Location: Falkirk
Salary: £30,000 – £40,000 DOE

About the role

Do you like working out what’s wrong with a circuit and fixing it? We’re looking for an Electronic Technician to join our clients team in Falkirk. You’ll diagnose and repair VF drives, HMIs and circuit boards from a wide range of industries.

Each job is different and needs real problem-solving. You’ll use your electronics knowledge and soldering skills to deliver high-quality repairs that keep our customers’ operations running.

What you’ll be doing

• Diagnosing faults on circuit boards and electronic systems using schematics and component datasheets
• Carrying out detailed repairs: testing and replacing components, re-soldering connections and bringing equipment back into service
• Using soldering irons, hot air rework stations, multimeters, oscilloscopes and other test equipment to make precise repairs and adjustments
• Carrying out routine maintenance to prevent future failures and make equipment last longer
• Recording repair procedures, replaced components and work carried out, for quality control and future reference

What we’re looking for

• Strong electronics knowledge, with the ability to read and interpret schematics and datasheets
• Hands-on repair skills down to surface mount (SMD) level
• Experience using datasheets to fault-find on complex circuits
• Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies – IPC J-STD-001
• The ability to work efficiently while following safety standards and quality procedures
• A motivated, methodical approach and an eye for detail

Why join?

• Competitive salary of £30,000 – £40,000, depending on experience
• Varied, hands-on work across many types of equipment and industries
• A supportive team that’s focused on doing excellent repair work
• The chance to build your skills in a fast-paced technical environment

How to apply

If you enjoy fault-finding and take pride in precise, quality work, we’d like to hear from you. Send us your CV and a short note about your electronics repair experience.

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About the Role

KO2’s client is seeking an exceptionally talented Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to join their elite engineering team in Newmarket. This is genuinely a rare opportunity to work on some of the most exciting and challenging mechanical engineering projects you’ll encounter in your career. You’ll find yourself at the forefront of designing and engineering novel automotive robot systems that are quite literally breaking boundaries in the safety arena.

The role will see you working directly alongside one of the most experienced mechanical engineers on the market, who will serve as an exceptional mentor. This is the kind of technical leadership and guidance that money quite frankly cannot buy, and it’s the sort of opportunity that will genuinely accelerate your professional development in ways that most engineers only dream about.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be responsible for leading the mechanical design function from initial concept right through to successful manufacture. This is not a narrow, specialist role; rather, you’ll be involved in the complete engineering lifecycle. Your primary focus will be to create detailed 3D CAD models using SolidWorks, generating comprehensive technical drawings and system architectures that are both robust and thoroughly thought through. You’ll be running sophisticated structural analysis and finite element analysis (FEA) to understand precisely how systems will perform under real world stresses, vibrations and environmental conditions.

Critically important to this role is your understanding of fabrication, steel construction, welding techniques and bolting strategies. The engineering here is substantial, chunky mechanical engineering, not the sort of lightweight polymeric work you might find elsewhere. You’ll be selecting appropriate materials, evaluating manufacturing methods, and essentially ensuring that everything you design is not just technically sound but genuinely manufacturable by the teams on the shop floor.

There’s also significant work to be done in terms of rework and redesign on the existing platform. We’re looking to take several hundred hours out of the build process through intelligent engineering, which means improving efficiency, reducing production costs, and resolving manufacturing constraints. You’ll be implementing change management protocols, issuing service bulletins, creating and maintaining comprehensive technical manuals, and ensuring absolutely everything meets the rigorous NATO compliance standards required for the end customer.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll have demonstrated, proven experience as a senior mechanical design engineer, with genuine competency in creating robust designs from initial concept through to successful manufacture. Your CAD skills will be exceptionally strong, particularly with SolidWorks, and you’ll have a meticulous understanding of how to create assemblies, components and detailed manufacturing drawings that actually make sense on the shop floor.

