Senior Electronics Design Engineer, Laboratory Instruments

PerkinElmer; High Wycombe; Presencial; GBP 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Well-equipped bench

Shaping lab setup

Cross-discipline teams

Descripción de la vacante

PerkinElmer UK seeks a hands-on senior electronics designer to lead subsystems for next-generation material-characterisation instruments. You will own requirements through verified hardware including low-noise front-ends, power, and MCU/FPGA boards, coordinating cables, actuators and motors.

You will partner with optics, mechanics, firmware and scientists to prove designs, perform DFMEA, verification, and rapid bench prototyping, while sustaining released products and addressing obsolescence.

Formación

• Degree in electrical/electronic engineering or closely related discipline.
• 5+ years of design engineering in instrumentation or test & measurement products.
• Mixed-signal design in a low-noise environment.
• Digital hardware: MCU-based control boards and comms interfaces.
• High-speed multilayer (8+ layer) digital design; FPGA/SoC on Xilinx Zynq.
• Schematic and PCB design in Altium 365 to IPC standards; DFM/assembly considerations.
• Hands-on PCBA bring-up and bench testing; debugging on your own initiative.
• EMC and product safety to IEC 61326-1 and IEC 61010-1; compliance testing.
• Structured product-design approach: requirements, reviews, DFMEA, verification plans.

Responsabilidades

• Design and verify circuits for new instrument: low-noise analog front-ends and power boards.
• Own high-speed digital/FPGA design and PCB layout to IPC standards.
• Lead electrical architecture from concept through prototype, verification and release.
• Run hardware development process: requirements, design reviews, DFMEA, verification reports.
• Prototype rapidly with breadboards/proto boards, validate concepts.
• Bring up, debug and validate boards with firmware team; hands-on testing.
• Manage electrical BOM, datasheets, safety/EMC considerations; support DFM/DFA.
• Sustain released products: obsolescence and field issues; root cause analysis.
• Coordinate cross-functional issue resolution with optics, mechanics, firmware, software.

Conocimientos

Mixed-signal design

Low-noise design

FPGA/SoC design

Altium PCB design

Schematic capture

DFMEA & verification

EMC safety

DFM for manufacture

VHDL/Verilog

Educación

Electrical/ electronic engineering degree

Herramientas

Altium 365

ViewMate

Valor NPI

Git/Jira/Confluence

Descripción del empleo

About the role

Hands-on senior designer in a mission-driven electronics team developing the next generation of material-characterisation laboratory instruments and sustaining the existing product range. You will own subsystems from requirements to verified hardware: low-noise detection front-ends, power distribution, MCU- and FPGA-based control boards, and the integration of cables, actuators and motors. You bring the two things the team needs most: a structured product-design approach and high-speed digital / Xilinx FPGA capability.

What you will do

• Design and verify circuits for the new instrument: low-noise analogue front-ends, mixed-signal, power and control boards.

• Own high-speed digital and FPGA/SoC (Xilinx Zynq) design, and PCB design in Altium 365 to IPC standards.

• Take technical ownership of the electronics architecture for your subsystems, from early concept through prototype, verification and product release.

• Run the product-design process for your subsystems: hardware and product requirements (HRS/PRS), design proposals, design reviews, DFMEA, verification plans and reports.

• Prototype quickly — breadboards, proto and rework boards — to validate concepts ahead of full PCBA spins.

• Bring up, debug and validate boards on the bench with the firmware team; solder, modify and test hardware yourself.

• Own the electrical BOM, component datasheets and the related safety/EMC considerations; support DFM/DFA as designs move from prototype to production.

• Sustain released products: obsolescence and alternates, manufacturing and field issues, root cause.

• Work with optics, mechanics, firmware, software and scientists to prove out designs; coordinate cross-functional issue resolution.

Essential

• Degree in electrical/electronic engineering or a closely related discipline; 5+ years of design engineering in instrumentation or test & measurement products.

• Mixed-signal design in a low-noise environments.

• Digital hardware: MCU-based control boards and communication interfaces — 1G/10GEthernet, USB, SPI, I²C, UART/RS-232, RS-485, CAN, PCIe.

• High-speed multilayer (8+ layer) digital design from schematic to PCB, including DDR3/DDR4 memory interfaces; FPGA/SoC design on Xilinx Zynq in VHDL or Verilog.

• Schematic and PCB design in Altium 365 to IPC-2221 / IPC-7351 with managed-library and version-control discipline; design for manufacture and assembly with a contract manufacturer, including DFM checks (e.g. Valor NPI) and Gerber review (e.g. ViewMate).

• Hands-on PCBA bring-up, test and troubleshooting with digital oscilloscopes, DVMs, spectrum, and logic analysers; test rigs and test plans; disciplined root-cause analysis. Not afraid of practical work — tinkering with circuits and debugging on your own initiative.

• EMC and product safety for laboratory equipment: IEC 61326-1 and IEC 61010-1, through to passing compliance testing.

• Structured product-design approach: requirements, design reviews, DFMEA, verification plans and reports.

• Obsolescence management and sustaining of released products.

• System-integration mindset: how a board fits the rest of the system — cabling, connectivity, harnessing, system diagrams — not only what it does.

Desirable

• Experience with power supply design.

• Working with suppliers and manufacturers: quotes, cost comparisons, assembly options.

• Familiarity with PLM and task-tracking tools.

• Git and Git-based workflows; lean product development with Jira and Confluence.

• Applied use of AI tools and agentic workflows in engineering work

• UV instruments and high-voltage lamp drivers; thermal control and thermal-equipment design.

How we work

• Analytical and data-driven, with attention to detail; sees both the small and the big picture.

• Task- and goal-oriented and well organised; works independently or as part of a larger team; comfortable in a high-paced, hands-on hardware environment.

• Communicates clearly in writing and in person; adaptable across several projects with shifting priorities and deadlines.

• Open-minded and confident to push back on design changes and tasks when the evidence says so.

• A problem-solver and fixer: not afraid to break things, cut to the cause and debug quickly.

• Brings energy, mentors others and helps grow the team.

What we offer

• A well-equipped personal bench, all the test equipment and software you need.

• A lab and instrument set-up that is being built now — you will help shape it.

• Cross-discipline project teams; an electronics team of two engineers plus placement students; direct influence on the next-generation instruments.