Hardware Engineer

Job Specification

Job Title: Design Engineer
Department: Embedded Systems
Reports To: Hardware Development Team Lead
Liaises With:

• Embedded Systems Team
• Product Engineering Team
• Product Management
• Technical Support Team

Role Overview

The Design Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, and enhancement of electronic security products. This includes creating new hardware designs, improving existing designs, performing board bring-up and debugging, ensuring design-for-manufacturing (DFM) standards, and conducting EMC evaluations.

The role also involves supporting customer issue resolution through replication, investigation, and collaboration with technical support and firmware teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evaluate electronic hardware assemblies.
• Produce and review electronic schematics and PCB layouts.
• Create and review production documentation for electronic designs.
• Review and contribute to hardware design specifications.
• Develop and assess product technical documentation (e.g., user manuals, in-box guides).
• Debug electronic hardware assemblies.
• Log and track defects in a central database.
• Collaborate with technical support, hardware, and firmware teams to resolve customer issues.
• Investigate and resolve hardware design issues and defects.
• Conduct EMC compliance testing and resolve related issues.
• Assist in building and configuring compliance test fixtures.
• Identify and implement process improvements within the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential:

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years' relevant industry experience.

Desirable:

• Experience with electronic security products.
• Proficiency in Altium and ORCAD CAD tools.
• Additional knowledge in electronic or mechanical design.
• Experience with JIRA.

Experience & Technical Skills
Essential:

• Schematic design.
• PCB layout design.
• EMC evaluation.
• Fault replication and debugging.
• Technical documentation review.

Desirable:

• Broader electronic and mechanical design experience.

Personal Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Self-motivated with a strong drive to succeed.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Target-focused and results-oriented.
• Ability to multitask and manage time effectively.
• Eager to take on new challenges and learn new skills.

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Computer Futures, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy Registered office 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom Partnership Number OC(phone number removed) England and Wales