Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Vantage Consulting; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HiFi systems company in the UK is seeking an experienced Electronics Engineer to design intricate circuits for next-generation audio products. The role involves everything from circuit simulation to production transition, working closely with cross-functional teams. Candidates should possess a strong electronics background, emphasizing modern digital technologies, and familiarity with RF standards. This is an exciting opportunity to innovate in high-quality audio systems.

Qualifications

• Strong background in electronics engineering with a focus on digital technologies.
• Experience designing complex electronics in a commercial environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug prototypes in collaboration with firmware engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement electronic circuits for streaming music systems.
• Conduct electronics design peer reviews and feasibility evaluations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software and mechanical engineers.

Skills

Digital circuit design

High speed signal design

Power supply design

Analogue electronics design

Prototyping

ECAD tools (preferably Altium 360)

Familiarity with RF technologies

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering or similar

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Working at the heart of our R+D team your role is designing the electronics for the next generation of our world class HiFi systems and, our sister company's speakers. Using your experience of working with high complexity digital systems you will be responsible for designing and implementing the electronics circuits that make our streaming music systems sound so good. The R+D team is cross functional, and you'll be working closely with embedded software engineers, mechanical designers and test engineers.

From concept phase right through to production you will be involved in the electronics design process, simulating circuits, pre-scan of EMC rules, prototyping, creating schematics, designing PCBs then testing and assisting with the transition to manufacture.

Main Duties

Electronic design

• Digital circuit design including components such as Microprocessors, DSP, FPGA,
• DAC/ADC
• High speed digital design
• Power supply design, linear and switched mode.
• Analogue circuit simulation and design of amplifiers and audio filters
• Prototyping and bench testing PCBs and circuits.
• EMC and ESD
• Electronics design peer reviews
• Electronics architecture reviews
• Design feasibility evaluation

ECAD design

• Schematic design and PCB layout
• Analogue PCB design
• Power PCB design
• FPC and PCB Interconnection design
• System Integration

Liaising with Suppliers and third parties

• RF Design Consultants
• FFC and PCB Manufacturers
• Test Equipment suppliers
• Custom component design
• Sourcing component samples and liaising with companies for custom sample.

Skills & Requirements

You are expected to have a strong electronics engineering background, preferable with a specialisation in modern digital technologies such as dealing with high-speed signals commonly found with DSP and FPGA designs. Knowledge of RF technologies such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi would be beneficial, as would experience dealing with EMC sensitive applications.

• Degree qualified in Electronics engineering or similar discipline.
• History of working in a commercial environment designing complex electronics.
• Able to demonstrate depth of knowledge in multiple technical areas related to digital systems such as digital audio systems, high speed circuit design, FPGA or RF design.
• Analogue electronics design experience.
• Lab skills such as debugging prototypes in collaboration with firmware engineers and using test equipment such as modern oscilloscopes and logic analysers.
• Experienced ECAD user, preferable Altium 360.
• Knowledge and ability to design to global safety and EMC / ESD standards rules.
• Familiarity with modern collaborative development tools and techniques such as Confluence and Jira.
• Experience in the audio industry would be beneficial where critical listening was part of the design process.