Electronics Design Engineer

Starkey Recruitment Group; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

3 days on-site in Telford

Full product lifecycle ownership

Job summary

Starkey Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Electronics Design Engineer for a hybrid role in Telford, Shropshire. The position involves taking ownership of electronic designs from concept through to production, with a mix of on-site and home-based work.

You will work on analogue and digital circuits, PCB layouts and firmware prototyping, with broad responsibility across the product lifecycle and supplier engagement. Hybrid working is offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive analogue and digital circuit design experience.
• Ability to define electronic system architecture from evolving requirements.
• Experience creating schematics and PCB layouts with robust documentation.
• Knowledge of EMC and thermal considerations in PCB design.
• Experience selecting components and managing obsolescence.

Responsibilities

• Define electronic system architecture from evolving requirements.
• Design analogue and digital circuits, including control and power.
• Produce schematics, PCB layouts and technical documentation.
• Support prototype build, debugging, testing and iteration.
• Take designs through validation and into production.
• Collaborate with mechanical, firmware and manufacturing teams.

Skills

Analogue and digital design

System architecture

PCB design & layout

EMC & thermal design

Component selection

Prototype development

Testing & validation

Design for manufacture

Product lifecycle management

Technical documentation

Firmware for prototyping

Tools

PCB CAD tools

Job description

Electronics Design Engineer

Location: Telford, Shropshire - Hybrid Working

Salary: £58,500 per annum

Working Pattern: 3 days on-site in Telford / 2 days working from home

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Electronics Design Engineer - £58,500 | Hybrid

Starkey Recruitment Group is recruiting for an experienced Electronics Design Engineer to join a well-established engineering and manufacturing business based in Telford.

This is an excellent opportunity for electronics engineer who enjoys taking genuine technical ownership of products rather than focusing on one small element of the design process.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Defining electronic system architecture from incomplete or evolving requirements
• Designing analogue and digital circuits, including control, power and communications
• Designing circuits from first principles
• Producing and reviewing schematics, PCB layouts and technical documentation
• Selecting components based on performance, robustness and long-term availability
• Considering thermal management and EMC compliance within PCB design
• Supporting prototype build, bring-up, debugging, testing and design iteration
• Taking designs through validation and into production
• Managing technical timescales across multiple concurrent development projects
• Identifying technical risks and potential failure modes at an early stage
• Balancing performance, cost, manufacturability and reliability
• Writing simple firmware for prototyping, testing and diagnostic purposes

Product Lifecycle & Continuous Improvement

• Maintaining and improving existing electronic designs
• Managing component obsolescence
• Redesigning products where components become unavailable
• Supporting continuity of supply
• Identifying suitable alternative components and technologies
• Improving existing products as technology develops

Testing, Compliance & Quality

You will ensure electronic designs meet appropriate regulatory, safety, EMC and reliability requirements.

This will include defining and carrying out appropriate product testing, maintaining traceability of key design decisions and producing documentation suitable for peer review and audit.

You’ll also fulfil the electronics engineering responsibilities required within the product technical file.

The emphasis is firmly on creating products that are robust and dependable. Problems should be properly understood and engineered out rather than simply worked around.

Working as Part of the Engineering Team

Collaboration will be an important part of the role.

You’ll work closely with mechanical, electrical, firmware, production and purchasing teams to make sure designs are practical to manufacture, test and support.

You’ll also engage with suppliers and external technical specialists when required, while retaining ownership of the overall electronic solution.

What We’re Looking For

• Analogue and digital electronic circuit design
• Electronic system architecture
• PCB design and layout
• EMC and thermal considerations
• Component selection
• Prototype development and debugging
• Testing and validation
• Design for manufacture
• Product lifecycle and obsolescence management
• Technical documentation
• Working within regulatory and quality requirements
• Experience of writing basic firmware for prototyping or diagnostics would also be advantageous.

Just as importantly, you’ll be comfortable working with requirements that may not always be fully defined at the outset. You’ll be expected to investigate, challenge and develop practical solutions rather than waiting for every detail to be provided.

The Engineering Approach

The business has a clear philosophy when it comes to product development:

Reliability and robustness come first.

Designs should be buildable, testable and supportable, tolerate real-world variation and use components with dependable supply chains wherever possible.

The aim is to develop straightforward engineering solutions that solve the problem properly without introducing unnecessary complexity or features.

Why Apply?

This role offers the opportunity to have genuine influence over the complete electronic design of products and see your work progress from initial concept through to manufacture and ongoing use.

You’ll receive:

• £58,500 salary
• Permanent, full-time position
• Hybrid working - 3 days Telford / 2 days home
• Broad technical ownership
• Involvement throughout the full product lifecycle
• Opportunity to work across new product development and existing product improvement
• Collaborative multidisciplinary engineering environment

Reports to: Design Manager

Location: Telford, Shropshire