Electrical Hardware Engineer

Turntide; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A sustainable technology company based in Gateshead is hiring an Electrical Hardware Engineer to develop power electronics for automotive and industrial applications. This role involves circuit design, team collaboration, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and relevant experience or recent graduates. The role offers a chance to work on innovative projects in sustainable energy.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in electrical engineer position or recent graduate.
• Able to follow design processes to assure quality of hardware design.
• Hands-on debugging and analysis of hardware.
• Support or create PCB layouts and schematic capture.
• Good understanding of electronic principles.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team of engineers with various disciplines.
• Develop power electronics for automotive and industrial applications.
• Interpret system and produce hardware functional specifications.
• Carry out circuit design, analysis, documentation, simulation, testing.

Skills

Electrical engineer experience

Design processes following

Hands-on debugging and analysis

PCB layout and schematic capture

Good understanding of electronic principles

Education

Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Job description

Turntide Technologies designs and manufactures best‑in‑class electric motors, power electronics, energy storage, and thermal equipment for all things that move.

Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy by providing innovative and efficient solutions for a cleaner future.

Turntide Technologies operates in North America, Canada, the UK, and India and serves customers in global markets and industries including off highway automotive, commercial vehicles, rail, marine, light vehicles, commercial buildings, and premium automotive. For more information, visit turntide.com.

Job Overview

We are hiring for an electrical hardware engineer to carry out hardware development for power electronics projects for automotive and industrial electrification.

The role is based at our site in Gateshead and reports into the Head of Hardware and Regulatory.

Key Responsibilities

In this role the Electrical Hardware Engineer will be responsible for the following:

• Work in a team of engineers with various disciplines
• Develop power electronics for use in automotive and industrial applications
• Interpret system specifications to produce hardware functional specifications
• Carry out circuit design, analysis, documentation, simulation, testing and debugging
• Type testing and writing of procedures
• Supervision and guidance of technicians
• Supporting other engineering disciplines for hardware design related issues
• Ensuring that hardware design follows the company hardware and quality processes and procedures
• Ensuring that hardware design meets relevant national and international standards
• Ensuring designs meet hardware product safety standards

The Requirements

We’re looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

• Demonstratable experience in an electrical engineer position or recent graduate
• Able to follow design processes to assure quality of hardware design and development
• Hands on debugging and analysis of hardware
• Supporting or creating PCB layouts and schematic capture
• Good understanding of electronic principals
• Analysis to component level on electronic hardware

Bonus Points

It would also be great (but not essential) if in addition to the above you also had:

• Analogue electronics, signal acquisition and conditioning
• Low power SMPS design
• Digital electronics, microcontrollers, logic circuits and similar
• Simulation of electronic circuits
• PCB layout and design
• Analysis skills such as FMEA, FTA, tolerance analysis, thermal analysis, etc.
• Development to relevant standards such as REG10, REG100, ISO16750, CISPR 25, EN61800

Qualifications

A degree or equivalent in the following discipline is required: Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Relevant experience could also be considered.

Turntide Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Please note:

Direct applications only. No unsolicited Staffing Recruitment Firm submissions will be accepted. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of Turntide Technologies.