Hardware Engineer - Product Development
Hardware Engineer Product Development
Location: Derbyshire
Industry: Embedded Hardware Remote Communications
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + Benefits
We re looking for a Hardware Engineer to join a Product Development team, working on innovative, low-power remote communication products designed for harsh and safety-critical environments. You ll collaborate with electrical, firmware, and mechanical engineers to design, build, test, and industrialise robust products used in rugged environments.
This role offers hands-on involvement across the full product lifecycle from concept and architecture through prototyping, testing, and preparation for mass production.
What You ll Be Doing
Location: Derbyshire
Industry: Embedded Hardware Remote Communications
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + Benefits
We re looking for a Hardware Engineer to join a Product Development team, working on innovative, low-power remote communication products designed for harsh and safety-critical environments. You ll collaborate with electrical, firmware, and mechanical engineers to design, build, test, and industrialise robust products used in rugged environments.
This role offers hands-on involvement across the full product lifecycle from concept and architecture through prototyping, testing, and preparation for mass production.
What You ll Be Doing
- Design and develop electronic hardware components and systems, including PCBs and associated circuitry.
- Contribute to hardware architecture for new products, ensuring compatibility with firmware and software.
- Build, test, fault-find, and document prototypes, cables, and test harnesses (including occasional on-site testing).
- Analyse performance data and generate clear technical and performance reports.
- Source components, create and maintain BOMs, and research alternative parts.
- Collaborate closely with firmware, software, mechanical, and production engineering teams.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and handover to manufacturing, including development of automatic test equipment.
- Investigate and resolve product issues escalated from production or the field.
- Support maintenance, repairs, and modifications to existing products.
- Strong understanding of electronic hardware design and the product development lifecycle.
- Ability to read and interpret electronic schematics and engineering drawings.
- Hands-on experience building and testing electronic hardware.
- Proficient with common test equipment (multimeter, oscilloscope, signal generator).
- Logical, methodical approach with strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively within a team.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with PCB design and component-level troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with microcontrollers and basic programming (e.g. C, Python, assembly) and/or PC-based software.
- Experience working with low-power or embedded systems.
- Exposure to regulated, rugged, or safety-critical product environments.
- Experience supporting products through manufacturing and into the field.