Hardware / Firmware Engineer

Job Title: Hardware Engineer Location: Cheshire (hybrid 3 days onsite) Salary: Up to £55,000 (DOE) We are working with an established engineering business that designs and manufactures specialist electronic systems and control products. Due to continued growth, we re looking for a mid-level Electronics Design Engineer with experience across both hardware and embedded firmware. This is a hands-on, full-lifecycle engineering position where you will have the opportunity to take designs from initial concept and schematic capture through PCB layout, embedded firmware development, testing, validation and into production. About The Role Designing analogue and digital electronic circuits, including 12V and 24V power distribution, switching, sensing and control products. Producing multi-layer PCB layouts, considering high-current power routing, thermal management, EMC performance, creepage and clearance, DFM and design for test. Developing, testing and maintaining embedded firmware in C/C++ for 8-, 16- and 32-bit microcontrollers. Working with bare-metal and RTOS firmware, including peripheral drivers, interrupts and low-level debugging. Working with embedded communications including CAN, LIN, UART, SPI and I C. Supporting schematic capture, prototype build, board bring-up and debugging. Translating customer and end-user requirements into practical electronic and embedded system designs. Planning and carrying out bench, environmental and EMC testing. Using laboratory equipment ..... full job details .....