Electronics Design Engineer

Your tasks

With the significant growth in hyperscale computing we are expanding our team at Huber + Suhner Polatis to meet increased demand. We produce market-leading optical circuit switches for advanced fibre optic connectivity in the communications, industrial and government sectors.

The engineering department is the development engine of the business taking new product ideas from concept into volume manufacture. The department consists of Systems, Mechanical, Electronic and Software Engineering teams focussed on development and a New Product Introduction team focussed on release to manufacture. 

The Electronic Design Engineer will report to the Electronic Design Manager to deliver new and updated electronic designs as part of the Huber + Suhner Product Evolution Process.

The job of the Electronics Design engineer is to develop electronics circuits and systems architectures to support product development of leading-edge technologies for the next generation of resilient optical switching products. This covers all aspects of the product lifecycle for electronics components. The team is responsible for Analogue, Digital and Firmware development on the hardware platforms to support advanced feature sets required by the market.

Deliver hardware design from concept through to successful delivery of product into manufacturing.

Work with a multi-disciplinary team. Mechanical engineers, software engineers and system engineers to find solutions to customer requirements.

Implement DfX as needed to ensure a robust supply chain and manufacturing process.

Ensure adherence to the relevant Quality systems and Engineering processes.

Electronic Requirements review and compliance matrix creation / review.

Electronic architecture review, simulation and prototyping to analyse concept designs.

PCB layout design using Altium. Component Lifecycle analysis, Component database maintenance, new part creation. Peer review other engineers work.

Design & implementation of electronic design, using schematic capture, for digital embedded systems.

Create test plans to validate new designs or design iterations.

Validation testing and qualification of resilient hardware and firmware designs.

Implement DfX as needed to ensure a robust supply chain and manufacturing process.

Ensure adherence to the relevant Quality systems and Engineering processes.

Support of other design areas during the product development lifecycle.

Your profile

A dynamic candidate with a good academic record.

Degree (or higher) qualified in Electronic or Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

4-5+ years of industrial experience with a proven track record of delivering complex products against demanding timescales.

Experience using PCB schematic and layout tool.

Scientific thinker.

Problem solver.

Continuous learning, Always looking to keep knowledge up to date with the latest technology trends.

Design experience in one of the key functional blocks listed:- Power supplies, Digital Communication, Controllers, Embedded design, Analogue circuits & complex digital circuits.

Delivery focused individual, looking for ways to prove designs and seek evidence to support their engineering hypothesis.
Full lifecycle experience: capable of taking design from concept to full product delivery.

Strong Digital design skills including modern communications for robust scalable intra circuit designs. I2C, SPI, UART, USB & Ethernet.

Strong problem solving and debugging skills to root cause bugs or design issues.

Strong communication skills.

Experience of developing scalable, robust HW architecture.

Experience using Altium Designer.

Adept at modelling new concepts and designs.

Embedded Systems design experience with ARM cores, and developing secure systems with secure boot and the Trusted Protocol Module 2.0

Experience working on mixed signal PCB Designs.

Desirable requirements of skills, experience, physical requirements etc

Experience running detailed verification tests on systems or PCB assemblies containing complex electronics and software/firmware configurations.