Hardware Engineer

• Job Title: Hardware Engineer
• Duration: 6 months
• Location: Hybrid (2 days per week), West Midlands
• Outside IR35
• £50-£60 per hour

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate automotive electronic hardware from concept through to production, ensuring compliance with customer, quality and functional safety requirements.
• Produce schematics, perform PCB layout, component selection and circuit simulation for analogue, digital and mixed-signal electronic systems, including ECUs and control modules.
• Perform hardware verification, debugging and root cause analysis using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analysers, CAN tools and power analysers, supporting prototype development and design validation.
• Collaborate with systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing and test teams for hardware solutions, supporting design reviews, DFMEA activities and product lifecycle development.

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience designing electronic hardware within an automotive environment.
• Strong knowledge of analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuit design, schematic capture, PCB design principles and component selection.
• Experience with automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN and Automotive Ethernet, alongside hardware debugging and validation.
• Knowledge of automotive development standards and processes, including Functional Safety (ISO 26262), EMC compliance and APQP, with excellent technical documentation and communication skills.