Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Naim Audio Ltd; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audio technology company in Salisbury is looking for a Senior Electronics Design Engineer to join their R&D team. You will be responsible for designing electronics for high-quality audio systems, working on high-speed digital designs, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong electronics background, experience with complex product design, and proficiency in ECAD software such as Altium 360. This role offers comprehensive benefits, including holidays and employer pension contributions.

Benefits

24 days holiday plus bank holidays

Free canteen

Free parking on-site

Enhanced pension contribution

Death in service insurance

Employee discount on products

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong electronics engineering background required.
• Experience in a commercial environment with complex electronics.
• Knowledge of high-speed signals and RF technologies beneficial.
• Experience with EMI and ESD design standards.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement electronic circuits for audio systems.
• Conduct peer reviews and feasibility evaluations.
• Liaise with suppliers and manufacturers for components.
• Prototype and bench test PCBs and circuits.

Skills

Electronics engineering

High-speed signals

Digital circuit design

FPGA design

Analog electronics design

ECAD software (Altium 360)

RF technologies

Debugging prototypes

Education

Degree in Electronics engineering

Tools

Altium 360

Modern oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Senior Electronics Design Engineer

Department: R&D

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Salisbury

Description

Working at the heart of our R&D team your role is designing the electronics for the next generation of Naim Audio’s world class HiFi systems and, our sister company, Focal’s speakers. Using your experience of working with high complexity digital systems you will be responsible for designing and implementing the electronics circuits that make Naim Audio and Focal streaming music systems sound so good. The R&D team is cross functional, and you’ll be working closely with embedded software engineers, mechanical designers and test engineers.

From concept phase right through to production you will be involved in the electronics design process, simulating circuits, pre-scan of EMC rules, prototyping, creating schematics, designing PCBs then testing and assisting with the transition to manufacture.

Key Responsibilities

Electronic design:

• Digital circuit design including components such as Microprocessors, DSP, FPGA, DAC/ADC
• High speed digital design
• Power supply design, linear and switched mode.
• Analogue circuit simulation and design of amplifiers and audio filters
• Prototyping and bench testing PCBs and circuits.
• EMC and ESD
• Electronics design peer reviews
• Electronics architecture reviews
• Design feasibility evaluation

ECAD Design:

• Schematic design and PCB layout
• Analogue PCB design
• Power PCB design
• FPC and PCB Interconnection design
• System Integration

Liaising with Suppliers and third parties:

• RF Design Consultants
• FFC and PCB Manufacturers
• Test Equipment suppliers
• Custom component design
• Sourcing component samples and liaising with companies for custom sample

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You are expected to have a strong electronics engineering background, preferable with a specialisation in modern digital technologies such as dealing with high-speed signals commonly found with DSP and FPGA designs. Knowledge of RF technologies such as Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi would be beneficial, as would experience dealing with EMC sensitive applications.

• Degree qualified in Electronics engineering or similar discipline
• History of working in a commercial environment designing complex electronics products.
• Able to demonstrate depth of knowledge in multiple technical areas related to digital systems such as digital audio systems, high speed circuit design, FPGA or RF design.
• Analogue electronics design experience
• Lab skills such as debugging prototypes in collaboration with firmware engineers and using test equipment such as modern oscilloscopes and logic analysers.
• Experienced ECAD user, preferable Altium 360
• Knowledge and ability to design to global safety and EMC / ESD standards rules.
• Familiarity with modern collaborative development tools and techniques such as Confluence and Jira
• Experience in the audio industry would be beneficial where critical listening was part of the design process.

Benefits

• 24 days holiday, plus bank holidays - increasing with length of service
• Free canteen
• Free parking available on-site
• Enhanced employer pension contribution (4% of gross salary)
• Death in Service insurance
• Employee discount on Naim products
• Wellbeing initiatives, including an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), and discounted memberships at select local gyms
• Alongside other, standard benefits (for example, training and development opportunities as appropriate to role)