Hardware Development Engineer

We're Hiring: Hardware Development Engineer – Bristol, UK (Hybrid)

Location: Bristol, United Kingdom

Job Type: Contract Opportunity

Key Skills: DCDC & linear regulators, PCB design, power delivery, processor systems, STM32, Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, FLASH, USB, I2C, SPI, JTAG, SERDES (e.g., 112Gbps, PAM4)

We're looking for a skilled Hardware Development Engineer to join our engineering team. This role involves hands-on digital circuit development, debugging, validation, and supporting end-to-end hardware lifecycle—from concept to mass production.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrable experience in digital circuit development and validation.
• Extensive hands-on lab experience for bring-up, debugging, and validating hardware designs.
• Strong experience with Siemens/Mentor PCB design flow (schematic capture, constraints, PCB layout).
• Apply a rigorous, first-time-right approach to hardware design.
• Collaborate effectively in a small engineering team; take ownership across development phases.
• Expertise with high-speed oscilloscopes, logic analysers, signal generators.
• Experience scripting tests in Linux, Python, Bash, and analyzing data in Excel.
• Circuit design including requirements analysis, functional definition, and component selection.
• Define PCB layout constraints and support PCB CAD layout teams.
• Plan and execute circuit validation & verification tests.
• Debug and optimize system performance in collaboration with firmware teams.
• Support prototype build, bring-up, evaluation, and validation.
• Contribute to successful transfer to mass production.

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