Senior Hardware Engineer
hace 20 horas
Eastbourne
Senior Hardware Engineer Location: East Cambridgeshire Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £65,000-£70,000 The Role A growing technology and engineering business is looking for a Senior Hardware Engineer - Electronics to join its R&D team. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing complex electronic products, taking projects from initial concept and requirements through to design, prototyping, testing and production. This is a hands-on senior engineering position suited to someone with strong electronics design experience who can work across analogue, digital and embedded hardware. Key Responsibilities Own electronics development from initial concept through to production. Design low-noise analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits. Develop hardware incorporating microprocessors, microcontrollers and FPGAs. Design production-ready multi-layer PCBs, considering signal integrity, power integrity and thermal performance. Carry out schematic capture, component selection, simulation, PCB design and prototype development. Lead board bring-up, fault finding, testing and design verification. Develop and optimise power supplies, protection and power-management systems. Ensure designs meet relevant EMC, safety and regulatory requirements. Lead design risk assessments and contribute to DFM and DFT activities. Work closely with firmware and software engineers across the hardware/firmware interface. Produce technical documentation, BOMs, drawings and verification records. Support project planning, technical proposals and cost/effort estimates. Work collaboratively within a SCRUM-based multidisciplinary R&D environment. Support customer-facing technical discussions and prototype demonstrations where required. Essential Skills & Experience Degree or equivalent qualification in Electronics, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline. 5+ years' commercial experience in full product lifecycle electronics R&D. Strong analogue electronics design experience, particularly with low-noise and high-frequency circuits. Experience with digital and mixed-signal hardware. Experience with FPGA, microprocessor and microcontroller-based systems. Strong PCB design experience, ideally using Altium. Experience designing multi-layer PCBs and understanding signal integrity, grounding, shielding and thermal considerations. Knowledge of high-speed communication interfaces such as LVDS, Ethernet, USB, SPI and I²C. Experience with power-supply design and power integrity. Strong practical laboratory skills, including the use of oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, logic analysers and signal generators. Understanding of EMC, DFM, DFT and product compliance. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to take ownership of projects through to completion. Desirable Experience Experience in any of the following would be beneficial: Complex measurement, sensing or imaging equipment. High-frequency or precision measurement electronics. Transducer drive/receive electronics. Taking electronic products through EMC and safety testing. CE/UKCA certification. Mixed-signal simulation such as SPICE. MATLAB or Python for engineering analysis and automated testing. Experience working within an agile/SCRUM environment