Electronics Design Team Leader

The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Electronics Design Team Leader to take technical and people leadership responsibility within a highly specialised power electronics environment. This role sits at the heart of the development of Power Feeding Equipment (PFE) used to power critical subsea communication systems, delivering ultra-high reliability over long operational lifetimes.

You will play a key role in shaping the low-voltage (LV) side of next-generation power converter designs, while leading and growing a small but highly skilled hardware design team.

This is a hands-on leadership role, balancing deep technical ownership ( 60%) with team leadership and stakeholder management ( 40%).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, qualification, and documentation of LV hardware subsystems for high-reliability power electronics products
• Provide technical leadership across LV architectures, including power converters, control electronics, and measurement systems
• Take line management responsibility for a team of 5 Electronic Design Engineers (with scope for growth)
• Drive resource planning, workload allocation, mentoring, and performance management
• Own hardware designs end-to-end, from feasibility and architecture through to qualification and product support
• Ensure compliance with quality, safety, and regulatory standards (ISO
  9001, TL9000, IEC (phone number removed)
• Lead and contribute to:
  • Feasibility studies and risk analysis (FMEA)
  • EMC / environmental compliance
  • Reliability, lifetime, manufacturability, and testability (DFx)
  • Cost optimisation without compromising performance or quality
• Generate and review design documentation including schematics, specifications, test plans, reports, and manufacturing data
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary internal teams and external suppliers

Essential Experience & Skills

• Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering (or equivalent)
• 8+ years' experience in end-to-end hardware product development involving complex electronics
• Strong background in low-voltage power electronics and digital control hardware
• FPGA design experience is essential, including:
  • VHDL
  • Ideally Altera (preferred) or Xilinx platforms
• Experience working in regulated engineering environments
• Proven technical leadership and people management experience, including mentoring and performance reviews
• Solid understanding of:
  • Digital & analogue electronics
  • Power electronics
  • EMI/EMC design principles
  • PCB design and manufacturing
• Experience using Altium Designer (preferred)
• Exposure to Zuken is desirable but not essential

Tools, Processes & Standards

• PCB and hardware design tools:
  Altium Designer (primary), Zuken (desirable)
• PLM systems (e.g. Windchill or equivalent)
• Hardware design lifecycle processes and structured QMS environments

What We're Looking For

• A confident technical leader who enjoys remaining hands-on while developing others
• Someone comfortable operating at system level and diving into detailed design when required
• A collaborative communicator who can work across disciplines and manage multiple stakeholders
• A proactive engineer who takes ownership, drives initiatives, and delivers results

What's On Offer

• Competitive base salary up to 75,000
• 6,120 car allowance
• 12.5% annual bonus
• Long-term career progression in a technically challenging and meaningful product environment
• Opportunity to influence future generations of critical power systems