Electronics Engineer - Music Technology

Electronics Engineer - Music Technology

Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £45000 - £60000 pa + excellent benefits

The Role:

We're looking for an experienced electronics engineer to join our hardware team, where you’ll work with us to design our next generation of class-leading audio products.

You’ll work with our product owners to define features and requirements, produce system-level designs including selection of key technologies and components, then go on to design the schematics and PCBs. You’ll be responsible for planning your work and delivering against production schedules - this means strong analytical and estimation skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical peers.

You’ll spend a lot of your time designing and debugging hardware, so systematic measurement, analysis and fault-finding skills are essential. Signal integrity, EMC and analogue debugging experience are also highly desirable. You’ll contribute to our roadmaps, helping determine what products we deliver and how we deliver them - this means seeing the big-picture and understanding our products, market and customers.

You’ll be working with a team of experienced engineers who are on hand to support you in a friendly, social and inclusive environment where our shared passion for music and music tech is front and centre. We support flexible working, but due to the hands-on nature of the role you’ll need to spend a significant portion of your time on-site at our headquarters in High Wycombe.

About you:

You bring energy, technical acumen, and a proven track record. You’ve been responsible for delivering successful products to market in music tech, consumer electronics or a similar industry. You’re a proactive and pragmatic problem solver, able to find creative solutions to problems that others didn't see coming. You're decisive, you back yourself, and you’re able to bring others along with you. You build strong working relationships with your peers; you support and mentor others and know when to seek support yourself. You think strategically and can work across multiple projects while still diving down into detail. Most importantly of all, you love what you do - designing and shipping products that help millions of people make music.

Required skills and experience – you should apply for this role if you have:

• A degree or HND in Electronics Engineering (or related subject).
• Taken ownership of commercial designs throughout the full development process and delivered them successfully.
• Experience of designing hardware that balances quality, cost and time to market.
• The ability to plan and deliver to deadlines, learning and applying new skills quickly.

Technical knowledge we’re looking for:

• Analogue electronics for audio applications (low-noise design, signal processing).
• High speed digital interfaces (e.g. SDRAM, I2S, USB, RGMII).
• Linear and switching power supply design, PMICs, USB PD.
• Embedded systems.

Further desirable experience:

• Design of products for high-volume mass production.
• Design and debug for EMCD and RED approvals.
• An active interest in making music and music technology.
• Working with ODM/JDM/CDS models.
• Altium Designer (schematic and PCB layout)

About Us 

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, our solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity – ‘we make music easy to make’. 

The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, OutBoard and TiMax. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry. 

Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation.  This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including six Queen's Awards, the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021 and regular appearances in 'The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For’. 

The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome, safe and positively represented, because at Focusrite they truly are. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future. 

Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, Health Cash Plan, enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay, employee purchase scheme, group bonus scheme, company music events, offsite company parties and free lunch in the canteen. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development.