You’ll be comfortable applying engineering principles, undertaking calculations, specifying appropriate tolerances, and using FEA to validate your designs. Most importantly, you’ll have genuine understanding of manufacturing processes. You won’t just design in isolation; you’ll understand how things are actually made, cut, welded, and finished. You’ll be knowledgeable about metals and materials selection, and you’ll be able to confidently discuss fabrication, machining, welding, and finishing techniques.

You need to be someone who approaches design challenges pragmatically, who evaluates problems logically and makes evidence based technical decisions. You should be the sort of engineer who takes genuine ownership of accuracy and engineering excellence.

You need to communicate complex engineering information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. You should be someone who works effectively with colleagues and manufacturing teams. You’ll need to be proactive, capable of working with appropriate autonomy and without requiring constant hand-holding. You’ll demonstrate sound engineering judgement and professional credibility. We’re looking for someone who is confident to make sound technical decisions and take ownership of outcomes.

Why Join

This is quite genuinely a unique opportunity. The products being developed here are genuinely innovative and internationally significant. The engineering challenges are substantial and genuinely interesting. Your work will quite literally make a difference in the real world, deployed across numerous countries globally. If you’re the sort of engineer who wants to do genuinely meaningful work on genuinely interesting problems, with genuinely good people, then this could be absolutely perfect for you.

Apply Today

If this role appeals to you and you believe you’ve got the technical capability and the right attitude to succeed in this environment, we’d very much like to hear from you. Please send your CV through to KO2 and we can have a proper discussion about whether this opportunity is genuinely right for you.

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The Role

You’ll be joining a live, business critical project as a Senior SCADA/Controls Engineer, developing and supporting the automated control system that manages power generation across multiple sources on site. This is high-consequence work on infrastructure where reliability is essential, and you’ll be working closely with an experienced in-house engineering team to deliver it.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Developing and supporting SCADA/EMS control logic integrating generators, battery energy storage (BESS) and wind generation into one automated system
• Working with an Enercon-based wind SCADA platform, coordinating closed-loop automatic control across energy sources
• Building HMI screens, alarm management and historical data logging
• Supporting automatic transitions between generation sources, load management and diesel dispatch logic
• Working to a Functional Design Specification (FDS) and contributing to its ongoing development
• Liaising directly with site engineering teams on the safe delivery of control changes

What We’re Looking For

• Proven, hands-on experience developing SCADA systems for power generation, renewable energy, microgrids or similar critical infrastructure environments
• Strong PLC/SCADA development background – Beckhoff TwinCAT experience highly desirable
• Experience integrating multiple asset types (generators, BESS, renewables) into a single control platform
• Familiarity with industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, IEC 61850 or OPC UA
• Comfortable working in a high-consequence environment where errors carry real operational impact
• Available to start at short notice for a 6 month contract

Contract Details

• Job Title: Senior SCADA / Controls Engineer
• Contract Length: 6 months, with potential to extend
• Rate: £70-£80 per hour, Outside IR35
• Location: Aberdeen, Bromsgrove, Hull or Sheffield. Your choice.
• Start Date: ASAP

This is a genuinely niche skill set and the client needs someone in place fast. A one stage interview can be quickly arranged.

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Contract length: 3 months initially (potential to extend)

Rate: £45-£53 per hour (circa £350 – £400 per day), Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

The Role:

Our client is a large organisation based near Livingston, is looking for an IT Asset Coordinator to lead a major consolidation and audit of IT equipment held across multiple site locations.

This is a hands-on, physical role rather than a technical one – ideal for someone with a background in warehousing, stores management or logistics who is comfortable identifying general IT hardware. Candidates with a military stores/ logistics background are particularly well suited to this role.

You’ll start with a significant backlog of new and legacy IT equipment (laptops, monitors, network switches, printers, cabling, racking) that needs to be consolidated, audited and properly documented – then sorted for reuse, resale or disposal. As equipment arrives from other sites, you’ll repeat the process, working towards a clean, accurate, and repeatable stock system that can be handed over to the internal IT team at the end of the contract.

