Hardware Design Engineer

Verso Recruitment Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Verso Recruitment Group are partnering with an established electronics business to recruit a Hardware Design Engineer. You will own the electronics design for new products, leading projects and acting as the go-to expert on core technologies.

You will design circuits, capture schematics, layout PCBs, and work with production teams to bring products into volume manufacture. The role suits a proactive engineer who can mentor others and manage multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Strong analogue and digital circuit design skills.
• Knowledge of microcontrollers and simulation tools would be beneficial.
• MEng in Electronic Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience.

Responsibilities

• Designing new products - circuit design, schematic capture and PCB layout.
• Working closely with the wider engineering team to get products into production.
• Leading internal and external project teams, including subcontractors, and dealing with customers where needed.
• Researching new technologies to keep the product roadmap current.

Skills

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Analogue and digital circuit design

Microcontrollers

Simulation

Education

MEng in Electronic Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

LabVIEW

Job description

I'm working with an established electronics business who design and build their own products in-house. They're after a Hardware Design Engineer to support new product development someone who can own the electronics design and grow into the go-to expert on their core technologies.

Small, fast-paced engineering team covering R&D, product development and new product introduction. You'd be leading projects, not just contributing to them.

What you'll be doing

• Designing new products - circuit design, schematic capture and PCB layout
• Working closely with the wider engineering team to get products into production
• Leading internal and external project teams, including subcontractors, and dealing with customers where needed
• Researching new technologies to keep the product roadmap current

What they're after

• Experience in a similar role, strong across schematic capture, PCB layout, analogue and digital circuit design, microcontrollers and simulation
• MEng in Electronic Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
• Someone who can lead and motivate, and juggle several projects at once
• Confident talking to technical and non-technical people alike
• Diligent, detail-driven, and genuinely bothered about hitting milestones

Nice to have

• MATLAB / Simulink / LabVIEW