Electronic Design Engineer — PCB, Embedded & Gaming Tech

Light & Wonder; Chadderton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Hybrid working (4 days in the office)

Private medical insurance

Employer pension contributions (up to

Job summary

Light & Wonder is seeking an Electronic Design Engineer to join its Gaming team in the UK. You will design electronic hardware, develop embedded solutions, troubleshoot complex systems, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to bring innovative products to market.

You’ll refine existing designs, create new PCB architectures, and address root causes in complex systems, delivering high-quality solutions for players worldwide. The role values bold thinking, integrity, and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Degree or HNC/D in Electronic Engineering or related discipline.
• Proven experience designing PCB-based electronic systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver high-quality PCB, electronic, and electromechanical solutions that meet technical, project, and business requirements.
• Develop digital and analogue circuits, including MCUs, power regulation, communication interfaces, and LED driver systems.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including schematics, BOMs, assembly drawings, Gerbers, and engineering records.
• Develop and debug firmware for microcontrollers and other programmable devices.
• Diagnose and resolve complex board-level issues, providing root cause analysis and design improvement recommendations.
• Review PCB layouts to ensure performance, manufacturability, EMC compliance, signal integrity, and reliability.
• Support component selection, qualification, and lifecycle management, including alternatives for EOL and long lead-time parts.
• Drive products from concept to production and beyond, using PLM systems, applying DFM principles for mass manufacture, and proactively managing component obsolescence and EOL risks.
• Design, test, and troubleshoot interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, I2C, SPI, RS232, and RS485.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to take products from concept through validation and into production.
• Contribute ideas that improve product performance, quality, cost efficiency, and manufacturability.

Skills

Analog & Digital Design

MCUs / Embedded

Embedded systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree or HNC/D in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

Schematic capture

PCB layout review

Job description

Light & Wonder is seeking an Electronic Design Engineer to join its Gaming team in the UK. You will design electronic hardware, develop embedded solutions, troubleshoot complex systems, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to bring innovative products to market.

You’ll refine existing designs, create new PCB architectures, and address root causes in complex systems, delivering high-quality solutions for players worldwide. The role values bold thinking, integrity, and teamwork.