Electronics/Embedded Design Engineer

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Electronics/Embedded Design Engineer

Experienced / Senior Level
Full Time, Permanent | £44,000 – £52,000 per annum DOE 

We are currently seeking a forward-thinking Electronics/Embedded Design Engineer with a passion for crafting cutting-edge solutions. 

In this role, you will have a hands-on role that combines electronic hardware and embedded software development for new and existing products, from requirements through testing, regulatory approval and production.

Working with electronic, software, mechanical and production colleagues, you will take technical ownership, share knowledge and contribute ideas to improve our products and processes. You will also act as the main technical contact for UL submissions and approvals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop product requirements, hardware specifications and embedded software specifications.
• Develop, debug, test and maintain embedded software for microcontroller-based systems.
• Design analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits for industrial products.
• Produce schematics, select components and develop or oversee PCB layouts.
• Design and evaluate AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies, including protection and isolation.
• Develop low-power battery-operated designs, considering current consumption.
• Develop measurement circuits for voltage, current and three-phase.
• Design for electrical safety, EMC, reliability, manufacture and test.
• Prepare technical documentation and test evidence for UL submissions.
• Produce design calculations, test plans and validation reports.
• Carry out prototype testing, fault investigation and technical design reviews.
• Support production introduction, manufacturing test and calibration.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering or similar, with relevant industry experience
• Proven experience taking electronic products into production, with an appreciation of mechanical design and UL requirements.
• Strong electronic hardware design skills, including analogue and digital circuits.
• Practical schematic capture and PCB design experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing microcontroller-based embedded systems, with experience of different microcontroller IDEs.
• Embedded software development, debugging and deployment experience using C.
• Experience designing and evaluating AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies.
• Experience designing products to meet UL requirements and contributing directly to submissions and approvals.
• Understanding of electrical safety, isolation, creepage and clearance, circuit protection and component ratings.
• Familiarity with common embedded communication interfaces and protocols.
• Understanding of EMC design principles and experience investigating compliance issues.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and work independently.
• Good communication skills and a practical, methodical approach to problem-solving.
• Experience developing industrial instrumentation, meters, counters or control products.
• Knowledge of three-phase electrical systems and voltage, current, power and energy measurement.
• Experience designing low-power, battery-operated products.
• Experience with Proteus, Cadence, Easy-PC or Altium.
• Experience developing embedded software using an RTOS
• Experience with I²C, SPI, QSPI, UART, RS-485, Modbus RTU/TCP, USB, Ethernet
• Experience with wireless communications, including Bluetooth Low Energy.
• Experience with bootloaders and firmware update processes, version control, static code analysis and software coding standards.

What We Offer:

• Varied hardware and embedded software projects for industrial applications.
• The opportunity to take products from initial concept through design and development to mass production.
• A collaborative engineering environment with opportunities for technical ownership.
• Opportunities for professional development and progression.
• A workspace in our newly furnished offices.

How to Apply:

If you share our values and our enthusiasm, then please send your CV and a brief summary of your relevant experience to to Yvonne Massey, HR Manager at yvonne.massey@trumeter.com

Please highlight examples of electronic hardware and embedded software development, along with your involvement in UL design, submissions and approvals.

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Trumeter has designed and invented innovative products and sub-systems that truly differentiate our customers’ products. Operating in the UK, USA, and Malaysia for more than 80 years, we have sales in more than 30 countries and a worldwide network of Sales Executives, Distributor Partners and strategically located operations. At Trumeter we have a strong a foundational set of values, principles and beliefs that differentiate us from our competitors.

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