At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead electronic design projects from concept to customer handover, ensuring quality and accuracy.
- Company: Specialist engineering business in Ringwood focused on test, measurement, and automation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, ownership of projects, and a dynamic technical environment.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and influence in design quality.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in innovative projects and enhance your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in electronic design with strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Please note: only applicants with the full-time, permanent right to work in the UK will be considered.
Overview:
- Lead electronic and electrical design activity across test, measurement and automation projects
- Produce specifications, schematics, wiring schedules, PCB designs and manufacturing documentation
- Support projects from concept through to build, test, FAT/SAT and customer handover
- Work closely with Project Managers, customers, engineers and manufacturing teams
- Provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers and support design sign-off
This role is with a specialist engineering business in Ringwood, working across test, measurement and automation equipment. The Electronic Design Engineer will take a lead technical role on projects, producing electrical and electronic design specifications, supporting work package flow-down, checking technical documentation and ensuring designs are ready for manufacture.
The role includes hands-on design, technical checking, project support, customer communication and guidance for less senior engineers. The Electronic Design Engineer will also support quotation activity, manufacturing readiness, testing and technical documentation, so this role needs someone who is accurate, methodical and comfortable working across several projects at once.
Day-to-day responsibilities:
- Generate electrical and electronic design specifications for projects and work packages
- Act as lead technical engineer on assigned projects, reporting progress to Project Managers
- Prepare technical cost estimates to support quotation activity
- Clarify customer requirements and translate them into practical design specifications
- Produce and check wiring schedules, schematics, electrical drawings and electronic documentation
- Design analogue and digital interface circuits for test and automation applications
- Design PCBs where required
- Research and source specialist components or equipment when needed
- Check and sign off manufacturing drawing packs before build
- Work with manufacturing teams to answer technical questions during assembly and test
- Run and supervise testing activity where required
- Attend Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing with customers when needed
- Produce product reference documentation, handbooks and supporting technical files
- Maintain drawing records and keep design information accurate and controlled
- Keep up to date with relevant industry and external design standards
- Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues and customers
What they’re looking for:
- Formal qualification in electronic, electrical or related engineering discipline
- At least 5 years’ experience in electrical or electronic design at design/implementation level
- Experience designing test equipment
- Experience designing analogue and digital interface circuits
- Able to produce accurate wiring schedules, schematics and design documentation
- Confident supporting products from concept through to manufacture, testing and acceptance
- Comfortable checking technical information produced by others
- Able to communicate clearly with customers, project teams, engineers and manufacturing colleagues
- Accurate, methodical and able to anticipate problems before they affect delivery
- Able to meet BPSS requirements
Desirable:
- 18th Edition qualification
- Experience in power engineering
- Experience with National Instruments hardware or software
- PCB design experience
- Previous experience with test, measurement, automation or bespoke equipment design
- Experience supporting FAT, SAT or customer acceptance testing
What’s on offer:
- Salary: £55,000 – £65,000
- A senior-level role with ownership across concept design, detailed documentation, technical checking and product realisation.
- The chance to work on varied test, measurement and automation projects rather than repetitive product updates.
- A technical environment where the Electronic Design Engineer can influence design quality, manufacturing readiness and successful project delivery.
How to apply:
If you’re interested in this role, get in touch to talk through the project scope and technical requirements. Call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering.
Electronic Design Engineer in Ringwood employer: Holt Engineering
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