Electronic Design Engineer

Wallace Hind Selection; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Pension

Flexible working

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection is seeking an Electronic Design Engineer to design and develop electronic circuitry and firmware for portable handheld equipment. You will work in a cutting‑edge R&D team and contribute to both new product development and redesigns for annual launches.

The role offers an autonomous, responsible position with varied projects and a company‑wide focus on innovation; experience with ARM microcontrollers and CAD tools will be advantageous, and the site is based near Watford

Qualifications

• Experienced Electronic Design Engineer with hands-on analogue and digital design skills.
• Exposure to firmware for ARM-based microcontrollers is advantageous.
• Knowledge of high voltage design considerations is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design electronic circuitry and firmware for portable handheld equipment.
• Maintain and update existing product lines; address obsolescence and standards changes.

Skills

Embedded firmware design

C programming

Analog & Digital design

Schematic capture

Tools

Altium

LTSpice

Job description

Electronic Design Engineer

Are you an Electronic Design Engineer looking to step up into a more senior, responsible and autonomous position within a cutting-edge R&D team? We are looking for candidates having good electronic circuit design and electricaldesign with some basic firmware programming experience. Any exposure to higher voltage such as mains or EV would be an advantage. If you want a varied and dynamic role within a well established and successful business - based at our site in Watford, this role is the next step in your Electronic Design Engineering career.

Basic Salary

Up to £75,000

Benefits

• 30 days holiday rising with service
• Full access to company benefits package including pension
• Flexible working within core hours

Location

Watford with free on-site parking.

Commutable Locations

Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans, Hatfield, Harrow, High Wycombe, Luton, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Slough, Maidenhead, Milton Keynes, Hitchin, Bletchley, Northampton, Bedford, Aylesbury, Guildford, Reading

Job Description

As our Electronic Design Engineer working in our R&D department, you will be designing and developing electronic circuitry and firmware for portable and hand held electrical equipment. You will be redesigning existing products for annual product launches.

Key Responsibilities

• Product design of electronic circuitry and firmware for portable electrical equipment.
• Maintenance of existing product line, e.g. due to component obsolescence, changes in standards, etc

Person Specification

You're an experienced Electronic Design Engineer with some exposure to an R & D environment. You have hands-on experience of both analogue and digital electronic design.

Any experience of design / new product development of instrumentation or measurement equipment would be an obvious benefit.

Knowledge of embedded firmware design for ARM-based microcontrollers (e.g. STM32) would be of benefit, as would proficiency with PCB design and circuit simulation tools (e.g. Altium, LTSpice).

Candidates with inverter development experience are generally strong matches, as are some candidates with EV BMS design.

• Programming of real time, embedded firmware.
• Proficiency in C
• Analogue & digital electronic design.
• Schematic capture using Altium or similar.
• Experience of high voltage technology designs
• Designing products to a set of legal / safety standards.

Any exposure to ST MCU (Micro Controller Unit) design would be an advantage.

The Company

We're approaching 100 years in business, we're a well-respected manufacturer and brand of portable & hand-held electronic instrumentation. With a heavy focus and investment on R&D and New Product Development, we're genuinely a market leader for innovation in our industry sector.

Prospects

Regular salary reviews and potential to develop your career with a well established and growing business.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Electronic Design Engineer, Electrical Design Engineer, Firmware E