Senior Subsea Electronics Engineer — FPGA & Optics

Carbon60; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon60 is seeking a senior electronics designer for subsea instrumentation, including optical modem tech and seismic recorder electronics. You will own externally developed designs, ensure documentation, and drive production readiness in-house.

Key work includes hardware/firmware/FPGA design, low-noise subsea electronics, and collaboration with partners to close knowledge gaps. Excellent salary and benefits are offered for this senior role.

Qualifications

• Essential: 2:1 or above in a relevant engineering degree.
• Desirable: Masters or PhD in electronics, embedded systems, FPGA, photonics, instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review and modify electronics hardware, embedded firmware and FPGA designs.
• Take ownership of inherited designs, source code, interfaces and test methods.
• Work on low-power, low-noise, subsea electronics and electro-optical interfaces.
• Support optical link performance testing and optimisation.
• Use embedded C, FPGA and Python for development, diagnosis and test automation.
• Help bring products to production readiness, including test fixtures and automated test.
• Provide senior input on design reviews, integration, verification and fault finding.
• Produce clear documentation, and work with internal teams and external partners to close design knowledge gaps.

Skills

Altium PCB design

ADCs and precision acquisition

Clocks and timing

Communication protocols

EMC (EN60945)

Production support

Electro-optical interfaces

Education

Engineering degree (2:1+)

Masters or PhD in electronics/embedded/FPGA/phot​onics/instrumentation

Job description

Carbon60 is seeking a senior electronics designer for subsea instrumentation, including optical modem tech and seismic recorder electronics. You will own externally developed designs, ensure documentation, and drive production readiness in-house.

Key work includes hardware/firmware/FPGA design, low-noise subsea electronics, and collaboration with partners to close knowledge gaps. Excellent salary and benefits are offered for this senior role.