Electronics Design Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in engineering innovation seeks an experienced Electronics Design Engineer for their R&D Department in Warrington. The role involves developing sophisticated electronic systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams throughout the product lifecycle, and ensuring adherence to safety and compliance standards. Candidates should have significant experience with electronic design, particularly in developing complex instrumentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in XPS or MALDI Mass Spectrometer instruments.
• Experience in FPGA design and electronic simulations.
• Strong skills in PCB design and schematic capture.

Responsibilities

• Create specifications, perform detailed design, and provide time estimates.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety procedures and relevant standards.
• Liaise with suppliers, evaluate prototypes, and provide technical support.

Skills

FPGA control

Electronics design

Analogue design

Power management

Good team player

Tools

Altium

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Electronics Design Engineer, Warrington, Cheshire

Location: Warrington, Cheshire

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 5

Posted: 26.06.2025

Expiry Date: 10.08.2025

Job Description:

This position reports to the Senior Manager - MALDI Group. The role will be based in the company's R&D Department and focus on developing new, sophisticated electronic systems & subsystems. Working with Physicists, Software, Mechanical, and Production Engineers, the work encompasses the full product lifecycle from design specifications to manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to health and safety procedures, operating equipment only if qualified or trained.
• Create specifications for new designs.
• Perform detailed design and documentation (schematics, PCB layouts, FPGA configurations).
• Provide time estimates for designs to the Senior Manager.
• Use Management Information Systems for bills of materials, drawing numbers, and parts control.
• Raise Manufacturing Change Notes and permits as needed.
• Implement approved design changes.
• Liaise with suppliers and internal teams.
• Meet standards such as ISO61010, ISO13485, 21CFR820.
• Stay updated on third-party components and design techniques.
• Evaluate and test prototypes.
• Investigate issues from design, testing, or field failures.
• Support the Purchasing team in supplier evaluation.
• Provide technical support to colleagues.

Qualifications:

Experience (Essential/Desirable):

• At least 5 years experience in developing XPS or MALDI Mass Spectrometer instruments or similar devices, with FDA compliance where applicable (D).
• Experience designing digital and analogue electronics, including FPGA (E).
• Experience with electronic simulations and design verification (E).
• Experience through full product lifecycle from design to manufacturing (E).
• Experience with EMC, RoHS, UL standards is a plus (D).
• Experience with risk assessment and FMEA (D).

Job Related Aptitude and Skills (Essential/Desirable):

• Strong all-round electronics design skills; FPGA control and acquisition systems are a plus (E).
• Analogue design, power management, sensor interfaces, ADC/DACs, amplifiers, control (E).
• Schematic capture and PCB design (Altium preferred) (E).
• Board-to-board and network connectivity design (E).
• High Voltage design knowledge (D).
• C/C++ firmware, VHDL, and Xilinx Microblaze experience (D).
• Good team player (E).
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer status, or working towards it (D).