Senior Electronics Engineer

EVera Recruitment; Foxton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

EVera Recruitment is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer for a high-growth start-up pioneering water-based battery technology. You will design BMS hardware and pack architectures, work with analogue/digital/power electronics, and support firmware with a collaborative team.

You will lead wiring harness design, engage with suppliers, perform validation, and produce high-quality engineering drawings and documentation. Experience with Altium and hands-on prototyping is essential.

Qualifications

• A degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in electronic hardware design across analogue, digital and/or power electronic circuits.
• Experience designing, developing and manufacturing Battery Management Systems.
• Proficiency with ECAD tools such as Altium Designer.
• Hands-on experience with prototype assembly, soldering, harness manufacture, PCB rework and lab testing.
• Strong fault-finding, verification and validation skills.
• Clear communication skills and the confidence to challenge existing approaches.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing novel BMS hardware, from concept through detailed design, manufacture and validation.
• Optimising and continuously improving the existing BMS, adapting functionality for different deployments.
• Designing system-level battery pack electrical architectures, from cell interconnections to AC load.
• Leading battery pack wiring harness design and engaging with suppliers.
• Supporting firmware and software engineers with specifications and overall strategy.
• Testing and validating designs at sub-system and system level, and supporting manufacturing.
• Producing high-quality designs, engineering drawings and documentation.

Skills

Hardware design

Power electronics

Battery Management Systems

Communication skills

System integration

Education

Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

Altium Designer

Job description

We are hiring a Senior Electronics Engineer for our client, a high-growth start-up pioneering a breakthrough water-based battery technology for the high-power markets of the future. Joining the battery pack electrical team at a pivotal stage, you will develop pack electrical architectures and BMS hardware that get the most out of the company’s high-power cells, modules and packs. Battery experience is a plus, but candidates from adjacent electronics fields are actively welcomed.

The Senior Electronics Engineer will be responsible for:

• Designing and implementing novel BMS hardware, from concept through detailed design, manufacture and validation.
• Optimising and continuously improving the existing BMS, adapting functionality for different deployments.
• Designing system-level battery pack electrical architectures, from cell interconnections to AC load.
• Leading battery pack wiring harness design and engaging with suppliers.
• Supporting firmware and software engineers with specifications and overall strategy.
• Testing and validating designs at sub-system and system level, and supporting manufacturing.
• Producing high-quality designs, engineering drawings and documentation.

The Senior Electronics Engineer will have:

• A degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in electronic hardware design across analogue, digital and/or power electronic circuits.
• Experience designing, developing and manufacturing Battery Management Systems.
• Proficiency with ECAD tools such as Altium Designer.
• Hands-on experience with prototype assembly, soldering, harness manufacture, PCB rework and lab testing.
• Strong fault-finding, verification and validation skills.
• Clear communication skills and the confidence to challenge existing approaches.

This is a rare chance to help bring a genuinely new energy storage technology to market while building deep expertise in an entrepreneurial, fast-moving team.