Hardware Design Engineer

Milton, Cambridgeshire

5 days ago

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Hardware Design Engineer | £55-65k | Cambridge

My client is a well-funded & reliably-backed business with products already in the market that develop state-of-the-art sensors. This is an excellent opportunity to be involved in the next generation of sensing and autonomy technologies.

They are looking for a Hardware Design Engineer to develop new products.

Responsibilities:

Design mixed-signal PCBs for advanced sensing systems.
Support antenna design simulations and testing.
Manage build packs and respond to queries from PCB and assembler suppliers.
Contribute to innovative solutions involving drones and autonomous sensing.

Requirements:
5+ years of experience in both digital and analogue electronic circuit design.
Proficiency in Altium tools for schematic capture and PCB layout
Experience using HFSS to model high-frequency PCB antennas
CAD experience for 3D printing and mechanical design.

Bonus skills for a Hardware Design Engineer:
Experience with K-band and/or W-band radar antennas and PCBs.
Knowledge of Automotive radar SoC devices in high-frequency bands.
Embedded coding in C or Python to support hardware bring-up.
EMC pre-compliance and compliance testing experience in a lab.

Apply now if you are looking to join a growing company working on exciting projects involving drones, autonomy, and sensing.

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