Principal Electronic Engineer

Accelero; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Pension

Private health plan

Cycle to Work

Tech and Electric Car schemes

EV charging

Cycle storage and showers

Company social events

Job summary

Accelero, a technology consultancy in the UK, seeks a Principal Electronic Engineer to lead analogue, digital and RF system design across research and product development projects.

You'll own designs from concept to manufacture, collaborate with software and mechanical engineers, mentor juniors, and drive rapid prototype development and hardware validation.

Experience with high-density PCBs and RF layout is essential for delivery of production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• Strong analogue, digital and RF design skills.
• Experience designing high-density, mixed-signal PCBs with high-speed interfaces.
• Good understanding of RF PCB layout, grounding, shielding, impedance control and EMC design.
• Experience developing embedded hardware platforms for DSP and SDR applications.
• A proven record of taking products from concept through to manufacture.
• PCB bring-up, test, debugging, validation and fault-finding experience.
• Practical soldering and prototype rework skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and high-quality technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design complex analogue, digital and RF systems using Altium Designer
• Produce production-ready schematics, PCB layouts and manufacturing data packs
• Develop high-density mixed-signal PCB designs, including high-speed digital and RF circuitry
• Write production and engineering test procedures for board bring-up and validation
• Select components and produce Bills of Materials, weighing performance, availability and supportability
• Work with PCB manufacturers and assembly houses throughout manufacture
• Define digital and power interfaces, mechanical assembly and thermal requirements with software and mechanical colleagues
• Prototype assembly, testing, debugging and hardware validation
• Lead design reviews and support customer progress meetings
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within project teams

Skills

Analogue design

Digital design

RF design

High-density PCBs

Mixed-signal PCB

RF layout

EMC design

Embedded hardware

DSP

SDR applications

Soldering

Prototype rework

Test and validation

Design reviews

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

A technology consultancy is looking for an experienced Principal Electronic Engineer to design and develop advanced analogue, digital and RF systems across a diverse range of research and product development projects.

You’ll work in small multidisciplinary teams and take ownership of electronic designs from initial concept through to manufactured PCBs. You’ll collaborate closely with project leads, embedded software engineers and mechanical engineers, and support rapid-turnaround prototype development for early-stage research. The work covers intelligent sensing systems, embedded processing platforms, RF technologies and bespoke instrumentation, with real technical leadership and the chance to mentor junior engineers.

What you’ll do

• Design complex analogue, digital and RF systems using Altium Designer
• Produce production-ready schematics, PCB layouts and manufacturing data packs
• Develop high-density mixed-signal PCB designs, including high-speed digital and RF circuitry
• Write production and engineering test procedures for board bring-up and validation
• Select components and produce Bills of Materials, weighing performance, availability and supportability
• Work with PCB manufacturers and assembly houses throughout manufacture
• Define digital and power interfaces, mechanical assembly and thermal requirements with software and mechanical colleagues
• Prototype assembly, testing, debugging and hardware validation
• Lead design reviews and support customer progress meetings
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within project teams

What you’ll bring

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline
• Strong analogue, digital and RF design skills
• Experience designing high-density, mixed-signal PCBs with high-speed digital interfaces
• Good understanding of RF PCB layout, grounding, shielding, impedance control and EMC design
• Experience developing embedded hardware platforms for DSP and SDR applications
• A proven record of taking products from concept through to manufacture
• PCB bring-up, test, debugging, validation and fault-finding experience
• Practical soldering and prototype rework skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and high-quality technical documentation

Advantageous

• Embedded software bring-up and/or FPGA development

Eligibility

Applicants must be sole UK nationals, eligible to work in the UK, and willing to undergo UK security clearance.

• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Pension and private health plan
• Cycle to Work, Tech and Electric Car schemes
• On-site parking with EV charging, plus cycle storage and showers
• Company social events