Senior Electronics Engineer

IC Resources; Galway; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Career progression opportunities

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

IC Resources is seeking a Senior Electronic Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Ireland. You will develop advanced electronic systems used in demanding, highly regulated environments, collaborating with software, optical, mechanical and systems engineers from concept through production.

You will lead design and layout of analog/digital circuits, high-speed and RF PCBs, and contribute to system-level modelling, verification and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics or related discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience in electronic hardware development.
• Strong analogue and digital circuit design experience.
• Experience with PCB design and layout tools (Altium, KiCad, PADS, EAGLE or similar).
• Knowledge of signal integrity, impedance matching and termination techniques.
• Experience with SPICE simulation and circuit analysis.
• Experience implementing communication interfaces and protocols such as: CAN, SPI, UART.
• Experience using laboratory equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators).
• Experience with RF or high-speed PCB layout and hardware in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and schematic capture of analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronic circuits.
• Design electronic systems for control, signal processing, sensing and communications applications.
• Develop and layout PCBs, including high-speed and RF designs.
• Select components suitable for deployment in harsh or regulated environments.
• Create power budgets and electrical architectures for sub-systems and products.
• Take products from prototype stage through testing, verification and qualification.
• Work closely with mechanical and multidisciplinary teams in thermally and mechanically constrained environments.
• Design and model analogue signal conditioning circuits, including amplifiers, DACs and sensor interfaces.
• Perform circuit simulation, analysis and optimisation.
• Develop system-level performance models and electrical budgets.
• Create test platforms and support hardware verification and validation activities.
• Conduct laboratory testing and performance characterisation.
• Produce technical documentation and participate in design reviews.
• Support continuous improvement of products, processes and engineering standards.

Skills

Analogue circuit design

Digital circuit design

PCB design

RF design

Power budgets

Signal integrity

FPGA development

Verilog HDL

SPICE simulation

Embedded firmware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

PADS

EAGLE

ADS

HFSS

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Electronic Engineer to join a growing engineering team developing advanced communication, sensing, and embedded technology products.

The Senior Electronic Engineer will play a key role in the development of complex electronic systems used in demanding and highly regulated environments.

The Senior Electronic Engineer will work closely with multidisciplinary teams including electronics, software, optical, mechanical and systems engineers to develop products from concept through to production.

What the Role Involves

• Lead the design and schematic capture of analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronic circuits.
• Design electronic systems for control, signal processing, sensing and communications applications.
• Develop and layout PCBs, including high-speed and RF designs.
• Select components suitable for deployment in harsh or regulated environments.
• Create power budgets and electrical architectures for sub-systems and products.
• Take products from prototype stage through testing, verification and qualification.
• Work closely with mechanical and multidisciplinary teams in thermally and mechanically constrained environments.
• Design and model analogue signal conditioning circuits, including amplifiers, DACs and sensor interfaces.
• Perform circuit simulation, analysis and optimisation.
• Develop system-level performance models and electrical budgets.
• Create test platforms and support hardware verification and validation activities.
• Conduct laboratory testing and performance characterisation.
• Produce technical documentation and participate in design reviews.
• Support continuous improvement of products, processes and engineering standards.
• Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience in electronic hardware development.
• Strong analogue and digital circuit design experience.
• Experience with PCB design and layout tools such as Altium, KiCad, PADS, EAGLE or similar.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, impedance matching and termination techniques.
• Experience with SPICE simulation and circuit analysis.
• Experience implementing communication interfaces and protocols such as:
  • CAN
  • SPI
  • UART
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators and spectrum analysers.
• Ability to design, test and debug electronic systems throughout the product lifecycle.
• Strong documentation and technical communication skills.
• Experience within aerospace, defence, automotive, telecommunications or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with RF or high-speed PCB layout.
• Experience designing electronics to industry or mission-critical standards.
• Knowledge of component derating and long-lifecycle component selection.
• Experience developing power budgets, electrical models and thermal assessments.
• Experience with low-noise analogue design and signal processing circuits.
• Experience with embedded firmware development.
• Experience with FPGA development and HDL languages such as Verilog.
• Experience with PCB simulation tools such as ADS, HFSS or similar.
• Mechanical CAD experience.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams developing complex products.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Opportunity to contribute to advanced technology products.
• Exposure to full product lifecycle development.
• Collaborative engineering environment.
• Career progression and technical leadership opportunities.
• Opportunity to work on innovative communication and sensing technologies.