Hardware Engineer

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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