Senior Electronics Design Engineer (12-month fixed term contract)
Job Description
Company Description
The sky's not the limit at Nearmap
We’re a SaaS company, with proprietary hardware and software that’s continuously advancing through our commitment to innovation. The sky’s the limit when it comes to what we can and plan to do for our customers. Our imagery is just the starting point. Our impact comes from our people, applying complex analysis, interpretation and artificial intelligence that opens up all sorts of possibilities for our customers.
We’re looking for a Senior Electronics Design Engineer to join our team and play a key role in the design and delivery of complex electronics systems.
As part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, you'll contribute to hardware development - including schematic capture, PCB layout, prototyping, and testing. Your work will directly support our cutting-edge systems, ensuring high reliability, manufacturability, and regulatory compliance.
Job Description
What you'll be doing:
- Design, simulate, prototype, and test electronic circuits and subassemblies.
- Create schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer.
- Select and qualify electronic components to meet design and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and execute test plans for lab and flight environments.
- Perform hands-on troubleshooting with oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and other test equipment.
- Liaise with contract manufacturers and suppliers on technical queries.
- Support compliance testing and flight-readiness reviews.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with firmware, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.
What you'll bring:
Essential:
- 6+ years of experience in board-level analogue and digital electronic circuit design.
- 3+ years using Altium Designer in commercial product development.
- Strong hands-on lab skills with common electronics diagnostic tools.
Beneficial:
- Experience with switch-mode power supply design.
- Familiarity with embedded firmware development.
- EMI troubleshooting and compliance test experience.
- High-speed and low-noise digital/analogue design for manufacturability.
- Rework and soldering of fine-pitch components.
- Understanding of mechanical integration and design trade-offs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic R&D environment.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in electrical or electronics engineering, or equivalent
Additional Information
Some of our benefits
Nearmap takes a holistic approach to our employees’ emotional, physical and financial wellness. Some of our current benefits include:
- Quarterly wellbeing day off - Four additional days off annually for your 'YOU' Days
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Wellbeing and technology allowance
- Annual flu vaccinations
- Nearmap subscription (of course!)
- Stocked kitchen with access to all the snacks you need
- In-office lunch every Tuesday and Thursday at our Sydney CBD office
- Showers available for anyone cycling to work or lunchtime gym-goers!
Working at Nearmap
We move fast and work smart; often wearing multiple hats. We adapted to remote working with ease and are continually looking at ways to improve. We’re proud of our inclusive, supportive culture, and maintain a safe environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can be themselves.
If you can see yourself working at Nearmap and feel you have the right level of experience, we invite you to get in touch.
Watch some of our videos and find out more about what a day in the life at Nearmap looks like.
To hear an interview with Brett Tully, Director of AI Output Systems on the Super Data Science podcast, click this link: https://www.superdatascience.com/533
Mapscaping podcast: https://mapscaping.com/blogs/the-mapscaping-podcast/collecting-and-processing-aerial-imagery-at-scale
Read the product documentation for Nearmap AI:https://docs.nearmap.com/display/ND/NEARMAP+AI
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Company Information
Location: Sydney, Australia
Type: Hybrid