Senior Electronics Design Engineer: Lead PCB & Embedded Systems

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 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.