Key Responsibilities:

• Audit and physically consolidate IT equipment arriving from multiple sites
• Create and maintain an accurate stock record, capturing serial numbers, device type, storage location, PO reference, and intended purpose
• Sort equipment into categories: ready for redeployment, for resale, or for disposal
• Liaise with an appointed recycling/disposal partner to arrange collection of scrapped equipment
• Coordinate with internal logistics/warehouse teams to arrange collection and transport of equipment between sites
• Work with finance colleagues where equipment is being sold on
• Prepare stock for deployment – organising shelving, building pallets and managing physical storage space
• Work alongside two junior technicians responsible for wiping laptops and network equipment
• Establish a clear, documented process that can be handed over to the IT team once the contract concludes

Skills required:

• Experience in a warehousing, stores, or logistics environment is essential
• A general understanding of IT equipment (laptops, monitors, network switches, printers, cabling) — you do not need to be a technical specialist
• Highly organised, methodical, and accurate with record-keeping
• A practical “doer” who is comfortable with physical, on-site work
• Able to work independently, prioritise, and manage a large volume of stock
• Ex-forces candidates with a stores/supply background are strongly encouraged to apply

Additional Information

This is a on-site role based in Livingston, West Lothian. You need to be able to commute to site daily for the duration of the contract.

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Introduced by: KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions

Client Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 per annum

The Opportunity

Our client is building the next generation of real-time detection systems that operate at the edge of the network, where connectivity is unreliable and power is constrained. Their vision is straightforward and radical: machine learning models that run on embedded devices, processing sensor data in the field, making instant decisions without relying on cloud infrastructure or continuous data transmission.

This is not a supervised learning problem on tabular business data. This is not model serving from a GPU cluster. This is embedded machine learning in its most demanding form: taking sophisticated sensor-based classification systems and making them run reliably on devices with megabytes of RAM, in real-world environments where data is noisy, conditions are uncontrolled, and failure is not an option.

The client is at the frontier of what embedded ML can do. Most organisations are still building cloud-first systems. They are building ground-truth systems: devices that operate autonomously, make decisions in real time, and remain reliable under the constraints that define actual field deployment.

The Challenge

The engineering challenge is significant. You will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of machine learning models that run on embedded devices. This means:

From Sensor to Deployed Device. You will work with raw sensor data streams from physical devices operating in uncontrolled environments. This data is not clean. It carries noise, calibration drift, temperature sensitivity, and the unpredictable behaviour of systems deployed in the real world. Your job is to transform this stream into a robust, real-time classification model that runs on hardware with severe constraints on memory, computation, and power.

Engineering Under Constraint. Every machine learning decision you make has downstream consequences for embedded systems. A model that requires 512MB of RAM will not run on a device with 128MB. A model that takes 500ms per inference will drain the battery in days. A model that works in the lab but degrades in the field is a failure. You will learn to think like an embedded systems engineer, not a researcher. You will understand that the goal is not maximum accuracy; it is maximum accuracy within the hardware constraints that define your actual platform.

Real-World Iteration. You will take models from lab development through semi-field validation and into live deployment. You will see what happens when your model encounters conditions it has never seen before. You will debug why a model that performed flawlessly during development is behaving unexpectedly in the field. You will iterate based on real-world performance data and build the judgment to know when a model is sufficiently reliable for deployment.

Cross-Domain Transfer. The long-term vision is building a platform where machine learning models and data structures developed for one application can be adapted and transferred to others. You will contribute to demonstrating that this is technically possible; that you can take a model built for one classification task and, with appropriate retraining and adaptation, make it work reliably in a different domain. This is the frontier of applied ML.

The Role

Reporting to the Lead Data Scientist, you will own the development and deployment of machine learning models that sit at the heart of the embedded detection platform. You will work closely with R&D scientists, firmware engineers, hardware designers, and product teams. You will be the bridge between data science and embedded systems. You will own the complete pipeline: from sensor data ingestion and cleaning, through feature engineering and model development, through embedded optimisation and deployment, through field validation and iteration.

