Hardware Engineer (Electronics)

ZENOVO; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension and life assurance

Job summary

Zenovo in Nottingham is seeking a hardware engineer to design, develop and test electronic hardware from concept to production. You will collaborate with hardware and software engineers and interact with customers to deliver robust electronics solutions.

The role requires a degree in electronics/related field and 4+ years of hardware design experience, including PCB design, schematics, and mixed-signal electronics.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar.
• 4+ years' experience in hardware/electronics design.
• Experience with PCB design and schematic capture.
• Hands-on experience testing and debugging electronic hardware.
• Experience with embedded systems and mixed-signal designs.
• Experience with Altium Designer is preferred (other PCB design tools considered).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic hardware from specification through to production.
• Create schematics and support multi-layer PCB design.
• Prototype, test and debug hardware using laboratory equipment.
• Work with embedded systems including MCUs, MPUs, sensors, RF, power electronics and digital electronics.
• Support hardware validation, compliance testing and product development activities.
• Apply best practices including DFM, DFT and EMC considerations.
• Communicate technical updates and solutions with customers and internal teams.

Skills

Electronics design

PCB design

Embedded systems

Analogue & digital

Altium Designer

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

Hardware Engineer (Electronics)

Location: Nottingham (Hybrid - 4 days onsite)

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + Benefits

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Hardware Engineer (Electronics) to join a growing engineering team in Nottingham.

You will be responsible for designing, developing and testing electronic hardware solutions from initial concept through to production. Working alongside hardware and software engineers, you will contribute to a range of embedded product development projects and work directly with customers to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop electronic hardware from specification through to production.
• Create schematics and support multi-layer PCB design.
• Prototype, test and debug hardware using laboratory equipment.
• Work with embedded systems including MCUs, MPUs, sensors, RF, power electronics and digital electronics.
• Support hardware validation, compliance testing and product development activities.
• Apply best practices including DFM, DFT and EMC considerations.
• Communicate technical updates and solutions with customers and internal teams.

Requirements

• Degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering or similar.
• 4+ years' experience in hardware/electronics design.
• Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience with PCB design and schematic capture.
• Hands-on experience testing and debugging electronic hardware.
• Experience with embedded systems and mixed-signal designs.
• Experience with Altium Designer is preferred (other PCB design tools considered).

Desirable Skills

• IoT and connected device experience.
• RF/wireless electronics experience.
• FPGA or advanced digital design experience.
• Experience working in a consultancy or customer-facing engineering environment.

Benefits

• Salary: £45,000 - £55,000
• Hybrid working (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)
• Private healthcare
• Pension and life assurance
• Opportunity to work on varied and technically challenging electronics projects

Please not: Sponsorship cannot be provided for this role.