Senior Electronic / Embedded Design Engineer

AWD online; Bury; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Performance-related bonus

Pension scheme

Healthcare scheme

Job summary

AWD online in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Electronic / Embedded Design Engineer to lead hands-on hardware and embedded software development for industrial products from concept to production. You’ll own UL submissions and collaborate across electronics, software and production teams.

The role requires strong C skills, analogue and digital design, PCB layout, and experience with microcontrollers and power electronics.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Significant relevant industry experience.
• Experience bringing electronic products into production with UL considerations.
• Strong hardware design across analogue and digital circuits, schematic capture and PCB design.
• Hands-on embedded development using C on microcontrollers.

Responsibilities

• Develop product requirements, hardware and embedded software specifications.
• Be the main technical contact for UL submissions and approvals.
• Design analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits for industrial products.
• Produce schematics and PCB layouts; select components.
• Develop, debug, test and maintain C software for MCUs.

Skills

Embedded C

Hardware design

UL submissions

PCB design

Embedded systems

Microcontroller development

Education

Degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Proteus

Cadence

Easy-PC

Altium

RTOS development

Job description

Senior Electronic / Embedded Design Engineer

Join a collaborative engineering team developing industrial electronic products from concept to production. This hands-on opportunity suits an experienced engineer with strong hardware design and embedded C skills, plus ability to act as the main technical contact for UL submissions and approvals. A senior appointment may be considered based on skills and experience.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Electronics Engineer, Embedded Systems Engineer, Electronics Hardware Engineer, Hardware Design Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Firmware Engineer, Embedded Software Engineer, PCB Design Engineer, Firmware Developer

Benefits include 25 days’ holiday, performance-related bonus, pension and healthcare schemes.

SALARY: £44,000 to £52,000 per annum + Benefits

LOCATION: Bury, Greater Manchester, North West England

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

JOB OVERVIEW

This is an opportunity for a Senior Electronic / Embedded Design Engineer to take hands-on ownership across electronic hardware and embedded software development for new and existing industrial products, from requirements through testing, regulatory approval and production.

Reporting to the Senior Electronics and Software Engineer (Team Lead / Manager), the Senior Electronic / Embedded Design Engineer will work with electronic, software, mechanical and production colleagues, taking technical ownership, sharing knowledge and contributing ideas to improve products and processes, also acting as the main technical contact for UL submissions and approvals.

With varied projects, professional development and progression, the Senior Electronic / Embedded Design Engineer can contribute from concept through mass production while supporting UL submissions and continuous improvement.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Senior Electronics Engineer / Embedded Systems Engineer include:

• Product Requirements and Specifications: Develop product requirements, hardware specifications and embedded software specifications
• UL Regulations, Compliance and Submissions: Be the main technical contact for UL submissions and approvals
• Electronic Circuit Design: Design analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits for industrial products
• PCB and Component Development: Produce schematics, select components and develop or oversee PCB layouts
• Embedded Software Development: Develop, debug, test and maintain C software for microcontroller-based systems
• Power and Measurement Systems: Design and evaluate AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies, low‑power battery designs and voltage, current and three‑phase measurement circuits
• Safety, EMC: Design for electrical safety, EMC, reliability, manufacture and test, and prepare technical documentation
• Testing and Validation: Produce design calculations, test plans and validation reports, and carry out prototype testing, fault investigation and technical design reviews
• Production and Collaboration: Support production introduction, manufacturing test and calibration, and collaborate with colleagues and suppliers across locations and time zones

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or similar
• Significant relevant industry experience
• Proven experience taking electronic products into production, with an appreciation of mechanical design and UL requirements
• Strong electronic hardware design skills across analogue and digital circuits, schematic capture and PCB design
• Hands-on experience developing microcontroller-based embedded systems using C and different microcontroller IDEs
• Experience designing and evaluating AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies
• Experience designing products to meet UL requirements and contributing directly to submissions and approvals
• Understanding of electrical safety, isolation, creepage and clearance, circuit protection, component ratings and EMC design principles
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation, work independently and solve problems methodically
• Experience with industrial instrumentation, three-phase electrical systems, measurement circuits and low-power battery-operated products
• Experience with Proteus, Cadence, Easy-PC or Altium, RTOS development and embedded interfaces including I²C, SPI, QSPI, UART, RS-485, Modbus RTU/TCP, USB and Ethernet
• Experience with Bluetooth Low Energy, bootloaders, firmware update processes, version control, static code analysis, software coding standards and UL/IEC 61010

What’s On Offer

• Varied hardware and embedded software projects for industrial applications
• The opportunity to take products from initial concept through design and development to mass production
• A collaborative engineering environment with opportunities for technical ownership
• Opportunities for professional development and progression
• A workspace in newly furnished offices
• 25 days’ holiday
• Performance-related bonus
• Pension scheme
• Healthcare scheme