Hardware Design Engineer

Tec Partners Recruitment Ltd; Tendring; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range £50,000-£62,500

25 days + bank holidays

Life insurance 4x salary

Pension & car scheme

Performance reviews

Wellbeing support

Training & progression

Structured induction with buddy

Worldwide travel

Job summary

Tec Partners Recruitment Ltd is seeking a hardware design engineer in the United Kingdom. You will lead digital and analogue hardware development from concept to production, collaborating with product management, software, mechanical, test and manufacturing teams.

You will define specifications, design schematics and PCB layouts in Altium Designer, select components, and write test plans to validate hardware with lab equipment. Travel may be role dependent.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic Engineering, or comparable industry experience.
• 2–5 years hardware design and development experience.
• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools.
• Solid grounding in power supplies, signal integrity and noise mitigation.
• Hands-on lab experience.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Desirable: Altium Designer, RF circuit design.

Responsibilities

• Define product and design specifications with Product Management.
• Design digital and analogue hardware, creating schematics and PCB layouts in Altium Designer.
• Select and analyse components for optimal performance.
• Write and run test plans, and debug and validate hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and spectrum analysers.
• Lead product development projects and support products through their lifecycle.
• Maintain technical documentation and support production, sales and customers.
• Take part in design reviews and quality audits.

Skills

Hardware design & development

Power integrity

Signal integrity

Lab testing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

The Role

Lead the design, development and validation of digital and analogue hardware, taking projects from concept through to production. You'll work closely with Product Management, software, mechanical, test and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define product and design specifications with Product Management


• Design digital and analogue hardware, creating schematics and PCB layouts in Altium Designer


• Select and analyse components for optimal performance


• Write and run test plans, and debug and validate hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and spectrum analysers


• Lead product development projects and support products through their lifecycle


• Maintain technical documentation and support production, sales and customers


• Take part in design reviews and quality audits

Requirements

• Degree in Electronic Engineering, or comparable industry experience


• 2-5 years' hardware design and development experience


• Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB layout tools


• Solid grounding in power supplies, signal integrity and noise mitigation


• Hands-on lab experience


• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams


• Desirable: Altium Designer, RF circuit design

Benefits

• £50,000 - £62,500


• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 10 more days


• Life insurance at 4x salary


• Salary sacrifice pension and car scheme


• Performance-related pay reviews


• Wellbeing and mental health support


• Training, sponsored further education and career progression


• Structured induction with a buddy


• Occasional worldwide travel (role dependent)