Hardware Engineer Job at City, Birmingham Full Time NEW

Contract: 6 months, Outside IR35, 2 days a week on-site

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop analogue and digital electronic circuits for sonar and subsea systems
• Develop mixed-signal hardware including sensor interfaces, signal conditioning, ADC/DAC stages
• Design low-noise, high-sensitivity electronics for acoustic and underwater sensing applications
• Work across full product lifecycle from concept, schematic design, PCB layout through to prototype, test and production
• Integrate hardware with embedded software and real-time processing systems
• Conduct lab-based debugging, validation and performance testing of electronic systems
• Support environmental testing for subsea deployment (pressure, temperature, vibration, corrosion)
• Produce technical documentation including schematics, design reports, and test procedures

Essential Skills:

• Experience with mixed-signal electronics and sensor interfacing
• PCB design experience using tools such as Altium or OrCAD
• Understanding of embedded systems and hardware/software integration
• Hands-on experience with lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, logic analysers)
• Strong understanding of signal integrity and low-noise design techniques