Hardware Engineer

MTData; City of Monash; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MTData is seeking a practical Hardware Engineer to work across electronics, embedded firmware and production systems in Monash. You’ll own the full lifecycle from concept to production testing and field support, collaborating closely with the Senior Hardware Engineer and Engineering Manager.

You’ll design analogue and power circuits, develop firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M MCUs, and build automated test jigs while applying design-for-manufacture and design-for-test principles.

Qualifications

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics or an equivalent discipline.
• Commercial experience in hardware engineering.
• Embedded firmware development experience in C on ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.
• Familiarity with embedded Linux, including peripheral integration and device trees.
• Python experience for test automation, tooling or data processing.
• Confidence using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters and logic analysers.
• A methodical approach to component-level fault-finding.
• The ability to clearly document technical findings, procedures and design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Integration and device trees.
• Designing analogue, power supply, protection and signal-conditioning circuits.
• Selecting components and managing bills of materials and supplier requirements.
• Applying design-for-manufacture and design-for-test principles.
• Building automated production test jigs and maintaining Python-based test systems.
• Designing schematics and multilayer PCBs using Altium Designer.
• Developing embedded firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.
• Working with embedded Linux platforms, peripheral integration.
• Prototyping, assembling and characterising hardware.
• Conducting structured root-cause analysis of production and field faults.
• Supporting PCB assembly reviews, production yields and manufacturing processes.

Skills

Embedded firmware

Python

Problem solving

Documentation

Education

Electrical Engineering

Electronic Engineering

Mechatronics

Tools

Altium Designer

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analyzers

LTSpice

Job description

MTData is looking for a practical, curious Hardware Engineer who enjoys working across electronics, embedded firmware and production systems rather than being confined to one narrow specialty.

The opportunity

This is a broad, hands-on engineering role where your work could include refining a PCB layout, developing microcontroller firmware, debugging an embedded Linux peripheral, extending a production test suite or investigating a field fault.

You’ll take ownership across the full product lifecycle, from initial concepts and schematics through to production testing, field support and end-of-life planning. You’ll work closely with the Senior Hardware Engineer and report to the Engineering Manager.

What you’ll be doing

lntegration and device trees

Designing analogue, power supply, protection and signal-conditioning circuits

Selecting components and managing bills of materials and supplier requirements

Applying design-for-manufacture and design-for-test principles

Building automated production test jigs and maintaining Python-based test systems

Designing schematics and multilayer PCBs using Altium Designer

Developing embedded firmware in C for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers

Working with embedded Linux platforms, periphera

Prototyping, assembling and characterising hardware

Conducting structured root-cause analysis of production and field faults

Supporting PCB assembly reviews, production yields and manufacturing processes

What you’ll bring

A degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics or an equivalent discipline

Commercial experience in hardware engineering

Embedded firmware development experience in C on ARM microcontrollers

Familiarity with embedded Linux, including peripheral integration and device trees

Python experience for test automation, tooling or data processing

Confidence using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters and logic analysers

A methodical approach to component-level fault-finding

The ability to clearly document technical findings, procedures and design decisions

It would be an advantage if you have experience with

Production test jigs or hardware-in-the-loop testing

Switch-mode power supplies, battery management or protection circuits

Automotive or commercial vehicle electrical systems

CAN, J1939 or ISO 7637

NVIDIA Jetson or similar compute-on-module platforms

FPGA or CPLD design

EMC design and pre-compliance testing

LTSpice or similar circuit simulation tools

About you

You enjoy following a problem across the boundary between hardware and software. You’re equally comfortable working in a design tool, using a soldering iron or tracing an issue with an oscilloscope.

You take ownership, work well with autonomy and document your decisions clearly. Most importantly, you’re motivated by seeing your designs work reliably in production and in the field.