Job Title: Hardware Design Engineer
Location: Clacton-on-Sea
Salary: £45,000 to £55,000
Employment Type: Permanent
Working Arrangements: Onsite working
We're supporting a growing engineering business in Clacton-on-Sea that is looking for a Hardware Design Engineer to play a key role in new product development. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on electronic design, problem solving, and contributing to the full lifecycle of high performance hardware products.
What you'll be doing
- Designing and developing digital and analogue hardware for new and existing products
- Creating detailed schematics and PCB layouts using industry standard tools (Altium advantageous)
- Selecting components and performing analysis to ensure optimal performance and reliability
- Developing and executing test plans for prototypes and production units
- Debugging and validating hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, spectrum analysers and other lab equipment
- Working closely with firmware, mechanical, test, NPI and manufacturing teams to ensure seamless integration
- Supporting products through the full lifecycle, from concept through to end of life
- Producing and maintaining technical documentation and participating in design reviews
- Providing support to production and, where required, assisting customers and sales teams
What you'll bring
- Strong background in hardware design for electronic products
- Proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout
- Solid understanding of circuit design principles, including power supplies, signal integrity and noise mitigation
- Hands on experience with lab test equipment
- Experience working within multi disciplinary engineering teams
- RF design experience is beneficial but not essential
- A proactive, detail focused approach with good communication skills
Why join?
- High level of involvement across the full hardware development lifecycle
- Opportunity to influence product direction and engineering decisions
- Supportive, collaborative engineering culture
- Stable, growing business with long term opportunities
- On site role in Colchester within a close knit technical team
For more information, please contact Cathy Swain.
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