My Client is a market leading environmental sensor design & manufacturing company working in a variety of industry sectors, including Naval Defence, Maritime & Marine Science & Technology. We are recruiting for an experienced Principal Electronics Engineer responsible for design and development of electronics for instrumentation and acoustics applications. Team Leadership Provide support to the Director of Engineering to co-ordinate Electronics Engineering projects and tasks. Provide guidance to staff to ensure the engineering team completes project assignments on time and within budgets. Mentoring and developing Engineering team. Participating in risk assessments and mitigating activities. Providing design reviews and giving technical recommendations. Participating in technical audits and ensuring recommendations are implemented. Developing and providing technical standards and guidance in all software design and development. Provide technical support to Sales and Manufacturing departments. Skills (essential) Expertise in analogue and digital circuit design preferably in an instrumentation development environment. The work will involve mixed signal design including pre-amplifiers, filters, power supplies, interfacing, and analogue-digital conversion for precision instrumentation applications. Some experience or knowledge of microcontroller-based circuit design and embedded software essential. Some experience or knowledge of FPGA based circuit design is desirable. The candidate will be expected to work independently or as a member of a team contributing to all aspects of the product development cycle from requirement analysis through design & development into production. Candidate would be expected to produce design documentation and test specifications. IPC trained (training can be provided). OrCAD design software or experience with similar tools. Skills (desired) Knowledge of: Basic Analog components / circuits Operational Amplifier circuits Power supply technology Circuit analysis, modelling, and theory Analog-Digital Conversion Interfacing and IO (e.g. I2C and SPI bus) CAD Schematic layout CAD PCB design Fault finding Assembler and/or embedded C Use of PAL/FPGA technologies. Linux and other OS Personal Characteristics Highly self-motivated with energy, pace, and enthusiasm. Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplined team. Attention to detail and time management skills. Good written and presentational communication skills will be required. Excellent communication at all levels within and outside the Company Other Requirements Due to the nature of the role, there will be an occasional need for working outside normal working hours. There will be a need to travel to customer sites on an occasional basis. Candidate would be expected to provide occasional off-shore support as required including some overseas travel. Qualifications BSc/BEng or equivalent in Engineering or similar discipline (2:1 or higher). Security Clearance The role requires a UK passport holder (not dual nationality) and capable of gaining National Security Vetting SC clearance. 5 years residency in UK is required.