Senior Electronics Engineer - Rugged Sports Hardware

Jobless; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sportable is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer for a fixed-term contract to design the electronics for our ball and player tag products, from architecture through production. You will lead high-performance, low-power embedded systems development in a fast-paced hardware roadmap, collaborating with the hardware and firmware teams.

The role emphasizes power, radio, mass, and manufacturability constraints, with hands-on bring-up on site and direct validation in field environments with elite

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years in electronics design for low-power, embedded MCU-based products.
• At least two products personally taken from concept through to volume production.
• Proven schematic design and PCB layout in Altium.
• Mixed-signal design in space/mass/power constrained battery-powered product.
• Strong electronic debug and analysis skills; distinguish measured vs expected.
• Design-for-manufacture handover to a contract manufacturer.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design: design sealed, wirelessly charged, battery-powered product including power budget, charging approach, radio/antenna strategy, sensing and data-offload.
• Lead schematic design and PCB layout for high-performance, low-power embedded systems (Altium).
• Wireless & EMC: inductive charging, radio integration, certification planning at concept stage.
• Validation & Bring-Up: on-site bring-up and lab/live-field validation with real athletes.
• Design Records & Review: capture design rationale and decisions; participate in design reviews.

Skills

Altium

Low-power design

Schematic design

PCB layout

EMC/EMI

RF design

Debugging

Manufacturing handover

Education

Electronic/Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Sportable is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer for a fixed-term contract to design the electronics for our ball and player tag products, from architecture through production. You will lead high-performance, low-power embedded systems development in a fast-paced hardware roadmap, collaborating with the hardware and firmware teams.

The role emphasizes power, radio, mass, and manufacturability constraints, with hands-on bring-up on site and direct validation in field environments with elite