Hardware Engineer

In this role you will design bespoke electrical and electronic hardware for complex test systems across regulated industries, taking concepts through to manufacturing, integration and customer acceptance. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to translate requirements into robust hardware solutions and improve reliability. The position offers hands-on challenges across the full lifecycle, with opportunities to influence design choices and meet stringent standards. This is a technically varied role that advocates ownership and impact in mission-critical testing environments.

• annual performance-related bonus
• pension with 4% employee and 8% employer contributions
• family private healthcare and health cash plan
• 27 days' annual leave plus UK bank holidays
• cycle-to-work scheme
• security clearance eligibility

• Design electrical and electronic hardware for bespoke automated and manual test systems
• Translate customer requirements into hardware solutions and system architectures
• Select and integrate instrumentation, power supplies, data acquisition equipment and communications hardware
• Produce electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, bills of materials and technical documentation
• Support hardware procurement, manufacture, integration, fault-finding and testing
• Contribute to verification, validation, commissioning and customer acceptance
• Collaborate with software, systems, mechanical and production engineering teams
• Identify technical risks, obsolescence and opportunities to improve performance and reliability

• A degree, HNC/HND or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering or a related discipline
• Experience in electrical or electronic hardware design
• Good understanding of analogue and digital electronics
• Experience with component selection, hardware integration and technical documentation
• Practical fault-finding and diagnostic skills
• Understanding of manufacturing, assembly and testing processes
• Full UK-valid driving licence and right to work in the UK

• Collaborative working with cross-functional teams
• Owner mindset and accountability
• Problem-solving and diagnostic persistence
• PCB design, FPGA or microcontroller technologies
• Instrumentation, data acquisition, power electronics or EMC
• LabVIEW, TestStand, National Instruments hardware or electrical CAD tools