Senior Electronics Engineer

Senior Electronics Engineer
Bristol – Hybrid Working (3 office days a week)
Monday to Friday
£60,000 - £75,000 DOE

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Electronics Engineer to join a growing hardware team developing innovative, high-quality electronic products. You’ll take a lead role across electronics design, embedded systems and product development, while supporting the wider engineering team with technical guidance and mentoring.

The role is hands-on and will involve taking projects from initial concept through to testing, validation and production.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and development of complex electronic systems and product platforms.


• Own key hardware areas including embedded controllers, audio, sensors, thermal management, HMI and related firmware interfaces.


• Produce circuit designs, schematics and PCB layouts, ensuring designs are reliable and suitable for manufacture.


• Contribute to embedded firmware development and code reviews using C/C++ and Zephyr RTOS.


• Develop effective testing strategies and support automated testing and CI processes.


• Lead hardware and firmware verification, validation and compliance activities.


• Maintain accurate BOMs, technical drawings and manufacturing documentation.


• Investigate quality issues and drive improvements across products and processes.


• Support risk assessments, DFMEA and engineering controls in line with relevant standards.


• Provide technical input into future platforms, technologies and product roadmaps.


• Build strong relationships with suppliers and manufacturing partners.


• Work closely with Quality, Production, Repairs and other technical teams to resolve issues and improve product performance.


• Mentor and support other engineers within the team.

• Strong experience in electronics engineering, covering analogue, digital and power electronics.


• Proven experience with circuit design, schematic capture and PCB development.


• Experience developing embedded C/C++ firmware, ideally with Zephyr RTOS and modern microcontrollers.


• Knowledge of hardware testing, verification, validation and automated test environments.


• Understanding of EMC and electrical safety requirements, particularly IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2.


• Experience with engineering risk management, DFMEA and regulatory documentation.


• A good understanding of manufacturing, DFM/DFA and supplier management.


• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly.


• A proactive, collaborative approach and the confidence to take ownership of complex projects.


• Experience within medical, assistive or accessibility technology would be advantageous.

• Hybrid working with a minimum of three days per week in the Bristol office.


• 25 days’ annual leave plus public holidays.


• Pension, life assurance and income protection.


• Private medical insurance.


• Flexible working and wellbeing benefits.


• Training and development opportunities.


• Cycle-to-work and EV salary sacrifice schemes.


• A supportive, collaborative working environment with opportunities to make a genuine impact through innovative technology.

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