Electronics and Embedded Engineer - TiMax
Based: London, N7
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: Dependant on experience + benefits
About TiMax Spatial
TiMax Spatial, part of the Focusrite Group, is a leader in spatial audio and immersive sound technology. Our products power world-class live performances, installations, and experiences by enabling creative professionals to position sound in space with precision and artistry. We combine cutting-edge hardware, embedded systems, and software innovation to deliver truly immersive audio environments.
The Role:
We’re looking for a talented Electronics and Embedded Engineer to join our team in London. You’ll play a key role in the design, development, and testing of next-generation spatial audio hardware systems. Working within a small, highly skilled R&D team, you’ll collaborate closely with software engineers, sound designers, and product specialists to bring innovative products from concept to production.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, develop, and test embedded hardware and firmware for audio processing and control systems.
- Contribute to schematic capture, PCB design, and prototype assembly.
- Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ firmware for real-time DSP, network, and control applications.
- Work with cross-functional teams to integrate embedded systems with software and hardware platforms.
- Support the full product lifecycle from concept and prototyping through to production and field deployment.
- Conduct hardware bring-up, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Liaise with manufacturing partners to ensure design-for-manufacture (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) requirements are met.
- Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to audio, embedded systems, and networking
Skills and experience required:
- Degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Strong experience in embedded systems design using C/C++.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout (e.g. Altium, KiCad).
- Familiarity with ARM Cortex-M or similar microcontroller architectures.
- Embedded Linux experience.
- Understanding of digital and analog audio circuit design.
- Experience with communication protocols such as SPI, I²C, UART, Ethernet and USB.
- Proficient in debugging hardware and firmware using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and other lab tools.
- Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively in a small, multidisciplinary team.
Desirable skills:
- Experience with real-time audio DSP or audio networking (e.g. Dante, AVB, AES67).
- Knowledge of FPGA design (e.g. Verilog/VHDL).
- Understanding of manufacturing processes and design for production.
- 68000 Assembly language experience.
- Passion for audio, music technology, or live sound applications.
Benefits: Life Assurance, Income Protection, Pension, Bike2work scheme, 25 days holiday (increasing with service), Medical Cash Plan and Private Healthcare options, substantial staff discount on company products.
Top Skills
What We Do
We’ll be honest – Focusrite is a pretty great place to work. Incorporating both the Focusrite and Novation brands, we make music easy to make, from bedroom DJs to the greatest show on earth. Everyone who works here has an enormous passion for music: as it says on our website, sound is everything. We take that very seriously – though we have a lot of fun doing it.
As the number one selling audio interface brand worldwide, Focusrite has an illustrious, prestigious, and, let’s face it, cool history. Alongside Novation, the hardware and software that we develop plays an instrumental (see what we did there?) role in shaping the sound of modern music. From amateur to pro, our goal is to help musicians to make their music the very best it can be.
Music has always been an exciting thing to be involved with, and that’s not about to change. We embrace its evolution, and that means being open to new ideas. Our whole business is structured to let everyone contribute and be heard at all levels, and we make sure it’s a fun place to work. Company hack-days, external visits – we’re all about innovation, fresh thinking and great, great products. (Plus, you get a free lunch in the canteen. No really.)
We work hard. We are professional. We select really, really talented people. And we absolutely love our work. So if you think you can bring something new to the mix, we’ll be looking forward to hearing from you.
