Hardware Design Engineer in Birmingham, West Midlands

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This is a hands-on Hardware Design Engineer role where your designs don’t sit on a shelf - they’re built, tested and relied on in high-pressure, real-world environments. If you enjoy owning hardware from schematic through to production, solving problems at component level and shaping the next generation of electronic products, this role gives you the scope and responsibility to do exactly that.

What’s in it for you
  • Salary of £40,000+ depending on experience
  • Exposure to technically demanding, mission-critical products
  • End-to-end involvement in PCB design, testing and production support
  • Opportunity to influence future technologies and product development
  • Excellent benefits package alongside long-term career stability
What you’ll be getting stuck into as a Hardware Design Engineer
  • Designing, reviewing and maintaining schematics for a wide range of electronic products
  • Diagnosing and resolving hardware faults from returned units and production builds
  • Supporting production teams with PCB redesigns, issue resolution and technical queries
  • Testing products to ensure correct functionality, radio connectivity and compliance
  • Contributing to new product development and future technology initiatives
  • Providing technical support across departments when complex issues arise
What you’ll bring to the table as a Hardware Design Engineer
  • Previous experience in electronics design, fault diagnosis and component-level repair
  • Strong PCB design and layout capability, taking designs through to full assembly
  • Mandatory experience using KiCAD, with exposure to legacy Altium conversions
  • Confident use of test equipment including oscilloscopes, multimeters and signal generators
  • Experience working with issue tracking tools such as Jira and documentation systems
  • Audio communications experience would be very advantageous.
If you’re ready to take ownership, solve real engineering problems and make a tangible impact, apply now for this Hardware Design Engineer role.



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