Electronics Engineer

Electronic Design Engineer – Southampton

Southampton, England, United Kingdom £40,000.00‑£55,000.00

Our clients have an exciting opportunity for an Electronics Engineer to join their growing team, they are open to seeing professionals just out of university with a relevant degree, or an experienced Electronics Engineer seeking a new opportunity with a growing and innovative engineering business.

• Working with our clients industrial products, the successful candidate will be responsible for creating new & adapting existing electronics designs into products to customer specifications.
• Knowledge of the below in electromechanical designs would be an advantage.
• Hall effect capacitive or inductive sensing technologies.
• CAN bus, CANopen LSS communication protocol.
• Programming particularly with Microchip PIC
  18, 24‑ and 32‑bit micros.
• Product validation including commissioning, EMC and ESD testing supported by external Labs.
• Proficiency in circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, and simulation tools.
• Proficiency using lab instruments (e.g. oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, vector network analysers).
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues related to electronic systems during development and manufacturing.
• Familiarity with diagnostic protocols over CAN (e.g., J1939).
• Ability to write or modify simple embedded code (e.g., for configuration or test modes).
• Experience with automated test setups involving CAN communication.
• Understanding of bootloaders or firmware flashing tools used in embedded systems.
• Strong analytical skills including electronics simulation tolerance calculations on components, signal integrity analysis, and root‑cause investigation of circuit‑level issues.
• You will also be expected to provide technical support to our Product Management and Sales Teams, possibly including customer meetings and visits.
• This position will require the ability to work with all levels within the organisation.

• Degree in Electronic/Electrical Engineering (BSc/BEng or equivalent).
• Hall effect capacitive or inductive sensing technologies or interested to develop in this area.
• CAN bus, CANopen LSS communication protocol.
• Programming particularly with Microchip PIC
  18, 24‑ and 32‑bit micros.
• Product validation including commissioning, EMC and ESD testing supported by external Labs.
• Altium or similar design tool is an advantage.
• Building and verifying Gerber files.
• Proven experience in managing engineering projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages.

Monday – Thursday: 07:30 am – 4:45 pm;
Friday: 07:30 am – 12 midday