Hardware (Electronics and Firmware) Placement

Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited in High Wycombe offers a 12-month full-time placement in hardware electronics and firmware. You will work with a team across hardware, QA and Production Engineering on Focusrite, Focusrite Pro and Novation projects, gaining hands-on experience from prototyping to design and testing.

The role emphasizes soldering, CAD-aided builds, component sourcing, and firmware work. It’s ideal for someone passionate about audio tech and collaborative project development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate a keen interest in hardware and firmware projects.
• Interest in audio and music technologies.
• Any technology projects you’ve undertaken and collaboration experiences you’ve had on them.

Responsibilities

• Taking responsibility for running and maintaining the electronics hardware lab facilities.
• Assembling & fault-finding prototypes by hand, including soldering components and using CAD tools to aid the build process.
• Assisting Production Engineering Team to identify component alternatives for current product lines.
• Ordering, sourcing and maintaining stock of components/PCBs during all phases of development.
• Design work on new projects, including schematic capture, PCB layout and firmware development.

Skills

Hardware development

Firmware development

Soldering

Tools

CAD tools

Job description

Hardware (Electronics and Firmware) Placement

Based: High Wycombe
Type: Full-time, 12-month placement
Salary: £26250 pa

Role Description:

We’re looking for a passionate, enthusiastic person to join our electronics hardware and firmware team for a year.

This is a vital role for the team and will provide the opportunity to get some hands‑on experience in a wide range of projects and technical areas. You will work with many other engineers in the hardware, QA and Production Engineering team and beyond, and get involved with products across Focusrite, Focusrite Pro and Novation.

Core responsibilities include:

• Taking responsibility for running and maintaining the electronics hardware lab facilities.
• Assembling & fault-finding prototypes by hand, including soldering components and using CAD tools to aid the build process.
• Assisting Production Engineering Team to identify component alternatives for current product lines.
• Ordering, sourcing and maintaining stock of components/PCBs during all phases of development.
• Design work on new projects, including schematic capture, PCB layout and firmware development.

What we’re looking for:

• Demonstrate a keen interest in working on hardware and firmware projects
• Interest in audio and music technologies
• Any technology projects of your own you've undertaken, and any experiences you've had collaborating with others on them

About the Focusrite Group

Doing a 12-month placement at the Focusrite Group is like becoming one of the family. A rapidly growing, global family. We’re focused on providing opportunities for everyone and anyone to enjoy creating music.

Our placements are very popular, and that’s mainly because you can really get stuck in during your year with us. We want you to help develop our products, market our brands, speak to our customers and make us better. A lot of our previous placement candidates are now full‑time employees.

All placements last for 12-months. We pay you £26250 per year (£28900 for London-based roles), and you get to share some of the same benefits as our permanent employees.

Our brands, Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, Ampify, ADAM Audio, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Linea Research, Sequential, Oberheim, Sonnox, OutBoard and TiMax come together around a common mission to remove barriers to creativity.

We work hard. We are professional. And we play hard too. We select really, really talented and passionate people. And we absolutely love our work. So if you think you can bring something new to the mix, we look forward to hearing from you.

As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage people to apply regardless of religion, ethnic background, nationality, sexual orientation or gender identity. We recognise the diversity shortcomings of our industry and are committed to driving change. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.