Prime Appointments Recruitment Agency
Hardware Design Engineer
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£40,000 - £55,000 p/a
Colchester, Essex
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Hardware Design Engineer | Colchester area | £45,000 - £55,000 | 25 days holiday + bank holidays
The Opportunity
Design high-performance electronic hardware used by leading engineering organisations worldwide.
We are looking for a Hardware Design Engineer to join an established, engineering-led company specialising in high-performance electronic products. This hands-on role gives you real ownership of projects, designing and developing mixed-signal hardware from concept through to production, within a technically strong and cooperative team.
Step into a role where your experience is genuinely valued, take the lead on complex hardware projects and grow towards senior level in a business that invests in its engineers.
Key Responsibilities
- Define product specifications in collaboration with Product Management
- Lead the design and development of analogue and digital electronics hardware
- Create detailed schematics and multilayer PCB layouts using Altium Designer
- Perform component selection and analysis to improve performance and reliability
- Develop and run test plans for prototypes and final products
- Debug and validate hardware using lab equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and spectrum analysers
- Collaborate with software, mechanical, test, NPI, and manufacturing teams
- Take ownership of projects from concept through to production
- Support products throughout their full lifecycle and contribute to design reviews
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Essential Skills & Experience
- Degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent industry experience
- Experience in hardware design and development
- Strong analogue and digital circuit design knowledge, including power supplies and signal integrity
- Proficiency in schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout
- Hands-on experience with lab test equipment
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary engineering teams
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Desirable Experience
- Altium Designer experience
- RF circuit design knowledge
- Experience in test and measurement, instrumentation, or high-reliability systems
What's On Offer
- £45,000 - £55,000 salary (dependent on experience)
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Life assurance and wellbeing support
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Clear progression pathway towards Senior Engineer level
- Stable, engineering-led business with a cooperative culture
- Company events and on-site perks
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If you're a Hardware Design Engineer with a strong technical foundation and the ambition to lead projects and grow your career, Apply today.
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