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 (ISO9001, TL9000, IEC 62368-1)


• 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