Electronics Hardware Design Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Herne Bay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Electronics Hardware Design Engineer to join their dynamic team in Herne Bay. This exciting role involves designing innovative wireless fire detection products, leveraging advanced embedded electronics knowledge and CAD tools. You'll play a crucial part in integrating new technologies, ensuring compliance, and supporting the manufacturing process. With a commitment to employee development and a diverse work environment, this company offers a great opportunity for those passionate about engineering and innovation. Join a team that values creativity and excellence, and help shape the future of fire safety technology.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Employee reward and recognition initiatives

Optional healthcare cashback scheme

Death in service insurance

Paid sick leave

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of embedded electronics design through a recognised degree.
• 3+ years of relevant experience in electronics design and circuit creation.

Responsibilities

• Design and release new wireless fire detection products to production.
• Plan and perform tests to ensure product performance and reliability.
• Create schematic drawings and PCB layouts using Altium Designer.

Skills

Embedded Electronics Design

Circuit Design

Schematic Drawings

RF Design

Battery Powered Devices

Education

Recognised University Degree in Electronics

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

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Electronics Hardware Design Engineer, Herne Bay

Client:

Carrier

Location:

Herne Bay, Kent

Job Category:

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

39

Posted:

10.04.2025

Expiry Date:

25.05.2025

Job Description:

About the role

EMS Radio Fire and Security is a Carrier business unit based in Herne Bay in Kent, the garden of England. EMS specialises in the design of wireless fire detection and evacuation products that communicate without the need for cables using our industry leading radio technology. As part of the multidisciplined engineering team at EMS, you will support the design of new and innovative products in this wireless fire detection space contributing your own valuable expertise and experience in embedded hardware design. EMS has excellent test and prototyping capabilities that you will be able to leverage as part of your role to quickly design, prototype and verify your designs and see them deployed into use.

The role includes the following key duties:

1. Design, integrate, document, and release to production new wireless fire detection products, including panels, sensors, wireless communication devices, user interfaces, etc.
2. Develop specifications for electronic products, assemblies and parts.
3. Create schematic drawings and PCB layouts of product designs principally using the Altium designer CAD package.
4. Integrate existing technologies into new product designs.
5. Plan and perform tests to verify that products achieve performance and reliability goals.
6. Identify appropriate equipment and processes needed to verify design performance data.
7. Ensure regulatory and safety compliance by providing the required information and documentation required for third party approval processes.
8. Resolve design and component related production and sustaining engineering problems.
9. Redesign circuits when necessary to solve obsolescence problems.
10. Initiate changes to optimize product designs to improve product performance, minimize costs and support production throughput and quality performance.
11. Determine material and equipment needs to ensure sufficient resources for project completion.
12. Develop or perform operational, maintenance, or testing procedures for electronic products, components, equipment, or systems to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of engineering processes.
13. Support the manufacturing process through definition of factory test requirements to ensure maximum test coverage and manufactured product quality.
14. Utilize in-house prototyping facilities to create early prototypes of new designs for verification to speed up the development cycle time.
15. Provide accurate estimates and scope of work to the project management teams for the effective planning of product development programmes.

Who we’re looking for

Must have

1. Advanced knowledge of embedded electronics design obtained through a recognised university degree.
2. Ability to create complex circuit designs and create schematic drawings using modern CAD tools.
3. A minimum of 3 years prior relevant experience.

Nice to have

1. Experience working with battery powered devices.
2. Experience working with RF designs and associated standards for ensuring compliance with regulatory norms.
3. Practical knowledge of Carrier organization, programmes, or systems.
4. Good understanding of embedded software and automated test methods for cross functional team collaboration.

What we offer

1. Company pension scheme
2. 25 days holidays plus bank holidays, plus option to purchase additional days
3. Benefits Central Platform hosting employee reward and recognition initiatives and health and wellbeing resources
4. Optional healthcare cashback scheme
5. Death in service insurance
6. Paid sick leave
7. Career development opportunities within company structure

Your journey with us

We always aim to provide a fair and valuable recruitment process for everyone. If selected, you will follow the next stages:

1. Initial call with our sourcing/recruitment team
2. Interview with the Manager

Our commitment to you

As an employer of choice, our greatest assets are the expertise, creativity, and passion of our employees. We strive to provide a great place to work that attracts, develops, and retains the best talent, promotes employee engagement, fosters teamwork, and drives innovation for the benefit of our customers. We aim to create an environment where you feel that you belong, with diversity and inclusion as the engine to growth and innovation. We develop and deploy best-in-class programs and practices, providing enriching career opportunities, listening to employee feedback, and always challenging ourselves to do better.

The values that guide us are respect, integrity, inclusion, innovation, and excellence.

We’re excited for you to join us and make a difference.

Carrier is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.