Contract Electronics Design Engineer - Embedded & DFM

RHL Recruitment Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

RHL Recruitment Australia partners with a Sydney-based multidisciplinary product development consultancy to appoint an Electronics Design Engineer on a contract basis (3-6 months, with potential to extend). You will contribute to the complete development lifecycle—from concept and proof of principle through to production and commercialisation.

Join a collaborative team of Industrial Designers, Mechanical Engineers and Product Development Specialists to design and develop electronic products

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering or equivalent.
• Experience developing commercially manufactured electronic products.
• Strong PCB design experience, ideally using Altium Designer.
• Solid understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Embedded systems and microcontroller experience.
• Hands-on prototyping, testing and debugging capability.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Electronic system architecture and design.
• Schematic capture and PCB design.
• Embedded hardware development.
• Prototype development, testing and validation.
• Design for Manufacture (DFM).
• Product verification and troubleshooting.
• Compliance and regulatory considerations.
• Technical collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaison with manufacturing and supply chain partners.

Skills

PCB design

Embedded systems

Schematic capture

Prototyping

Analogue & digital electronics

DFM

Regulatory considerations

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

RHL Recruitment Australia partners with a Sydney-based multidisciplinary product development consultancy to appoint an Electronics Design Engineer on a contract basis (3-6 months, with potential to extend). You will contribute to the complete development lifecycle—from concept and proof of principle through to production and commercialisation.

Join a collaborative team of Industrial Designers, Mechanical Engineers and Product Development Specialists to design and develop electronic products