Associate Electronics Engineer - Audio Technology

Title: Associate Electronics Engineer - Audio Technology

Location: High Wycombe Buckinghamshire GB

Job Description:

Based: High Wycombe / Hybrid
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £35000 - £45000 pa dependent on experience + excellent benefits

The Role:

We are looking for an electronics engineer with a passion for music technology to join our interfaces team.

You’ll bring enthusiasm, solid academic knowledge and a drive to keep learning; we’ll help you apply that knowledge to build class-leading products used by millions of musicians.

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 you’ll have strong analytical and estimation skills and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical peers. You’ll also spend a lot of your time designing and debugging hardware so systematic analysis, measurement and fault-finding skills are essential.

As an associate engineer, you’ll be embedded with a technically strong and committed engineering team, in a friendly, social and inclusive environment where our shared passion for music and music tech is front and centre. You’ll learn how to design high performance, cost-optimised and reliable hardware that can be produced efficiently in high volume.  As you gain experience, we’ll give you the opportunity to take on more responsibility and technical ownership and help you grow your career.

You’ve got a track record of designing hardware, but you might be new to the audio industry. If you have the right design skills and can demonstrate them through your academic or personal projects, we’d like to hear from you. We support flexible working, but due to the hands-on nature of the role you’ll need to attend our office in High Wycombe regularly.

Required skills and experience – you should apply for this role if you have:

• A degree or HND in Electronics Engineering (or related subject).
• Minimum of 2 years electronics design experience (including relevant industrial placements or internships).
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work under pressure, learn from others and apply new skills quickly.
• Ability to plan and manage your time effectively.

Desirable skills and experience – it would be a significant advantage if you have:

• Industry experience in audio or consumer electronics.
• Knowledge of audio performance testing methods and standards.
• Experience designing electronics for personal or group projects outside of academia.
• An active interest in making music and music technology.

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.