Hardware Engineer

Holt Recruitment Group; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension contributions (4% employee / 8

Private healthcare

Health cash plan

27 days annual leave

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Holt Recruitment Group seeks a hands-on Hardware Engineer to design and develop bespoke electrical and electronic hardware for automated and manual test systems across aerospace, defence, space and regulated industries.

You will guide designs from concept through to commissioning, collaborating with software, systems, mechanical and production teams to deliver robust hardware solutions and documentation.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience designing electrical/electronic hardware.
• Strong grasp of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience with component selection, hardware integration and documentation.
• Practical fault-finding and diagnostics.
• Understanding of manufacturing, assembly and testing processes.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical and electronic hardware for bespoke test systems across sectors.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware solutions and architectures.
• Select and integrate instrumentation, power supplies, data acquisition, and communications hardware.
• Produce schematics, wiring diagrams, BOMs, and technical documentation.
• Support hardware procurement, manufacture, integration, fault-finding and testing.
• Contribute to verification, validation, commissioning and customer acceptance.
• Collaborate with software, systems, mechanical and production teams.
• Identify risks, obsolescence and opportunities to improve performance and reliability.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Analogue & digital electronics

Fault-finding

Documentation

Manufacturing processes

Education

Bachelors/HNC/HND in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

Electrical CAD tools

Job description

An established engineering organisation is looking for a Hardware Engineer to design and develop bespoke electrical and electronic hardware for complex test systems across aerospace, defence, space and other regulated industries.

You'll work across the full engineering lifecycle, from requirements capture and design through to manufacture, integration, testing and customer acceptance.

Working alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams, you'll have the opportunity to tackle varied technical challenges and take ownership of your designs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design electrical and electronic hardware for bespoke automated and manual test systems.
• Translate customer requirements into practical hardware solutions and system architectures.
• Select and integrate instrumentation, power supplies, data acquisition equipment and communications hardware.
• Produce electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, bills of materials and technical documentation.
• Support hardware procurement, manufacture, integration, fault-finding and testing.
• Contribute to verification, validation, commissioning and customer acceptance.
• Collaborate with software, systems, mechanical and production engineering teams.
• Identify technical risks, component obsolescence and opportunities to improve performance and reliability.

Essential Skills and Experience

• A degree, HNC/HND or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in electrical or electronic hardware design.
• Good understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience with component selection, hardware integration and technical documentation.
• Practical fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• Understanding of manufacturing, assembly and testing processes.
• Full UK-valid driving licence and right to work in the UK.

Desirable Experience

• Aerospace, defence, space or other regulated industries.
• Automated test equipment, rack-mounted systems or electrical cabinets.
• PCB design, FPGA or microcontroller technologies.
• Instrumentation, data acquisition, power electronics or EMC.
• LabVIEW, TestStand, National Instruments hardware or electrical CAD tools.
• Interfaces such as Ethernet, RS-232/422/485, CAN, SPI or I²C.
• Verification and validation, safety standards or legacy equipment modernisation.

What's on Offer?

• Technically varied projects across advanced engineering sectors.
• Involvement throughout the full engineering lifecycle.
• Professional development and opportunities for career progression.
• Annual performance-related bonus.
• Pension with 4% employee and 8% employer contributions.
• Family private healthcare and health cash plan.
• 27 days' annual leave plus UK bank holidays.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.

Security: Applicants must be eligible to obtain and maintain the relevant UK security clearance.

Some projects may have additional nationality or residency restrictions.

If you're a hands-on Hardware Engineer looking for varied technical challenges and the opportunity to take designs from concept through to commissioning, we'd like to hear from you.