Senior Electronics Engineer – Opto-Electronics
We are seeking a proactive and motivated Senior Electronics Engineer to join a small, highly skilled Engineering and Production team based in Wokingham. This office-based role offers the opportunity for a Senior Electronics Engineer to lead the design and verification of innovative new products while maintaining and improving existing electronic designs.
Key Responsibilities:
- As the Senior Electronics Engineer, you will lead electronics design projects from initial concept through to production.
- Maintain and enhance existing PCBAs and electronic sub-assemblies, providing expert guidance on design improvements.
- Perform functional and quality assurance testing, calibration, and troubleshooting.
- Work with external PCBA consultants and contract manufacturers to ensure project success.
- Design system architecture, schematics, and PCB layouts using ECAD tools such as Altium, EAGLE, and PADS.
- Support regulatory certification activities (CE, LVD, RoHS).
- Produce and maintain accurate design documentation, including BoMs, schematics, and PCB data files.
- Provide technical support to Production staff and manufacturing partners.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and manage obsolescence of electronic designs.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Degree in Electronics or equivalent.
- 5 years’ experience in electronics design, testing, and low-volume manufacturing.
- Strong mixed-signal design skills (analogue and digital), including high sensitivity receivers, small signal linear design, and lock-in detectors.
- Experience with embedded controller hardware, microcontrollers, FPGAs, and digital control.
- Proficiency with communication interfaces (UART, USB, TWI/I2C, RS485) and power management (3.3V to 24V DC).
- Understanding of opto-electronics, including pulsed laser drivers, SLD/SLED light sources, APD/PIN detectors, optical modulators, and TEC temperature control.
- Competent in schematic capture, PCB layout, and system modelling (Altium preferred).
- Ability to troubleshoot and modify legacy designs, with excellent attention to detail.
- Strong analytical skills, well-organised, and effective in communicating with internal and external teams.
Benefits:
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- 25 days holiday
- Share incentive scheme
- Medicash health plan
- Life assurance
- Flexible working hours
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Electronics Engineer to play a key role in advancing cutting-edge opto-electronic systems and products. The successful Senior Electronics Engineer will be instrumental in driving product innovation, supporting production teams, and maintaining technical excellence across all electronics projects.