Senior Electronics Hardware Engineer

Location: Yateley

From the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on earth, to surging shorelines and anywhere in-between, we make the impossible possible through our continuous passion for innovation. Our people design, engineer and manufacture technologies that are enabling our customers to discover, navigate, measure, detect and communicate in the toughest environment on earth:
Our oceans. Weve been actively developing the technology to make the oceans accessible for over 50 years and were only just getting started At Sonardyne, we value different ways of thinking. Whether you think in code, patterns, systems, or steps, your unique perspective is important to us. Want to design electronics that have to work hundreds sometimes thousands of metres beneath the ocean?

At Sonardyne, were not designing electronics that spend their lives sitting safely on a desk. We develop sophisticated underwater technology that has to perform reliably in some of the most challenging environments on the planet. Were looking for a Senior Electronics Hardware Engineer to join our engineering team and help develop the next generation of Sonardyne subsea technology. This is a genuinely hands-on electronics design role .

Youll be designing real hardware, building and testing prototypes, getting equipment onto the bench, solving difficult technical problems and seeing your designs progress all the way from an initial idea through to manufacture and ultimately into the ocean. If youre an experienced electronics engineer who still loves actually engineering , wed like to hear from you. What could you be working on?

Variety is a big part of engineering  electronics sit at the heart of technologies including underwater acoustic communications, Doppler Velocity Logs, navigation systems, intelligent sensors and ultra-low-power subsea instrumentation. That creates some fascinating engineering challenges. How do you design electronics that deliver excellent performance while consuming very little power? How do you minimise noise when youre trying to detect incredibly small signals?

How do you make digital, analogue, processors, FPGA and embedded software all play nicely together? And how do you make the whole thing reliable enough to operate underwater for long periods where popping out to replace a component isnt exactly an option? Those are the sorts of problems youll help us solve. What youll be doing Youll take technical ownership of electronics hardware across new and existing Sonardyne products, working alongside talented engineers from electronics, embedded software, systems, mechanical and manufacturing disciplines.

Youll be involved throughout the engineering lifecycle, including:
Designing analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronics for sophisticated subsea products. Developing low-noise and low-power circuitry, sensor interfaces, processor and FPGA-based architectures. Taking designs from initial concept and architecture through schematic design, prototype and production. Using CAD for schematic capture and supporting PCB layout and design. Selecting components and making considered engineering trade-offs around performance, power, cost, availability and manufacturability. Getting hands-on in the lab to bring up new boards and prototypes.

Debugging hardware and investigating those particularly stubborn problems that dont behave quite as the simulation suggested they would. Writing embedded C and potentially C++ to support board bring-up, diagnostics and hardware integration. Designing with EMC in mind and supporting EMC testing and compliance activities. Planning and carrying out verification and validation of new hardware. Working with Manufacturing and Production Engineering to make sure our designs can be built reliably and repeatedly.

Investigating production issues and supporting component obsolescence and product improvements. Reviewing designs and sharing your experience with other engineers across the team. And because we manufacture and test much of our technology ourselves, you dont simply hand your design over and never see it again. You get to see what youve designed become a real product. What were looking for Were looking for an experienced electronics engineer with a strong foundation in analogue and digital hardware design .

Youll ideally bring experience in several of the following areas:
Analogue and mixed-signal electronics. Low-noise and/or low-power circuit design. Digital electronics, processors and microcontrollers. FPGA-based…