• Test Equipment suppliers.
• Custom component design.
• Sourcing component samples and liaising with companies for custom sample. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Degree qualified in Electronics engineering or similar discipline.
• 8+ years of experience, ideally
• Background of working in a commercial environment designing complex electronics products. 
• Able to demonstrate depth of knowledge in multiple technical areas related to digital systems such as digital audio systems, high speed circuit design, FPGA or RF design
• Analogue electronics design experience.
• Lab skills such as debugging prototypes in collaboration with firmware engineers and using test equipment such as modern oscilloscopes and logic analysers. 
• Experienced ECAD user, preferably Altium.
• Knowledge and ability to design to global safety and EMC / ESD standards rules.
• Familiarity with modern collaborative development tools and techniques such as Confluence and Jira.
• Experience in the audio industry would be beneficial where critical listening was part of the design process. 
  
  

• Good listener.
• Team player, ready to help and share knowledge.
• Fact based and rational argument.
• Mentor for junior engineers.
  
  

• Organised and structured approach.
• Rigorous and exhaustive approach
• Open to challenges.

Benefits

• 24 days holiday, plus bank holidays - increasing with length of service
• Holiday Trading Scheme
• Free canteen
• Free parking available on-site
• Enhanced employer pension contribution (4% of gross salary)
• Death in Service insurance
• Employee discount on Naim products
• Wellbeing initiatives, including an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and discounted memberships at select local gyms
• Alongside other, standard benefits (for example, training and development opportunities as appropriate to role)