Senior Electronic Hardware Engineer (ATEX Certification)

ZENOVO; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ZENOVO in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Electronic Hardware Engineer to join an industrial team in Nottingham with a hybrid setup (4 days onsite). The role focuses on low-power electronics and certification, including ATEX/IECEx, taking products from concept through to production.

You will own hardware development, including schematic and PCB design, prototyping, testing and documentation, and collaborate with firmware and mechanical teams to ensure smooth certification and production

Qualifications

• Strong experience in electronic hardware design and product development.
• Proven track record taking products through approval and certification processes.
• Experience in ATEX, IECEx, safety-critical or regulated environments.
• Experience designing low-power electronic systems.
• PCB design experience with Altium, OrCAD or KiCad.
• Analogue and digital electronics design experience.
• Experience taking hardware from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop low-power electronic hardware from concept to production.
• Own hardware development including schematic and PCB design, prototyping, testing and manufacture.
• Design analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronics.
• Develop microcontroller-based embedded hardware solutions.
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging and validation.
• Manage product certification activities with certification bodies.
• Support ATEX/IECEx, EMC and compliance processes.
• Produce technical documentation and risk assessments.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical and production teams.

Skills

Hardware design

ATEX IECEx experience

Embedded hardware

PCB design

Schematic capture

Debugging & bring-up

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

KiCad

Job description

Senior Electronic Hardware Engineer (ATEX Certification)

Location: Nottingham (Hybrid – 4 days onsite)

Salary: £65,000 – £70,000 + Relocation Package Available

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Electronic Hardware Engineer to join an engineering team developing low‑power electronic products for critical industrial applications. This is a hands‑on senior role focused on taking products through the full hardware lifecycle, from initial concept and design through to certification, approval and production.

The ideal candidate will have experience designing electronic hardware products and taking them through approval and certification processes, ideally within ATEX, IECEx, safety‑critical or regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop low-power electronic hardware products from concept to production
• Own hardware development including schematic design, PCB design, prototyping, testing and manufacture
• Design analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronics
• Develop microcontroller-based embedded hardware solutions
• Support hardware bring‑up, debugging and validation
• Manage product certification activities, working directly with certification bodies and external test houses
• Support ATEX / IECEx, EMC and compliance processes
• Produce technical documentation, risk assessments and manufacturing documentation
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical and production teams

Required Experience

• Strong experience in electronic hardware design and product development
• Proven track record taking products through approval and certification processes
• Experience working within ATEX, IECEx, safety‑critical or regulated environments
• Experience designing low-power electronic systems
• Strong PCB design experience (Altium, OrCAD, KiCad or similar)
• Analogue and digital electronics design experience
• Experience taking hardware from concept through to production

Please note: Sponsorship cannot be provided for this role and applicants must be based in the UK.