Key Responsibilities

• Clean, structure, and analyse sensor datasets from real-world deployments for training and evaluation
• Develop machine learning models optimised for embedded deployment on resource-constrained devices
• Work with TensorFlow Lite, Edge Impulse, or custom firmware deployment strategies to integrate models into actual hardware platforms
• Optimise model architecture, quantization, and inference speed to fit hardware constraints without unacceptable loss of accuracy
• Collaborate with firmware engineers to integrate your models into live devices, understanding and accommodating their constraints
• Test model performance across lab, semi-field, and real-world settings; identify failure modes and iterate
• Document training pipelines, feature engineering methods, model validation results, and deployment learnings
• Establish reproducible, scalable workflows for model development, retraining, and versioning
• Support future platform expansion by demonstrating that models can be adapted across different applications and use cases
• Develop model-driven features such as confidence scoring, anomaly detection, and on-device adaptation logic

Must-Haves

• 5+ years of applied experience in data science or machine learning engineering roles
• Strong, demonstrable experience with machine learning for classification tasks
• Proficiency in Python and relevant libraries: scikit-learn, TensorFlow, pandas, NumPy
• Real-world experience working with sensor data, time-series data, or IoT data streams
• Familiarity with embedded ML tools and approaches: TensorFlow Lite, Edge Impulse, ONNX Runtime, or equivalent
• Hands-on mindset; comfortable getting close to hardware, firmware code, and the real-world constraints of device deployment
• Clear communication; ability to explain model behaviour, limitations, and engineering trade-offs to non-technical collaborators

Nice-to-Haves

• Signal processing experience or background in IoT systems
• Previous work deploying models to edge devices or microcontrollers
• Experience with model quantization, pruning, or other embedded optimisation techniques
• Background in biology, chemistry, environmental science, or related domains
• Familiarity with sensor calibration pipelines, metadata tagging, or HDF5
• Experience with dataset versioning and ML workflow management: MLflow, DVC, Weights & Biases
• Understanding of low-power device design and power budgeting

What Success Looks Like in Year One

Models in the Field, Not the Lab. You will have taken at least one machine learning model from initial development through to embedded deployment on a live device. You will have validated that model across lab conditions, semi-field conditions, and real-world deployment. You will have documented accuracy and reliability benchmarks that the R&D and product teams trust enough to build products around.

A Repeatable ML Pipeline. You will have established clean, documented workflows for model development, feature engineering, validation, and versioning. The process will no longer be ad hoc. When new sensor data arrives, when a new classification task emerges, or when an existing model needs retraining, the team will have a clear, reproducible path forward.

Embedded Constraints Are Second Nature. You will think routinely in terms of memory budgets, latency budgets, and power budgets. You will anticipate firmware engineer constraints before they surface as integration bottlenecks. You will make design decisions that balance model accuracy against hardware reality.

Real-World Reliability Mindset. You will understand that deployment is when learning truly begins. You will have built the infrastructure to monitor deployed models, identify when they degrade, understand why, and iterate. You will have learned the hard lessons about what separates a model that works in the lab from one that works reliably in the field.

Cross-Domain Credibility. You will have contributed technical evidence that machine learning systems can be developed for one application and transferred to others, with appropriate adaptation and retraining. You will understand what transfers and what does not.

Why This Matters

Your client is working at the frontier of applied embedded machine learning. Most ML work today is server-centric or cloud-centric. The real innovation now is in making sophisticated machine learning work reliably on devices with severe constraints, in real-world conditions, without cloud dependency.

This is where the intellectual frontier is. This is where the technical challenges are genuine. This is where you will learn, in depth and under pressure, what it actually takes to build ML systems that work.

Your models will power systems that operate in the real world, making real decisions, creating measurable impact. You are not building dashboards. You are not building systems that work in the lab. You are building systems that have to work when deployed in the field, under conditions you cannot control, with hardware you cannot upgrade.

