Senior Electronics Design Engineer

MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre; Coventry; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry is seeking a Senior Electronics Design Engineer / Senior Research Engineer to take technical ownership of complex electronics initiatives from concept to prototype and industrial deployment.

You will lead the delivery of electronic systems, transform customer requirements into robust architectures, and mentor engineers while ensuring quality, budget, and timescale adherence across projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' industrial experience in electronics design, PCB development, embedded systems, reliability engineering or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong experience in analogue and digital circuit design.
• PCB design expertise including layout, routing, signal integrity and EMC/EMI considerations.
• Experience translating customer requirements into specifications, verification plans and acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of electronics standards, including relevant IEC and IPC standards.
• Experience with verification, validation, qualification and reliability testing.
• Embedded firmware development and hardware-software integration experience.
• Experience working with prototype, pre-production and manufacturing suppliers.
• Strong understanding of engineering assurance, compliance and technical risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of complex electronics design projects.
• Transform customer requirements into robust electronic architectures and design solutions.
• Develop analogue and digital electronic systems, PCB designs and embedded solutions.
• Support projects from early-stage research through to prototype development and qualification.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and best practices.
• Deliver verification, validation and reliability testing activities.
• Work closely with customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Support the development of new technology capabilities for MTC and its industrial partners.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to developing engineers.
• Ensure projects are delivered to agreed quality, budget and timescale targets.

Skills

Electronics design

PCB development

Analogue and digital design

Embedded systems

Reliability engineering

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Job description

The Vacancy

We are seeking a

The Vacancy

We are seeking a Senior Electronics Design Engineer / Senior Research Engineer to join our growing team in Coventry. This is an opportunity to take technical ownership of challenging projects from concept through to prototype and industrial implementation, influencing the future of manufacturing technology in the UK and beyond.

What You'll Be Doing

As a senior technical specialist, you will:

• Lead the technical delivery of complex electronics design projects.
• Transform customer requirements into robust electronic architectures and design solutions.
• Develop analogue and digital electronic systems, PCB designs and embedded solutions.
• Support projects from early-stage research through to prototype development and qualification.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and best practices.
• Deliver verification, validation and reliability testing activities.
• Work closely with customers, suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Support the development of new technology capabilities for MTC and its industrial partners.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to developing engineers.
• Ensure projects are delivered to agreed quality, budget and timescale targets.

Essential Experience

What We’re Looking For

You’ll bring:

• 7+ years' industrial experience in electronics design, PCB development, embedded systems, reliability engineering or manufacturing engineering.
• Strong experience in analogue and digital circuit design.
• PCB design expertise including layout, routing, signal integrity and EMC/EMI considerations.
• Experience translating customer requirements into specifications, verification plans and acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge of electronics standards, including relevant IEC and IPC standards.
• Experience with verification, validation, qualification and reliability testing.
• Embedded firmware development and hardware-software integration experience.
• Experience working with prototype, pre-production and manufacturing suppliers.
• A strong understanding of engineering assurance, compliance and technical risk management.

Desirable Experience

We’d be particularly interested in candidates with experience in:

• RF and high-frequency electronics.
• Electronics manufacturing and SMT processes.
• Product design and development from concept through to manufacture.
• Aerospace, defence, medical, automotive, rail, energy or other high-reliability sectors.
• Process engineering, continuous improvement and statistical analysis.
• Coaching and mentoring engineers within technical teams.

Why Join MTC?

At MTC, you’ll have the opportunity to work on genuinely innovative technologies alongside some of the brightest engineering minds in the industry. You’ll gain exposure to a diverse portfolio of projects and play a key role in advancing UK manufacturing capabilities

About The MTC

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.

The MTC’s engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.

Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.

Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC’s engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.

The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.

Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)

Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.