Electronics Engineer - Rapid Prototyping & Ownership

Fortis Recruitment Solutions; Old Warren; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Technical training

25 days holiday

Job summary

Fortis Recruitment Solutions is seeking an Electronics Engineer to join a fast-paced product development team in Reading. You’ll design hardware, develop embedded firmware and guide products from concept to prototype and production, with in-house PCB manufacture and rapid iteration.

You should have around 4+ years’ hands-on experience, a degree in Electronics Engineering, and strong Altium Designer skills. You’ll work across industrial, automotive and IoT projects, participating in design

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics Engineering or related field.
• Around 4+ years’ hands-on electronics product development experience.
• Strong knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout using Altium Designer or similar ECAD tools.
• Experience with embedded systems and microcontroller-based products.
• Familiarity with interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, LIN and Ethernet.
• Experience with AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion and battery-powered products.
• Practical hardware debugging and fault-finding skills.
• Strong communication skills and a structured approach to engineering tasks.
• Awareness of component availability, obsolescence and design-for-manufacture considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design electronic hardware and supporting embedded firmware for new product developments.
• Create and update schematics, PCB layouts, BOMs and technical documentation.
• Develop and execute manual and automated test procedures.
• Support prototype builds, board bring-up and first article testing.
• Participate in formal peer design reviews within a structured quality environment.
• Maintain project documentation and task tracking using Jira.
• Communicate technical risks, assumptions and progress clearly within the team.
• Contribute ideas and practical engineering input across hardware, firmware and test activities.
• Plan and manage your own tasks within Agile sprint-based projects.
• Support component selection, DFM/DFT activities and production readiness.
• Help improve engineering processes, standards and development practices across the wider team.

Skills

Embedded systems

Hardware debugging

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Fortis Recruitment Solutions is seeking an Electronics Engineer to join a fast-paced product development team in Reading. You’ll design hardware, develop embedded firmware and guide products from concept to prototype and production, with in-house PCB manufacture and rapid iteration.

You should have around 4+ years’ hands-on experience, a degree in Electronics Engineering, and strong Altium Designer skills. You’ll work across industrial, automotive and IoT projects, participating in design