Senior Hardware Design Engineer - Remote Electronics

Placements24; Gqeberha; Hybrid; ZAR 750,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Annual leave

Health insurance

Professional development

Equipment stipend

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior Hardware Design Engineer for a remote-first team with a strong presence in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. You will own end-to-end hardware development from concept through production, focusing on high-performance analog and digital electronics, with close collaboration to firmware and software teams.

The role requires hands-on expertise in circuit design, layout, and signal integrity, plus ability to mentor peers in a dynamic, autonomous, remote-friendly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of hardware design and development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop complex analog and digital electronic circuits, including power management, signal conditioning, and high-speed interfaces.
• Specify and select electronic components with performance, cost, and availability in mind.
• Oversee PCB layout to ensure signal and power integrity and manufacturability.
• Develop schematics, documentation, and BOMs; run circuit simulations and analyses.
• Collaborate with firmware/software teams for HW/SW integration; assist prototyping and testing.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team technical growth.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Digital circuit design

PCB layout

Schematic capture

Signal integrity

Power management

Microcontrollers

FPGAs

High-speed interfaces

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence Allegro

SPICE simulation

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior Hardware Design Engineer for a remote-first team with a strong presence in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. You will own end-to-end hardware development from concept through production, focusing on high-performance analog and digital electronics, with close collaboration to firmware and software teams.

The role requires hands-on expertise in circuit design, layout, and signal integrity, plus ability to mentor peers in a dynamic, autonomous, remote-friendly