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Senior Hardware Engineer (Limerick, hybrid) Full Details:

Senior Hardware Engineer

Our client is an exciting Energy Management solutions company based in Castletroy, Limerick. They are part of a global leading technology group operating in large-scale smart energy solutions around the globe. Due to continued growth, they are now hiring a Senior Hardware Engineer to join their team in Limerick. The role is hybrid, with 2 days per week based in the Limerick office and 3 days per week remote. This role will involve working in a small multi-functional team, with hands-on involvement in design, development, and testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the new and existing product development efforts, from concept phase to design transfer and release.
• Drive circuit level hardware design phases including architecture and design, component selection, schematic entry, board bring-up and integration with systems/assets.
• Work closely with suppliers in evaluation and verification of OEM products.
• Work effectively within a multi-functional team including firmware, software, and product design, aligning with the schedule and budget throughout the product life-cycle.
• Support project teams in general activities related to ongoing product design and development.
• Implement and evaluate designs to ensure that all compliance requirements (e.g. IEC, UL) are being met throughout the design process.
• Participate in technical design reviews to ensure electrical design integrity and safety.
• Generate design specifications, test protocols, execute/automate testing and associated test reports.
• Develop and implement test procedures to verify design operation and compliance to international standards.
• Apply robust techniques such as FMEA to minimize occurrence, and root-cause, of product or component failure.

 

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronic or Computer Engineering or a related field.
• At least 8 years experience as a Hardware Engineer, designing and testing both analog and digital circuitry on printed circuit board assemblies.
• Strong skills in hardware design, troubleshooting, peer review, and providing technical direction, are all essential.
• Experience of leading projects or of mentoring more junior hardware engineers.
• Experienced designing AC/DC and DC/DC converters.
• Experience interfacing hardware peripherals like current sensors, relays, etc.
• Ability to review PCBAs.
• Experience in designing for conducting compliance testing, including: Radiated and Conducted Immunity, Radiated and Conducted Emissions, ESD Testing.
• Experience with bring-up of PCBAs and circuit troubleshooting.
• Excellent spoken English and general communication skills are required, and previous experience liaising with partner companies and suppliers is desirable.

Experience of the following would be an advantage (however is not required):

• Embedded design skills for products that include microprocessors and analog circuitry.
• Experience designing networked devices using both wired and wireless technologies.
• Experience developing low-level drivers or firmware in C/C++.
• Development of automated tests, using languages such as Python, or C/C++.
• Working with inter-device communication protocols such as: I2C, SPI, UART, RS485, Modbus, etc., in an embedded environment.
• Design simulation and analysis, circuit analysis, board level simulation.
• Experience in the energy industry, and/or design of embedded IoT devices.

This is a hybrid role (2 days per week on site and 3 days per week remote) and attractive salary + full benefits on offer, including 25 days holidays, bonus, health insurance, company pension scheme, flexitime, etc.

(NB - Unfortunately sponsorship is not available for this role.)

To find out more about this new career opportunity, please feel free to contact me, Philip Brady, MD, in the strictest of confidence, by email at Philip@pbrecruitment.ie, or phone: + 353 61 450 679.

You can also contact me via LinkedIn or twitter as follows:

LinkedIn: http://ie.linkedin.com/in/philipbradyitrecruiter

Twitter: http://twitter.com/philipwitter

 

Thank you!

Date Posted:
23/08/24 - 10:18 Location:
Limerick | Midwest | Munster Category:
Electronics | Embedded Engineer | HW Engineer Job Reference:
2408 Job Type:
Permanent