Electronic Engineer

Electronics Engineer | Birmingham

£48,000 - £60,000 | Home Based (Office Optional)

Our client is a Birmingham-based innovator whose novel sensing technologies convert real-world physical data into meaningful, actionable intelligence. Their work underpins strategic decision-making for some of the biggest companies in the world, giving them the hard evidence they need to move with confidence. This is a business built on precision engineering and rigorous data, not guesswork.

The Role

They are looking for an Electronics Engineer with embedded software capability to join their R&D team. You'll work across circuit design, PCB layout, and firmware development, helping to build the next generation of sensing instrumentation from the ground up.

Work However Suits You Best

This is a genuinely flexible role. Home working is fully supported, and for most of the team it is essentially work from home, with the office there if and when you want it or need it. The only fixed requirement is a fortnightly R&D team meeting, usually a Friday morning, so you stay connected with the wider engineering group. Outside of that, how and where you work is largely up to you. Part-time applicants and flexible hours will also be considered.

What You'll Be Doing

• Collaborating on electrical circuit design and PCB layout, with an eye on minimising manufacturing variance downstream
• Developing, debugging, and testing firmware for next-generation digital instrumentation
• Diagnosing and resolving hardware and codebase issues, supporting the wider test engineering effort
• Taking ownership of features and components within active project workstreams
• Maintaining clear technical documentation and working within an agile, sprint-based environment

What We're Looking For

• A background in electronics engineering with genuine embedded software experience, comfortable working across both hardware and firmware
• Confidence with PCB design and schematic capture tools such as Altium or KiCad
• Solid understanding of circuit design, PCB layout, and digital signal processing (DSP)
• Awareness of design for manufacture, including EMC, RoHS, and WEEE considerations
• Firmware or systems programming experience, ideally C and/or Verilog
• A methodical, detail-focused approach and the ability to manage your own workload independently

Good to Have

• Experience designing to ATEX (IEC 60079-11) or environmental testing (IEC 60068-2) standards
• PLC programming experience, particularly Siemens S7
• Familiarity with STM32 or Zynq SoCs

If you want the autonomy of a home-based role without losing the option of office collaboration when it matters, this is worth a conversation.