Hardware Design Engineer

Are you interested in working on products at the very cutting edge of technology? Want to join Vicon, an Academy Award®-winning company, and the world’s largest supplier of precision motion capture and tracking systems?

 

Vicon is the world leader in motion capture technology, developing high performance software and hardware products for the entertainment, engineering and life science industries. Vicon products are used in major feature films, games, and commercials, and are a crucial measurement tool for biomechanics, robotics, and cutting-edge science. 

Vicon is a subsidiary of Oxford Metrics Plc.   

We are looking for a Hardware Design Engineer to join our development team in Oxford.  Reporting to the Hardware Lead Engineer, you will form part of the team creating industry leading hardware products.

• Electronic Design of a range of hardware products including high-speed motion capture and video cameras, calibration devices and synchronisation and networking equipment.
• Working alongside teams comprising of electronic, mechanical and software design engineers in the creation of high performing and cost-effective solutions.
• Ensuring designs have appropriate test coverage for development and manufacture and that designs meet appropriate regulatory compliance.
• Full product lifecycle involvement from early conceptual studies through to manufacturing support post-release. 

• Key requirements are high speed digital design, a working knowledge of analogue design and experience of developing products for manufacture with an emphasis on DFM/DFT.
• Suitable candidates will be educated to degree level in Electronic Engineering (or equivalent) with demonstrable and relevant industry experience.
• We’re looking for an outgoing, confident and self-motivated candidate that will be a great fit within our small and highly experienced team of engineers.
• A working knowledge of VHDL/FPGAs, image sensors, optics, lithium-ion batteries, Ethernet and RF Design would be advantageous. 

·       Competitive salary

·       10% Company Pension

·       25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays 

·       Life Cover

·       Private Medical with Optical / Dental Insurance

·       Permanent Health Insurance

·       Cycle to work scheme. 

·       Free On-site Parking

Oxford Metrics is a smart sensing and software company that enables the interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing technology helps over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world's top 10 games companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide. 

 

The Group trades through its market-leading division Vicon, Industrial Vision Systems, and recently acquired, The Sempre Group. Vicon is a world leader in motion measurement analysis to thousands of customers worldwide, including Red Bull, Imperial College London, Dreamscape Immersive, Industrial Light & Magic, and NASA. Industrial Vision Systems is a specialist in machine vision software and technology for high precision, automated quality control systems trusted by blue-chip, smart manufacturing companies across the globe including BD, DePuy, Jaguar Land Rover, Johnson & Johnson, Zytronic and Alkegen. Sempre is a measurement specialist solving manufacturing challenges across multiple industries. Through their expert in-house consultants and partnerships with over 25 well-known manufacturers including Jenoptik, Renishaw and Micro-Vu, Sempre offers an extensive range of products and software to customers in aerospace, automotive, medical, energy and precision engineering.

 

Founded in 1984 our Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in the United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Since 2001, Oxford Metrics (LSE: OMG), has been a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange.