Lead Hardware Engineer

Lead Hardware Engineer | Norwich

This is an opportunity to join an innovative engineering company developing next-generation electric drive systems for automotive and mobility applications.

You will take technical leadership of automotive hardware development, driving the design of high-voltage, production-ready systems from concept through to validation and full-scale manufacturing.

• Leading the design and development of automotive hardware including 600V power electronics, inverters, bi-directional DC-DC converters and battery charging systems.
• Defining hardware architecture and taking ownership of delivery through concept, design, validation and production release.
• Leading and mentoring a team of hardware engineers, ensuring delivery against technical, cost and schedule targets.
• Driving Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Cost (DFC) and FMEA activities to ensure scalable, high-volume production readiness.
• Working closely with project managers, software, systems and manufacturing teams to ensure robust integration and delivery.
• Supporting supplier engagement, component selection, cost reduction and value engineering activities.

• Strong experience in automotive or electrification hardware development, ideally within high-voltage power electronics systems.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and deliver complex hardware projects in a structured environment.
• Strong understanding of high-volume automotive design, including cost, manufacturability and production scalability.
• Experience with FMEA, DVP, reliability engineering and hardware validation activities.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams including software, mechanical, systems and manufacturing.

• Experience with 600V power electronics, inverters, DC-DC converters or EV charging systems.
• Knowledge of EMC, safety standards and automotive certification processes, experience driving cost reduction, supplier development and production optimisation.