Senior Hardware Engineer

Job description

Senior Hardware Engineer

If you enjoy solving complex engineering problems in safety-critical environments and want to see your designs move from concept through to real-world deployment, this could be YOUR next step.

This well-established, technology-driven organisation in the Cambridge area is investing heavily in its next generation of products and is looking to bring in an experienced Senior Hardware Engineer to strengthen a highly capable Baseband Hardware team.

You will be joining a collaborative, technically ambitious environment where engineers are trusted with ownership, encouraged to influence design decisions, and supported to develop both technically and professionally.

Why this role?

• Work on technically demanding, safety-critical electronic platforms
• Take real ownership of features and subsystems within major product developments
• Be part of a stable, growing engineering group with long-term product roadmaps
• Influence design decisions from early architecture through to verification
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across hardware, systems and verification

What you will be doing:

• Owning delivery of defined product features or significant sections of larger platforms
• Designing intrinsic safety circuitry for ATEX-certified products, including thermal management and current-limiting strategies
• Developing microprocessor-based systems with integrated sensors
• Creating efficient, low-power power-supply architectures for demanding operating environments
• Designing audio amplifier solutions up to 10W
• Leading design verification, EMC validation and system-level testing
• Producing high-quality technical documentation to support release and certification
• Working closely with cross-functional engineering teams

What we need from you:

• A degree in an engineering discipline (or equivalent industry experience)
• Proven experience developing hardware for ATEX-certified or intrinsically safe environments
• Strong understanding of intrinsic-safety principles and regulatory compliance pathways
• Experience with microprocessor systems, low-power architectures and power-saving strategies
• Confidence across serial interfaces such as I²S, I²C, UART and USB (USB 3.0 particularly welcome)
• The ability to communicate complex designs clearly through written technical documentation
• A proactive, collaborative mindset and comfort working in evolving development programmes

An added bonus…….

• EMC and ESD design experience at component and system level
• Exposure to complex mixed-signal architectures
• Audio system design experience
• Familiarity with embedded Linux environments, board bring-up or driver integration

What can you expect in return:

• Salary in the range of £65,000 - £85,000, dependent on experience
• Private health and dental care
• Subsidised onsite restaurant
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Flexible working hours
• Employee assistance programme
• Free onsite parking
• Regular social events

Interested?

If this sounds like the kind of role where you could make a real impact, I’d welcome a confidential conversation. Get in touch to find out more.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Cambridge

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

12-02-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English