Senior Hardware Engineer & Technical Lead (Hybrid)

Orion Electrotech; Reading; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Orion Electrotech seeks an experienced Senior Hardware Engineer / Technical Lead to drive hardware development from concept to production in Reading. You will shape system architectures, lead key design decisions and act as the technical authority on hardware design across multiple projects.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with external partners, ensure regulatory compliance, and champion DFM/DFT practices while maintaining hands-on involvement in design and verification.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience designing and developing electronic hardware products.
• Strong mixed-signal design experience, including analogue and digital circuit design.
• Strong understanding of electronic system architecture and product development lifecycles.
• Hands-on experience with schematic capture, PCB design and circuit simulation tools.
• Experience with high-speed ADCs, signal conditioning and data acquisition systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across electronic hardware development projects from concept through to production and product release.
• Define system architectures and lead key design decisions for new product development.
• Act as the technical authority for hardware design, ensuring engineering solutions meet performance, reliability, cost and manufacturability requirements.
• Lead the design, simulation and verification of mixed-signal electronic circuits.
• Review and approve schematics, PCB layouts and technical documentation.
• Mentor and support engineers, promoting engineering best practice and continuous technical development.
• Coordinate activities with external PCB designers, development partners and contract manufacturers.
• Oversee prototype build, testing, validation and regulatory compliance activities.
• Drive problem-solving activities and support root-cause analysis of complex technical issues.
• Champion design-for-manufacture (DFM), design-for-test (DFT), quality and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support production, calibration and manufacturing engineering activities.
• Manage technical project risks, ensuring successful delivery against programme objectives, timescales and budgets.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust engineering solutions.

Skills

Hardware Engineer

electronics engineer

electronic design

PCB layout

Altium

Mixed signal

analogue

digital

embedded

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Altium

Orcad

Job description

Orion Electrotech seeks an experienced Senior Hardware Engineer / Technical Lead to drive hardware development from concept to production in Reading. You will shape system architectures, lead key design decisions and act as the technical authority on hardware design across multiple projects.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with external partners, ensure regulatory compliance, and champion DFM/DFT practices while maintaining hands-on involvement in design and verification.