Senior Electronics Engineer

Tec Partners; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Electronics Hardware Engineer to join their innovative team in the automotive sector. This role involves developing cutting-edge electronic systems and ensuring compliance with industry standards. You will work collaboratively across global teams, contributing to all stages of product development. With a focus on reliability and performance, you will tackle exciting challenges in a dynamic environment, making a significant impact on automotive technology. If you are passionate about electronics and eager to drive advancements in the automotive industry, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in automotive or a similar industry.
• Strong foundation in electronic hardware design and embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop the architecture of electronic systems.
• Perform circuit design, analysis, and documentation.

Skills

Electronic Hardware Design

Embedded Systems

Circuit Design

Communication Protocols (SPI, I2C, CAN)

Power Supply Design

Reliability Analysis (FMEA)

Education

Qualification in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Schematic Capture Software

PCB Layout Software

SPICE Circuit Simulation Tools

Lab Equipment (Oscilloscopes, DMMs)

Job description

View more categories View less categories Sector Manufacturing Responsibilities Executive Management Position/Level Senior Management Contract Type Permanent

Electronics Hardware Engineer - Automotive

Cambridge/Norwich - Salary to 65,000

About the Company
Our client is a global leader in the automotive industry, offering hardware and engineering services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. The electronics division, based in Cambridge, UK, focuses on developing cutting-edge automotive electronics hardware and software. By combining expertise in suspension systems, vehicle dynamics, mechanisms, and mechatronics, the company delivers complete solutions, such as active suspension, active aero, and powered door products, to its customers.

We are seeking an Electronics Hardware Engineer to join the growing engineering team. This role will involve developing ISO 26262-compliant automotive chassis control products and working across all stages of product development, from concept to end-of-life. The team is split between Cambridge (UK) and Toronto (Canada), offering a collaborative, global working environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the architecture of electronic systems.
• Perform circuit design, analysis, and documentation.
• Conduct debugging, verification, and validation testing.
• Take ownership of designs, providing solutions to challenges as they arise.
• Document designs to ensure long-term product support.
• Identify areas for improvement in tools, techniques, and processes.

Key Requirements

• Experience in automotive or a similar industry.
• Strong foundation in electronic hardware design and embedded systems.
• Experience designing products for manufacture.
• Familiarity with working to deadlines and strong communication skills.

Highly Desirable Experience

• Architectural development of electronic systems.
• Circuit design, including H-bridge solenoid, motor, and inductive load interfaces, high and low-side MOSFET switches, and current sensing.
• Microcontroller interfaces and communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, CAN, LIN, and Ethernet.
• Power supply design (linear and switched-mode).
• Analogue circuit simulation and performance prediction.
• PCB design, layout, and routing.
• Design for automotive environments, reliability, and qualification (e.g., EMC and environmental testing).

Desirable Skills

• Functionally safe hardware development.
• Reliability analysis (e.g., FMEA) and design for manufacture and test.
• Writing simple hardware test software.
• Qualification in electronics engineering or a closely related discipline.

Tools & Lab Experience

• Schematic capture and PCB layout software.
• SPICE circuit simulation tools.
• Use of lab equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, DMMs, etc.).
• Soldering of through-hole and SMT components.

Please note:
Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for this role.

TEC Partners are acting as the recruitment agency for this vacancy. If you have the relevant skills and experience, we encourage you to apply!

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