Application

Please submit the following:

• Your CV
• A cover letter (required) explaining your experience with embedded ML and real-world sensor data, and why this particular challenge interests you
• Answers to the following questions:

1. Can you commit to 3 days per week in Edinburgh?
2. Describe a time you deployed a machine learning model to an embedded or edge device. What were the hardware constraints, and how did you optimise the model to fit them?
3. Have you worked with real-world sensor or time-series data? Describe the challenges you encountered and how you addressed them.
4. What is your current notice period?
5. Tell us about a time you took a machine learning model or pipeline built for one application and adapted it to a different use case or domain. What was transferable? What had to be rebuilt?
6. What draws you to embedded machine learning specifically, rather than traditional cloud-based ML or data science?

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Are you a Scrum Master who adapts to the team in front of you, rather than reaching for the textbook?

Our client is a global medical device business whose software directly impacts patient outcomes. Their Scotland based development team has recently gone through significant growth – roughly doubling in size, within a wider delivery ecosystem that has grown even further and they need a dedicated, full-time Scrum Master to help this bigger team gel, structure itself, and deliver.

What makes this role different

The hiring managers were clear: they don’t want someone who arrives and announces “you’re doing it wrong.” They want someone who says “show me what you do, and let me work out how I can help.” You’ll be a supporting player who lifts the whole team – not a project leader, and not a technical lead. Project leadership is already in place. This is about process, flow, and helping the team create value.

What you’ll be doing

• Facilitating all Scrum ceremonies across multiple newly formed teams, keeping them productive and timeboxed
• Coaching the team in self-management, cross-functionality, and conflict resolution as they settle into their new structure
• Using Agile metrics (velocity, burn-down) to improve predictability and quality
• Removing impediments, often working with external stakeholders to clear the path
• Ensuring delivery stays compliant within a regulated medical device environment

What they’re looking for

• 3+ years as a full-time Scrum Master or Agile Lead in a software engineering environment
• Proven experience stabilising a recently scaled or growing team – this is the situation you’re walking into
• A coaching-led, adaptive approach: best practice shaped to the team, not imposed on it
• Regulated industry background (medical devices, ISO 13485, IEC 62304 – or similar compliance-driven sectors) is a plus
• Embedded software environment experience is a bonus, not a requirement

The details

• Initial 12 month contract
• Up to £75 per hour, Inside IR35
• Hybrid working, office in the Glasgow area
• Interviews moving quickly – this is the client’s top priority hire

If you’re the Scrum Master who brings the team with you rather than setting off a grenade, apply now or message me directly.

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We’re recruiting for a senior DevOps Engineer to support a growing engineering team working on embedded software and connected hardware systems.

This is a hands-on role focused on CI/CD, build and release pipelines, tooling, and test infrastructure for embedded products. You’ll work closely with Software, QA and Hardware teams to improve and maintain a robust delivery environment.

This opportunity would suit someone with experience in embedded systems, electronics-led environments, hardware-connected software, or HIL / hardware-based test setups.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for supporting and improving the DevOps and tooling environment that underpins embedded software delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Own and improve the CI/CD environment for embedded software delivery
• Maintain and enhance GitHub Actions pipelines for build, test, release and deployment
• Support build, packaging, artifact management and release processes
• Help evolve tooling following a migration from Jenkins to GitHub
• Support deployment and testing across hardware rigs / Raspberry Pi-based environments
• Work closely with QA and engineering teams on test automation and build reliability
• Improve code quality, pipeline stability and release traceability
• Contribute to future improvements across cloud, virtualised or scalable infrastructure

What We’re Looking For

• Strong background in DevOps, Build & Release Engineering, or CI/CD
• Experience supporting embedded software, firmware, or electronics-based products
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Good experience with build tooling, release tooling and artifact management
• Strong scripting / automation capability
• Experience working closely with Software Engineers and QA teams
• Understanding of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) or physical device-based test environments would be highly beneficial
• Exposure to AWS / cloud infrastructure would be advantageous

Tech Environment

• GitHub / GitHub Actions
• Embedded software / electronic devices
• Raspberry Pi test infrastructure
• Jenkins to GitHub migration
• Build, release and quality tooling
• Potential AWS / virtualised environments

This is a great opportunity to join a team where the DevOps capability is already established, but now needs a strong engineer to help support, improve and scale it as the wider engineering function grows.

