Electronics Engineer - Music Technology
Electronics Engineer - Music Technology
Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: Dependent on experience + excellent benefits
The Role:
We're looking for an experienced electronics engineer to join our Novation hardware team, where you’ll work with us to design our next generation of class-leading controllers and instruments.
You’ll bring enthusiasm, solid technical skills and a track-record of product delivery, with at least 3 years experience in music tech, consumer electronics or a similar industry. You’ll be the design authority for your hardware and will take it through its full life cycle from concept to production.
You’ll work with Product Owners to help define features and requirements, produce system-level designs including selection of key technologies and components, then go on to design the resulting 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 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 encourage peer to peer mentoring as part of our culture and your ongoing development.
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.
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 a commercial design throughout the full development process.
- Experience of designing hardware that successfully balances quality, cost and time to market.
- The ability to plan and deliver to deadlines, learning and applying new skills quickly.
Experience with the following tech would be an advantage:
- User-interfaces including screens, switch and key scanning, LED drivers, analogue control sensing and processing.
- Digital interfaces (e.g. LVDS, USB, I2C/SPI, MIDI/MIDI 2.0, SDRAM) and processor interfacing.
- Linear and switching power supply design, PMICs, USB PD.
Desirable skills and experience:
- Design of cost-sensitive products for high-volume mass production.
- Design and debug for EMCD approvals.
- An active interest in making music, synths and music technology.
- Working with ODM/JDM/CDS models.
- Altium Designer.
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.