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Hardware Engineer
Platform Recruitment
AnyEdinburgh
Job Description
Job Description
Hardware Engineer | Edinburgh | £30-40k DOE We’re looking for an engineer to join a disruptive semiconductor company developing ground breaking technology in a fast-moving environment. Responsibilities * Design, develop and validate high-speed digital electronics, FPGA solutions, embedded software and application software. * Build and automate product testing and characterisation using Python, developing repeatable test plans and customer-facing technical reports. * Support customers and partners with technical evaluations, demonstrations, training, integration and first-line technical support. * Represent the company at customer sites, trade shows and industry events, feeding customer insight back into product development and engineering Technical Requirements * Degree in Electronics Engineering or a related subject, with some relevant industry, internship or project experience. * Exposure to electronics design, including schematic capture (e.g. Altium/OrCAD) and hands-on hardware bring-up, debugging and rework. * Experience or academic/project exposure to C, Python and FPGA design, with an understanding of software development practices. Personal Requirements * Fast learner and naturally inquisitive, able to quickly understand new technologies and apply them practically. * Proactive, reliable and adaptable, with the confidence to work autonomously in a rapidly changing environment. * Strong communicator who can translate technical problems between customer engineering teams and internal engineering. * Detail-oriented team player with a genuine enthusiasm for engineering and modern development practices, including AI-assisted workflows. Bonus Skills * Experience working across the hardware/software interface, particularly where system constraints and interfaces are critical. * Exposure to high-speed digital design or FPGA development. * Experience with automated testing, technical documentation, specifications or customer-facing engineering. * Comfortable combining hands-on development with customer visits, demonstrations and field engineering, including international travel. Benefits * Opportunity to work with the most bleeding edge technologies * Share options * 25 days holiday which increases year on year * Competitive pension scheme Ready to truly kickstart your career working on the newest technology in a fast-paced environment? Apply today