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Senior Electronic Design Engineer

Job Posted: 4 hours ago

Salary: £ 40,000 - 65,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Luton, Bedfordshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

The Role
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Electronics Design Engineer to join an established engineering and technology business delivering bespoke electronic solutions for a range of OEM customers.

This is a hands-on design position focused on technically challenging hardware projects. The successful candidate will take ownership of designs from initial concept through to a proven, manufacturable product, working alongside multidisciplinary engineering teams.

The role will cover the full product lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, circuit design, PCB development, testing, validation and production.

This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who wants to remain technically hands-on, rather than move into a predominantly management-focused position.

Key Responsibilities

  * Own hardware designs from concept through to production

  * Interpret customer requirements & specifications

  * Carry out circuit design & component selection

  * Complete worst-case analysis & simulation

  * Work closely with PCB layout engineers

  * Carry out board bring-up, testing & fault finding

  * Design for manufacture, test & compliance

  * Support EMC, safety & qualification testing

  * Produce technical documentation, specifications & test plans

  * Lead and participate in design reviews

  * Provide technical input for quotations & proposals

  * Attend customer technical discussions

  * Identify and communicate technical risks

  * Provide technical support and mentor less experienced engineers

Key Skills & Experience

Essential:

Commercial electronics design experience

Proven designs taken from concept to production

Strong analogue & digital electronics experience

Experience with microcontrollers

Schematic capture – Altium

Strong structured approach to electronics design

Confident with laboratory testing, measurement & fault finding

Experience working with PCB layout engineers

Strong technical writing & documentation skills

Experience with FMEA & structured problem solving

Experience with approvals & validation

Ability to manage project timings

Able to work autonomously

Eligible to obtain and hold UK Security Clearance (SC)

Full UK driving licence

Desirable Skills

Switched Mode Power Supply design

Experience with 8, 16, 32 & 64-bit microprocessors

EMC testing & design

Programming experience or awareness

Version control

CAN, Ethernet, RS485 & USB

CAN/Ethernet diagnostics

Experience working across multiple clients/projects

Signal Integrity & Power Integrity knowledge

Experience designing to recognised standards/regulations

Experience mentoring junior engineers

Current or previous UK Security Clearance

The Package
Competitive salary

25 days' holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid/remote working

Company pension

Free parking

Private healthcare following successful probation

Life insurance

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