Hardware Engineer

Edinburgh | Hybrid | £40-50,000 + package

About the Company

We're partnered with a specialist engineering company that designs intelligent edge systems for deployment in some of the toughest environments around. Their technology monitors and protects critical infrastructure and must work first time, every time, for a long time. Quality, ruggedness, security and long field life aren't aspirations here; they're engineering requirements.

The Opportunity

This is a hands-on hardware engineering role with genuine end-to-end ownership. You won't be handed a slice of a schematic, rather you'll be taking designs from architecture through to field deployment, working closely with Customer Delivery, Sales, QA and firmware teams. If you want to see your hardware running in the real world and know that it matters, this is the role.

Please note:Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. The end client is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design embedded electronic hardware; schematic capture, PCB layout and bring-up, for rugged, long-life IoT edge devices deployed in demanding environments.
• Own designs across the full lifecycle, from concept and architecture through prototyping, validation, production handover and field support.
• Select components with reliability, lifecycle, cost and supply-chain resilience in mind and contribute to DFT, DFM and DFR initiatives.
• Integrate wired and wireless communication interfaces and radio modules.
• Lead board-level bring-up, fault-finding and root-cause analysis during development, production and field deployment.
• Assist Hardware QA to support verification, validation, environmental and compliance testing.
• Apply strong EMI/EMC practices and electrical robustness considerations from the outset.
• Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation schematics, BOMs, design notes and change records.
• Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team to deliver integrated, deployable system solutions.

What We're Looking For

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of professional embedded hardware or electronics design experience.
• Strong schematic capture and PCB design skills, comfortable with the full layout process.
• Solid grounding in analogue and digital circuit design, component selection and microcontroller interfacing.
• Proven experience designing and optimising low-power and battery-powered systems for long-life deployment.
• Experience integrating communication modules (wired and/or wireless).
• Hands-on prototyping, debugging and hardware fault-finding, confident with lab equipment, JTAG and in-circuit test tools.
• Good understanding of EMI/EMC best practice at board level.
• Ability to produce clear, accurate technical documentation.
• Strong communication skills and experience working in a close multidisciplinary team.

Useful, but not essential:

• Experience in industrial, infrastructure or IoT system design (sensors, gateways, remote monitoring).
• PADS Pro or DX Designer experience.
• RF circuit design, antenna selection or RF integration knowledge.
• Exposure to firmware development and close collaboration with software teams.
• Familiarity with environmental, electrical safety or compliance testing.
• Experience in an Agile or iterative development environment.

Why This Role?

• End-to-end hardware ownership — from first schematic to field deployment.
• Your work is out in the real world, protecting infrastructure that matters.
• A close, multidisciplinary team where your input is valued and visible.
• Hybrid working based in Edinburgh.
• A fast-moving environment where decisions get made and things get built.

Package

• Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 doe
• Location: Edinburgh
• Benefits: Pensions, Holiday pack, Flexible/Hybrid working, Continual training & Development

Keywords

Embedded Hardware Design, PCB Layout, Schematic Capture, IoT Edge Systems, Low-Power Design, Battery-Powered Systems, EMI/EMC, Analogue Electronics, Digital Electronics, Microcontroller, Wireless Modules, RF Integration, JTAG, Hardware Debugging, DFT, DFM, DFR, Component Selection, ECAD, PADS Pro, DX Designer, BOM Management, Prototype Bring-Up, Electronics Engineering