Electronics Design Engineer (Embedded ventilation control systems))

Volution Ventilation UK, is a prominent supplier of ventilation products, dedicated to improving air quality and energy efficiency across various markets including the UK, Nordics, Central Europe, and Australasia. Our mission is to enhance customer experiences through innovative ventilation design and solutions.

Location: Crawley

Hours of work: Monday to Thursday 8.45am – 4.55pm, Friday 8.45am – 4.25pm

Package: Salary dependent on experience, Technical Bonus, Annual leave 25 days plus bank holidays, Company Pension, Life Assurance, EAP.

The Role:

We are looking for a talented Electronics Design Engineer to work within the Volution Ventilation Group Technical Team, reporting to the Technical Manager – Controls, to design, develop & review hardware for embedded ventilation control systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work in a small team environment designing, developing & reviewing hardware, including Schematics and PCB layouts for ventilation control systems.
• Work closely with firmware, compliance, mechanical, test, product management and manufacturing teams to ensure successful product delivery.
• Write, update and review product design and hardware specification documents to ensure all requirements and standards are met, throughout the whole product life cycle.
• Write hardware functional test documents to ensure produced hardware meets the design specifications.
• Investigation of faulty hardware, including use of standard electronics test equipment.
• Plan, monitor, and control workload and progress, ensuring deliverables are achieved against agreed timescales.
• Be comfortable working with ambiguity and solving complex technical problems.
• Ability to prioritize key tasks effectively and demonstrate a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
• Degree qualified in Electronic Engineering or related subjects or equivalent experience
• Design of circuits containing embedded processors, I2C, SPI, PWM, UART.
• Analysis and review of existing hardware designs.
• Excellent hardware troubleshooting skills.
• Experience of commissioning and debugging prototype / newly-developed hardware, including use of tools such as oscilloscopes.
• Experience with manufacturing techniques and design for manufacturing concepts.
• Ability to write comprehensive technical design documentation.
• Strong written, and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate concepts, designs, design validation test results and progress of projects to core team & leadership.

Desirable:

• 2+ years of industry experience in industrial embedded hardware systems.
• Experience using Altium schematic and PCB layout design tools
• Experience designing for ARM Cortex M micros, ESP32, BLE, Ethernet / Wi-Fi / IoT, sub-GHz radio & AC-DC power supplies up to 40W.
• Able to support/debug integrated/embedded systems.
• Experience in handover and management of designs in production.
• Familiar with the UKCA/CE approvals process.
• Experience designing products to EN60335-1 (or similar) standards.

You can learn more about us here; https://www.volutiongroupplc.com/

Equal opportunities: All current employees and potential employees are provided equal employment opportunities by Volution Group Plc.