Hardware Engineering Manager in Abingdon

We are seeking an Electronics Manager to join one of our clients in Oxfordshire. The business is a well-funded advanced technology company designing and manufacturing highly complex metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading the instrumentation and electronics team through coaching, mentoring and developing people via regular feedback and performance reviews.
• Providing technical leadership to ensure high-quality, reliable instrumentation design and successful project delivery.
• Working closely with senior leaders to shape the company's instrumentation strategy, introducing the tools, processes and capabilities needed to support future growth.
• Driving continuous improvement across products, engineering processes, design tools and team capability.
• Collaborating with systems architects, optics, mechanics, controls and multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure seamless instrumentation integration.
• Contributing hands-on to measurement validation, signal characterisation and fault investigation when required.
• Supporting robust product lifecycle management, including requirements review, design reviews, engineering change control and revision management.

Experience we are seeking:

• Previous people management experience within an electronics, instrumentation, metrology or semiconductor capital equipment environment.
• Strong electronics background across PCB design, power supply characterisation, low-noise amplifier design or selection, and signal integrity.
• Experience with signal capture, conditioning and measurement chain design for sensitive instrumentation.
• Knowledge of signal generation and capture, including ADC and DAC selection and application.
• Strong understanding of power delivery and grounding best practice for sensitive, complex precision equipment.
• Experience conducting and interpreting precision measurement and characterisation testing.
• A practical, collaborative approach to technical leadership and problem solving.
• Comfortable working within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, partnering with systems, optics, mechanics, controls and manufacturing teams.
• Degree qualified in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an innovative and growing company, helping develop world-leading semiconductor metrology technology while building and leading a highly capable electronics and instrumentation team. If this sounds like the next step in your career, please apply with your CV or get in touch for a confidential discussion.