Electronics Hardware Engineer

Mother carre; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the automotive sector is seeking a talented Electronics Hardware Engineer to join their innovative team. This role focuses on developing cutting-edge automotive electronics hardware, ensuring compliance with industry standards. You will work collaboratively across global teams, contributing to all stages of product development from concept through to end-of-life. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in electronic hardware design and embedded systems, with experience in automotive environments. Join this exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and forward-thinking company!

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in electronic hardware design and embedded systems.
• Experience in automotive or a similar industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop the architecture of electronic systems and perform circuit design.
• Conduct debugging, verification, and validation testing.

Skills

Automotive industry experience

Electronic hardware design

Embedded systems

Communication protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN, LIN, Ethernet)

Functionally safe hardware development

Education

Qualification in electronics engineering

Tools

Schematic capture software

PCB layout software

SPICE circuit simulation tools

Lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, DMMs)

Job description

Electronics Hardware Engineer - Cambridge/Norwich - Salary to £65,000

About the Company

Our client is a global leader in the automotive industry, offering hardware and engineering services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. The electronics division, based in Cambridge, UK, focuses on developing cutting-edge automotive electronics hardware and software. By combining expertise in suspension systems, vehicle dynamics, mechanisms, and mechatronics, the company delivers complete solutions, such as active suspension, active aero, and powered door products, to its customers.

We are seeking an Electronics Hardware Engineer to join the growing engineering team. This role will involve developing ISO 26262-compliant automotive chassis control products and working across all stages of product development, from concept to end-of-life. The team is split between Cambridge (UK) and Toronto (Canada), offering a collaborative, global working environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the architecture of electronic systems.
• Perform circuit design, analysis, and documentation.
• Conduct debugging, verification, and validation testing.
• Take ownership of designs, providing solutions to challenges as they arise.
• Document designs to ensure long-term product support.
• Identify areas for improvement in tools, techniques, and processes.

Key Requirements

• Experience in automotive or a similar industry.
• Strong foundation in electronic hardware design and embedded systems.
• Experience designing products for manufacture.
• Familiarity with working to deadlines and strong communication skills.

Highly Desirable Experience

• Architectural development of electronic systems.
• Circuit design, including H-bridge solenoid, motor, and inductive load interfaces, high and low-side MOSFET switches, and current sensing.
• Microcontroller interfaces and communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, CAN, LIN, and Ethernet.
• Power supply design (linear and switched-mode).
• Analogue circuit simulation and performance prediction.
• PCB design, layout, and routing.
• Design for automotive environments, reliability, and qualification (e.g., EMC and environmental testing).

Desirable Skills

• Functionally safe hardware development.
• Reliability analysis (e.g., FMEA) and design for manufacture and test.
• Writing simple hardware test software.
• Qualification in electronics engineering or a closely related discipline.

Tools & Lab Experience

• Schematic capture and PCB layout software.
• SPICE circuit simulation tools.
• Use of lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, DMMs, etc.).
• Soldering of through-hole and SMT components.