Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Expert Employment; Waltham Cross; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Expert Employment is seeking a skilled electronics hardware engineer to design and develop analogue and high-speed digital electronics from concept through to manufacture. You will work hands-on with PCB design, verification and testing, spanning RF interfaces and FPGA/VHDL integration.

The role requires a degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering and strong practical hardware experience. The candidate will collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams to ensure robust designs,

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in analogue and digital electronics and hardware testing.
• Experience with PCB design and schematic capture.
• Experience with Altium or OrCAD.
• Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience with hardware testing and verification.
• FPGA and VHDL, Embedded C, MATLAB or RF would be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop analogue and high-speed digital electronics.
• Design and review multilayer PCBs, including signal integrity.
• Produce schematics and PCB layouts using Altium or OrCAD.
• Work with FPGAs, VHDL and Embedded C and hardware and software interfaces.
• Support RF electronics and associated interfaces.
• Carry out hardware testing, verification and troubleshooting.
• Take products through the full lifecycle from design and development to testing and manufacture.

Skills

Electronics hardware design

PCB design

FPGA

VHDL

Embedded C

MATLAB

RF

Education

Electronics or Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

Job description

This role is focused on designing, developing and testing complex electronic hardware from initial concept through to manufacture.

You will work hands-on with analogue and digital electronics, PCB design, hardware testing and verification, while working closely with engineering and manufacturing teams throughout the product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will have strong practical experience in electronics design and PCB development, with knowledge of areas such as high-speed digital design, FPGA and VHDL, Embedded C, MATLAB or RF being highly advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop analogue and high-speed digital electronics.
• Design and review multilayer PCBs, including signal integrity.
• Produce schematics and PCB layouts using Altium or OrCAD.
• Work with FPGAs, VHDL and Embedded C and hardware and software interfaces.
• Support RF electronics and associated interfaces.
• Carry out hardware testing, verification and troubleshooting.
• Take products through the full lifecycle from design and development to testing and manufacture.

Key Requirements

• Strong commercial experience in electronics and hardware design.
• Hands-on experience with PCB design and schematic capture.
• Experience with Altium or OrCAD.
• Good understanding of analogue and digital electronics.
• Experience with hardware testing and verification.
• Experience with FPGA and VHDL, Embedded C, MATLAB or RF would be highly advantageous.
• Electronics or Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent.