Lead Electronics Engineer – FPGA

Elekta AB; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work pattern: 4 days on-site + 1 day W

Up to 25 paid vacation days

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Attractive Employer Pension Package

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance

Onsite subsidized restaurant

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

Elekta is seeking a Lead Electronics Engineer to provide technical leadership for FPGA-based electronics and PCBA design within our medical linear accelerators. You will own signals, power integrity, and verification across the development lifecycle, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety, EMC, and reliability.

Based at our Crawley HQ with a 4‑day on-site pattern and one day remote, you will guide FPGA architecture, HDL development, component selection, and test planning,

Qualifications

• Experience in FPGA design using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog, including simulation, constraints, timing closure and on-chip debug.
• Practical experience in analogue and digital PCBA design, including schematics, component selection and PCB layout review.
• Knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity within complex electronic hardware.
• Experience integrating and verifying FPGA-based PCBAs through the product development lifecycle.
• An understanding of EMC, safety, reliability, manufacturability and component lifecycle.
• Experience within regulated, safety-critical or high-reliability product development would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of FPGA-based electronics and associated PCBAs, including FPGA architecture, HDL development, schematic design and component selection.
• Own signal and power integrity across high-speed, clocking, power distribution and mixed-signal designs, using analysis, simulation and testing to validate performance.
• Plan and carry out FPGA and board-level verification, including simulation, timing analysis, bench testing, fault investigation and documenting results against requirements.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, technical decision-making and problem solving, while supporting and coaching other engineers.
• Work across systems, software, mechanical engineering, test, manufacturing, service, quality and suppliers to deliver designs that consider safety, EMC, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability and component lifecycle.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

PCB design (analogue/digital)

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Job description

We don’t just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer. Elekta is shaping the standard of care, together with healthcare providers, by developing precision radiation medicine that brings advanced radiotherapy into routine clinical practice. Our solutions support consistent, efficient and personalized care, addressing evolving patient needs. Through adaptive radiotherapy, precision treatment delivery and integrated workflows, Elekta supports care teams across a range of clinical settings. Each year more than 2 million patients are treated using Elekta solutions across over 130 countries. Elekta is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with over 4,000 employees and offices in more than 40 countries. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, visit elekta.com. We don’t just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer. At Elekta, we believe every individual deserves access to the best cancer care. That’s why we’re committed to developing innovative solutions that make precision radiation therapy and radiosurgery more effective, efficient, and accessible. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, we invite you to bring your expertise and energy to our team.

What You’ll Do At Elekta:

As a Lead Electronics Engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership for FPGA-based electronic hardware and PCBA design within our medical linear accelerators. You’ll take ownership of digital hardware solutions throughout the development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through design, integration, verification, release and ongoing product support. Combining FPGA expertise with analogue and digital electronics knowledge, you’ll help ensure our electronic systems deliver reliable performance while working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of FPGA-based electronics and associated PCBAs, including FPGA architecture, HDL development, schematic design and component selection.
• Own signal and power integrity across high-speed, clocking, power distribution and mixed-signal designs, using analysis, simulation and testing to validate performance.
• Plan and carry out FPGA and board-level verification, including simulation, timing analysis, bench testing, fault investigation and documenting results against requirements.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, technical decision-making and problem solving, while supporting and coaching other engineers.
• Work across systems, software, mechanical engineering, test, manufacturing, service, quality and suppliers to deliver designs that consider safety, EMC, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability and component lifecycle.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience in FPGA design using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog, including simulation, constraints, timing closure and on-chip debug.
• Practical experience in analogue and digital PCBA design, including schematics, component selection and PCB layout review.
• Knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity within complex electronic hardware.
• Experience integrating and verifying FPGA-based PCBAs through the product development lifecycle.
• An understanding of areas such as EMC, safety, reliability, manufacturability and component lifecycle.
• Experience within regulated, safety-critical or high-reliability product development would be beneficial.

What You’ll Get:

In this role, you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer, and for everyone regardless of where in the world, to have access to the best cancer care. In addition to this, Elekta offers a range of benefits.

• Work Pattern (you are required to work from the Crawley HQ 4 days a week with 1-day WFH)
• Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life Assurance
• Onsite subsidized restaurant, offering budget-friendly dining
• Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)

We are an equal opportunity employer We are an equal opportunity employer.

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

About Elekta

As a leader in precision radiation therapy, Elekta is committed to ensuring every patient has access to the best cancer care possible. We openly collaborate with customers to advance sustainable, outcome-driven and cost-efficient solutions to meet evolving customer needs, improve lives and bring hope to everyone dealing with cancer. To us, it's personal, and our global team of 4,700 employees combine passion, science, and imagination to profoundly change cancer care. We don’t just build technology, we build hope. Elekta is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in more than 120 countries and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, visit elekta.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.