Senior Electronics Engineer – Swansea

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd; Swansea; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days + Bank Holidays

Pension

Life Assurance cover

Company sick pay

Career progression opportunities

Hybrid working

Job summary

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd is seeking an Electronic Design Engineer in Swansea to join a fast-moving, innovation-driven engineering organisation. You will contribute to a busy new-product pipeline, working on high-performance devices and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

The role focuses on design, development, and validation of electronic products in a regulated environment with opportunities for career progression and a hybrid working model in the UK.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Background within regulated sectors such as medical, automotive, aerospace, or similar environments desirable
• Modern PSU design, high power RF generation, power factor correction, embedded microcontrollers and wired communications
• EMC compliance, fault-tolerant product design, validation and verification of electronics and embedded software, and test jig development
• Working with UK and overseas contract manufacturers, hand soldering/rework, PCB design (Altium and Proteus), 60601 compliance documentation, and lab report writing

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineering old designs and designing new iterations.
• Design and development of devices and associated technologies.
• Design and validate the next generation of products with a focus on manufacturability and BOM cost.
• Reduce the BOM cost of the existing product through component choice and leveraging of supply chain.
• Improve the manufacturability of products to reduce assembly and calibration time.
• Improve the serviceability of the product to simplify service callouts
• Improve the reliability of the product

Education

Electronics / Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

Proteus

Job description

Electronic Design Engineer

Swansea

£50-60,000

Commutable from Neath, Port Talbot, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Bridgend, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Pontardawe, Ammanford, Kidwelly, Burry Port, Pembrey, Llandeilo, Gorseinon, Pontlliw, Gowerton, Clydach, Treorchy, Aberdare

Benefits

• 25 Days + Bank Holidays
• Pension
• Life Assurance cover
• Company sick pay
• Career progression opportunities
• Hybrid working

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast- moving, innovation-driven engineering organisation that is expanding its research and development capabilities.

In this role, you’ll work at the forefront of electronic design, contributing directly to a busy new-product pipeline and playing a key role in bringing advanced, high-performance devices to market. It’s an ideal position for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams.

If you’re passionate about designing high-quality electronic products, improving engineering processes, and shaping smarter, more capable technologies, this is a rare opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a regulated environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Reverse engineering old designs and designing new iterations.
• Design and development of devices and associated technologies.
• Design and validate the next generation of products with a focus on manufacturability and BOM cost.
• Reduce the BOM cost of the existing product through component choice and leveraging of supply chain.
• Improve the manufacturability of products to reduce assembly and calibration time.
• Improve the serviceability of the product to simplify service callouts
• Improve the reliability of the product

Requirements

• Degree qualified (or equivalent experience) in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Background within regulated sectors such as medical, automotive, aerospace, or similar environments desirable
• Modern PSU design, high power RF generation, power factor correction, embedded microcontrollers and wired communications
• EMC compliance, fault-tolerant product design, validation and verification of electronics and embedded software, and test jig development
• Working with UK and overseas contract manufacturers, hand soldering/rework, PCB design (Altium and Proteus), 60601 compliance documentation, and lab report writing

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position.

No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Tenure: Permanent
Salary: £50000 – £60000 per annum
Location: Swansea,