Embedded Electronics Engineer – Solar-Powered Marine Systems

Online Oceans; Southampton; Presencial; GBP 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Online Oceans in Southampton on site is seeking an experienced PCB Design Engineer to design the electronics inside Scout, from solar charging to navigation boards. You will design in KiCad, test at sea and scale to high-volume production with contract manufacturers.

The role focuses on low-power mixed-signal design, DC-DC converters, grounding and EMI, and bringing up new boards for sea trials and field fault tracing.

Formación

• 5+ years designing PCBs that shipped in a product.
• Experience taking boards from prototype to high-volume production.
• Strong knowledge of KiCad and layout best practices.
• Experience with analog, grounding and EMI considerations.

Responsabilidades

• Design schematics and layouts in KiCad from first sketch to production release.
• Design efficient DC-DC, battery and solar charging circuits for a boat that recharges itself at sea.
• Plan grounding, power and signal routing so IMUs, compasses, radios and hydrophones work cleanly side by side.
• Develop the sensor bay electronics that give customer instruments regulated power and a network connection.
• Bring up, test and debug new boards, and build the test jigs used in production.
• Design for high-volume manufacture and test, and work with assembly houses on build, component supply and production testing.
• Join sea trials and trace faults found in the field back to their cause.

Conocimientos

KiCad

PCB design

High-volume production

Low-power design

DC-DC converter

Grounding EMI

Bench test skills

Herramientas

KiCad

Descripción del empleo

Online Oceans in Southampton on site is seeking an experienced PCB Design Engineer to design the electronics inside Scout, from solar charging to navigation boards. You will design in KiCad, test at sea and scale to high-volume production with contract manufacturers.

The role focuses on low-power mixed-signal design, DC-DC converters, grounding and EMI, and bringing up new boards for sea trials and field fault tracing.