Senior Electronics Design Engineer

ETL Systems Ltd

ETL Systems Limited is an award-winning business specialising in designing and manufacturing RF equipment and infrastructure for the global satellite communications markets. ETL’s world-class products and custom-designed solutions are used globally, supporting various customers, from NATO governments protecting citizens to international broadcasters, satellite communications companies and telecom companies. With a highly skilled global team and over 35 years of experience, ETL Systems is experiencing an exciting period of growth and is seeking a Senior Electronics Design Engineer to join our team!

ETL People benefits

• Hybrid working available 
• 25 days holidays plus UK bank holidays
• Buy and sell holiday scheme 
• Long service holiday accrual
• Pension plan
• Life assurance
• Annual salary review
• Career development and training for all roles
• Subsidised on-site employee Café (at Head Office)
• Free on-site employee gym (at Head Office)
• Free employee refreshments
• Casual business dress
• Annual company events
• Employee kudos awards
• ETL employee wellbeing support (free annual flu vaccination, free eye tests, free employee assistance programme, Free GP Access)
• Annual Bonus and employee incentives
• Free onsite parking, car share scheme and EV charging
• Cycle to work scheme
• Green travel scheme

Role Overview

As a senior electronics engineer, your role is pivotal in developing cutting-edge analogue and digital electronic systems and components. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring that the final products exceed the highest quality and performance standards. Your collaborative efforts within Engineering will contribute to creating safe, reliable, and customer-expectation-meeting products. Your work will be invaluable in integrating subsystems, testing prototypes, and troubleshooting issues, ultimately contributing to ETL’s future success.

Key Accountabilities

• Mentor and support colleagues to support ETL Systems’ future growth plans.

• Developing and implementing electronics hardware and firmware with awareness of RF and high-speed digital requirements, including schematic capture, PCB layout, and FPGA SoM integration.
• Test and debug digital hardware designs to ensure they meet all requirements.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure that designs meet all requirements, contributing system architecture design as necessary.
• Participate in design reviews and provide feedback on design improvements.
• Developed and maintained design documentation, including schematics, BOMs, test plans, and system connectivity documentation.
• Stay current with the latest digital electronics design trends and technologies.
• Familiarity with change and software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools, and peer review.

Our ideal candidate

To excel in the role, you should have significant hands-on experience in Electronic Design and be skilled in product development. This includes expertise in schematic capture, PCB layout, and Embedded C (Bare Metal).  Good working knowledge of RF, high-speed digital (10 Gbit Ethernet) and FPGAs is desirable. Additionally, you must have experience in testing and debugging hardware designs. You must have experience with drivers interfacing with SPI, I2C, RS485, CAN, and Ethernet to be successful in this position. You should be proficient in Analog and Digital Circuit Design, including SMPS, microprocessors, ADCs, DACs, etc.

If you meet these requirements, we encourage you to apply!

Desirables

• It would be fantastic if you have previous experience in Embedded C programming PIC18/32 microchips and some knowledge of web page development (JS / HTML / CSS).
• Experience with high-speed digital (10Gbit ethernet) design and layout.
• Familiarity with worldwide industry standards pertaining to electronics and telecommunications.
• Ideally, you will be accustomed to working in a small team, and collaborating with other teams to ensure that your designs meet all necessary requirements is preferable.

Location 

• Hybrid working available 
• Regular travel will be required between our offices in Rickmansworth and Hereford (up to 2 days per month on average).