Principal Electronics Engineer: Low-Noise Instrumentation & FPGA

Oxford Instruments GmbH; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Instruments in High Wycombe, UK, is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer to architect and design high-performance electronics for advanced microscopy solutions. You will own electronics design across new products, delivering analogue, digital, and low-noise circuitry for precision detectors and data acquisition systems.

You will develop and validate designs through simulation, prototyping, and testing, writing embedded code and contributing to FPGA development (VHDL).

Qualifications

• Strong experience in electronics system design (analogue, digital, power).
• Expertise in low-noise design and signal integrity—ideally in instrumentation or sensing applications.
• Experience with FPGA development and embedded systems.
• Proven ability to design complex multilayer PCBs.
• Hands-on engineer who thrives solving complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of electronics design solutions across new product development projects.
• Design analogue, digital, and low-noise circuitry supporting precision detectors and acquisition systems.
• Develop and validate designs through simulation, prototyping, and rigorous testing.
• Write embedded code and contribute to FPGA development (VHDL) for high-speed data handling.
• Collaborate closely with physicists, software engineers, and system architects.
• Provide “go to” expertise on electronics issues for the wider technology team.
• Mentor colleagues to develop their skills in using electronics tools and methodologies.
• Support transfer to manufacturing and ensure robust, maintainable documentation.

Skills

electronic system design

low-noise design

signal integrity

FPGA development

embedded systems

multilayer PCBs

analogue circuitry

digital circuitry

power electronics

VHDL

Job description

Oxford Instruments in High Wycombe, UK, is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer to architect and design high-performance electronics for advanced microscopy solutions. You will own electronics design across new products, delivering analogue, digital, and low-noise circuitry for precision detectors and data acquisition systems.

You will develop and validate designs through simulation, prototyping, and testing, writing embedded code and contributing to FPGA development (VHDL).