Lead Electronics Design Engineer

Solutions Driven; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of laser systems is looking for a Senior / Lead Electronics Design Engineer in Glasgow, Scotland. This full-time role involves managing electronics design from concept to production for innovative laser systems. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field, significant experience in electronic designs, and strong project management skills.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject with experience of board-level design.
• Demonstrable electrical/electronics engineering experience in an industrial environment.
• Ability to manage projects including budget and schedule control.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for electronics from design to production release.
• Conduct reliability and regulatory testing of products.
• Create design data packs for production.

Skills

Project management

Designing electronic circuits

Debugging and validation of designs

Creating technical documentation

Prototyping skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of regulatory testing

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Tools

PCB Design Tools

Schematics Capture software

Job description

Senior / Lead Electronics Design Engineer

A leading provider of innovative laser systems to help people in various global markets, including renewables, microelectronics, research, life science, automotive, and medicine.

We seek an experienced Senior / Lead Electronics Design Engineer to join us at our Scotland site.

This role will work as part of the product development team and be responsible for the electronics from design to production release and support of our cutting‑edge laser systems.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Project management.
• Designing electronic circuits and assemblies from concept to production release and maintenance.
• Debugging, simulation, and validation of electronic and system designs.
• Testing and reporting results to the Development team.
• Reliability and regulatory testing of products.
• Creating technical documentation.
• Providing design data packs to production for manufacturing and support during the product lifecycle.
• Obsolescence management and maintenance/support of legacy products.

Education & Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject with demonstrable experience of board‑level design and mixed signal electronics.
• Demonstrable experience of full product design and good appreciation of the whole development cycle from concept to production.
• Demonstrable electrical / electronics engineering experience in an industrial environment.
• Experience in microcontroller, mixed analogue and digital circuit designs.
• Ability to manage projects including budget, schedule control/monitoring, and cost reduction programmes.
• A good understanding of product design from specification through to delivery, with consideration for DFT and DFM.
• Practical experience in Schematics Capture, Layout and PCB Design Tools.
• Good prototyping skills and soldering with SMT components.
• Excellent debugging skills, ability to integrate and validate electronic and system designs.
• Knowledge and experience in RoHS, EMC / LVD regulatory testing and CE product approval process.
• Programming knowledge of FPGAs using Verilog.
• Experience of creating and maintaining technical documentation.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment, but also with their own initiative.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Any relevant experience within the laser environment would be highly desirable but not essential.
• Design experience in STM32F series ARM core processors.
• Experience with Toradex‑based embedded computing modules.
• Test equipment development to support production and manufacturing.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Location

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom