Electronics Design Engineer

Geo Acoustics Ltd delivers innovative, field-proven technologies for customers working in inland waterway and marine hydrographic surveying, dredging and marine-research. With a global presence through our network of channel partners, we specialise in the design, development, manufacture and commissioning of advanced side scan, bathymetry and sub-bottom profiling sonar systems.

Geo Acoustics has provided subsea sensors and equipment for over four decades and continues to develop innovative products, including solutions that can outperform multibeam echo sounders in specific applications and AI systems that unlock IHO S-44 standard marine data in real time.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team where your impact will be visible and valued. You will be joining a company that provides a generous benefits package and is committed to investing in its staff.

• Develop and enhance electronic SONAR products in line with target product specifications
• Creation of Schematics & multi-layer PCB designs, verified by electronic modelling / simulation and testing
• Testing, defect failure analysis / root cause analysis and repair of existing systems
• Conducting design reviews at key stages of design & development and test
• Collaborating as part of the team, submitting designs for review and providing peer review input to other engineers’ designs
• Producing and maintaining product documentation, including detailed BoMs, Gerbers, validating fabrication & engineering drawings, writing production assembly guides, test procedures and user manuals
• Performing new product evaluations and reviews including acoustic measurements to ensure that product meets or exceeds their specification
• Collaborating across all teams within Geo Acoustics, including Procurement, Manufacturing, Test, Quality
• Providing technical product support to staff and worldwide customers on site or remotely. This may require occasional travel within UK and overseas to support them
• Working with 3rd parties during design, prototyping and manufacturing

• Degree or equivalent qualifications or experience in electrical and electronic engineering
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience designing electronics products and embedded pc systems
• Design and testing mixed signal products that include SOC, FPGA’s, control & logic systems, switching power supplies, analogue amplifiers, isolated systems and transducer power driver stages

• C/C++, VHDL and associated tools such as GIT
• Communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, Ethernet, IP (TCP/UDP/ICMP), RS-232, JTAG, NMEA, both at the low level and high level
• Systems operating at 400V DC
• MATLAB for signal processing
• Digital data acquisition systems and DSP techniques (down-sampling, mixing, various filter types, etc.)
• Laboratory test equipment including, but not limited to Logic Analysers, Oscilloscopes, Power Analysers, Spectrum Analysers, Active Loads, Multi-meters, Hot air and Through Hole assembly and repair tools.

• 25 days holiday allowance plus statutory bank holidays
• Flexi-time with the ability to take an additional day’s leave each month
• Private medical insurance for family
• Worldwide Travel insurance for employee + partner
• Pension with matched contributions up to 8%
• Sick pay
• Bike to work scheme
• Employee assistance scheme
• Free electric vehicle charging on site
• Annual bonus based on Company profit

Please submit:

• Your CV
• A short cover letter outlining relevant sector experience and skills
• Send your application to with the subject:
  Electronics Design Engineer – Geo Acoustics
  .

We review applications on a rolling basis and may close the vacancy early if the right candidate is found.