About Us
Design Partners is a product design and innovation agency located in the garden of Ireland, just south of Dublin city.
Everyone at Design Partners shares the same goal, to elevate human potential. We collaborate with ambitious brands to create future product experiences that enable people to achieve incredible things. Meaningful products that add enjoyment to everyday life. Making complex tasks simple. Empowering people to be better tomorrow than today.
How? We uncover meaningful insights to inspire business & innovation strategy.
We are natural-born problem solvers, dedicated to bringing ideas to life. A connected team of researchers, designers & engineers, all under one roof.
Teamwork delivers the best thinking and our clients enjoy that spirit of partnership.
Be part of our growing team.
Please note: This is a full-time role based in Bray, Dublin. If successful, you will be expected to work primarily from our offices.
Job Description
We are looking for exceptional, creative, curious and collaborative Senior Electronics Architect to join our team. You will have the chance to impact products developed for some of the biggest brands in the world while solving complex and ambitious engineering problems.
You will take a key role working in a fast-paced, collaborative and supportive environment, surrounded by people who want to deliver the very best for our clients. You will operate in multi-functional teams where our engineers work closely with designers and researchers to deliver new and exciting products and experiences.
We are an organisation that focuses on bringing ingenuity to life, and seek individuals who bring this mindset in the development of advanced electronic and electro-mechanical solutions.
This role is for a Senior Electronics Architect, a person who can demonstrate significant technical expertise and consultancy experience. This person will work in close collaboration with clients and our own multi-disciplinary teams to support across the whole product development cycle, from concept electronic platforms through to the creation of functioning technology demonstrators, and ultimately the delivery of products. Especially desirable are candidates who have previous experience in our core focus areas of consumer electronics, healthcare and life sciences.
Become part of the team
Our focus is on developing technology that harnesses the power of ingenuity to build a positive-human future in a technology-driven world. We solve complex problems in highly collaborative teams of industry-leading experts across industrial design, electronics, software development, mechanical engineering, and applied science. This team synergy has delivered multiple decades of award-winning transformational product solutions to our clients.
We recognise unique talent through professional development and career progression which is tailored to the individual’s needs, facilitating the growth of every team member and equipping them with the tools they need to excel.
Design Partners offers a career in consulting, not just a job; a stake in our firm; and an environment where individuals and ideas matter.
Role Specifics
You will work across the whole development lifecycle for clients, offering a rare opportunity to work on early concept ideas and to see your ideas launched in the market.
Clients approach us with unique challenges that require a creative outlook and an adaptable skill set. The key technologies for our current projects include, but not limited to, battery powered embedded platforms, wearable technologies and close integration of novel electronics and mechanical design.
Increasingly we are bringing a sustainability focus to our work, developing solutions that support a more circular electronics economy; and we are building teams who are passionate about driving this important transition.
This is an electronics-centric role, but it also demands good embedded software and product development skills. It will be especially attractive to those who do not wish to be pigeonholed in one discipline.
We are looking for candidates with the following technical skills:
A proven track record of developing consumer centric embedded system architectures where functions are partitioned between hardware and software and where the form factor poses unique integration challenges.
Excellent concept ideation skills with the ability to work with product and marketing teams in order to translate product visions into realisable electronics architectures and to communicate those architectures to your development teams.
An excellent understanding of key embedded and battery technologies including low power processors, wireless communications SoCs and wireless/cabled battery management solutions.
Strong embedded software skills – especially low-level C-coding, device drivers and platform bring up.
Comfortable working close to the electronics platform and working across electronics-mechanical and software-electronics boundaries.
Exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept generation through to product release including demonstrable experience of delivering your designs into consumer research trials and to the market.
A good understanding of the regulatory landscape of the EU and US and a proven track record of designing for compliance with appropriate standards for Consumer Electronics products.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable explaining complex engineering concepts to both a technical and non-technical audience.
We especially value colleagues who can:
Roll up their sleeves and work through challenges from first principles on the bench.
Innovate and think freely when tackling unfamiliar challenges,
Be empathic and supportive in the mentoring of less experienced engineers.
Qualifications
This is a challenging role, so we expect experience to be reinforced by a strong academic background.
PhD, Masters or Bachelor’s degree qualified – in electronic engineering or a related subject from a leading university.
We value additional qualifications relevant to your area of expertise
Your Personality:
Someone who shows initiative and is creative – you solve problems.
You are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity.
You are an excellent communicator and collaborator, with the ability to influence key stakeholders.
You don’t get flustered, aggravated or annoyed easily. You understand that sometimes the goalposts shift.
You love to share. You can mentor, develop and guide members of the team.
Most importantly, you understand you are part of a team
How to stand out among the rest:
Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments and experience. However, if you want to stand out, include a cover letter telling us a bit about yourself, why you became an engineer and why you think Design Partners is the right fit for you. If you had some examples of your work, be that professional or personal, we would love to see that too.
Our clients include Dell, Logitech, Cricut, Harman, Huawei, HP, Nokia Bell Labs, Abbott, Hollister, Medtronic and Honeywell to name but a few. We’re seeking a self-motivated, meticulous and highly skilled problem solvers who are passionate about achieving success for our clients, the business and yourself.