Senior Industrial Electronics Hardware Engineer RF ATEX

Ovarro; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Ovarro is seeking a Senior Electronics Hardware Engineer to lead design of robust hardware for industrial environments, covering PCB design, embedded electronics, MCUs and RF/antenna integration, with preference for ATEX / IECEx certified products.

You will guide the full lifecycle—from requirements capture and schematic design through PCB layout, prototype bring-up, compliance, and transition into manufacture—collaborating with firmware, mechanical, test, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electronic Engineering.
• Significant experience in electronic hardware design for commercial or industrial products.
• Strong expertise in PCB schematic capture and layout (Altium, OrCAD, KiCad, etc.).
• Proven experience designing microcontroller-based systems.
• Solid understanding of analogue electronics, power regulation, and signal integrity.
• Experience integrating antennas and RF subsystems.
• Hands‑on experience with hardware debugging (osci­lloscope, logic analyser, spectrum analyser).
• Experience working in regulated or safety‑critical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of analogue, digital, and mixed-signal PCBs.
• Produce schematics, PCB layouts, BoMs, and manufacturing documentation.
• Design low-power, ruggedised electronics suitable for long-life industrial deployment.
• Develop microcontroller-based designs (e.g. STM32, NXP, Microchip, Nordic, etc.).
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis.
• Design and integrate RF circuits and antennas (cellular, NB‑IoT, LTE‑M, sub‑GHz, ISM bands).
• Ensure compliance with ATEX / IECEx where applicable and with UKCA / CE.
• Support testing with external test houses and internal validation teams.

Skills

PCB design

Microcontroller systems

Hardware debugging

Safety-critical environments

Education

Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

KiCad

Job description

Ovarro is seeking a Senior Electronics Hardware Engineer to lead design of robust hardware for industrial environments, covering PCB design, embedded electronics, MCUs and RF/antenna integration, with preference for ATEX / IECEx certified products.

You will guide the full lifecycle—from requirements capture and schematic design through PCB layout, prototype bring-up, compliance, and transition into manufacture—collaborating with firmware, mechanical, test, and product teams.