If you have experience in DevOps for embedded systems, hardware-linked software environments, electronics products, or HIL testing infrastructure, we are keen to hear from you.

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EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS PACKAGE

• £75,000 – £95,000 base salary (depending on skills & experience)
• Performance-related bonus up to 15%
• Contributory pension scheme with up to 11% company contribution
• Family private healthcare cover
• Death in service benefit – 5x annual salary

High-Tech | Fast-Moving | Innovation-Led

KO2’s client is a high-technology, fast-evolving engineering business based in Glasgow. They design and develop highly innovative products for some of the biggest business names in the world.

While many organisations are slowing down, restructuring or reducing headcount, KO2’s client is growing. They operate in a space where deep technical capability is in high demand, and they continue to attract top-tier engineering talent in an increasingly competitive Scottish market.

This is not a slow, corporate, process-heavy environment. This is a business built on pace, innovation and delivery.

The Opportunity – A Truly Varied Technical Leadership Role

This is not a narrow Technical Director position.

This is a broad, influential, hands-on leadership role requiring someone who can move effortlessly between:

• Strategic technical direction
• Product innovation
• Engineering execution
• Team development
• Commercial awareness
• Customer engagement

You will shape technical architecture, influence product direction and guide multidisciplinary engineering teams — while ensuring innovation turns into real-world delivery.

The role demands an innovator and inventor at heart — someone who enjoys solving complex problems and pushing technical boundaries. But equally important is the softer side of leadership.

KO2’s client is looking for a Technical Director who:

• Brings people with them
• Coaches and develops talent
• Encourages initiative
• Builds alignment and energy
• Leads through influence, not hierarchy

This is about building capability as well as technology.

Culture – Built for Self-Starters

KO2’s client values:

• Initiative
• Ownership
• Energy
• Real communication skills
• Accountability

They are quick-moving and high-expectation. They look for people who act, not wait. People who pick up the phone. People who engage. People who show drive.

If you prefer heavy structure, long approval chains and a steady, predictable pace — this won’t be the right environment.

If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy responsibility and want genuine influence — this is a rare opportunity.

Who You Are

You are likely:

• Technically exceptional
• Comfortable leading senior engineers
• Commercially aware
• Energised by innovation
• Confident making decisions
• Passionate about developing others

You understand that technical excellence alone is not enough — sustainable success comes from building strong, capable, motivated teams.

Presence, collaboration and pace matter to KO2’s client, and this is a role for someone who wants to be embedded in the business and make visible impact.

EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS PACKAGE 

• £75,000 – £95,000 base salary (depending on skills & experience)
• Up to 15% performance bonus
• Up to 11% employer pension contribution
• Family private medical cover
• Death in service – 5x annual salary

If you are an innovative Technical Director who combines invention with inspiration, and you want to join a Glasgow-based technology company that is accelerating while others hesitate, KO2’s client would welcome a conversation.

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Rate: Up to £70 per hour (Outside IR35)
Location: East Glasgow – Hybrid (3 days onsite)
Contract: 6 months initially (likely to extend)

A medical electronics company is looking to hire a Contract Electronics Engineer to join an established engineering team. This role covers the full electronics product lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on electronics testing, characterisation and verification, rather than brand new electronics design.

You’ll work in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment alongside electronics engineers, mechanical engineers, embedded software engineers and scientists, helping to understand and improve complex medical systems.

The role

• Work across the full electronics product lifecycle, from design review through to test and verification
• Lead and execute electronics testing, characterisation and system level investigations
• Develop and run test plans to assess performance, limits and system interactions
• Review schematics and PCB designs and contribute to design discussions
• Collaborate daily with mechanical, software and scientific teams
• Support systems involving fluidic control mechanisms and optics

This role suits an Electronics Engineer who enjoys hands on hardware work and understanding how systems behave in the real world.

Skills required

• Strong experience as an Electronics Engineer, covering both design and test
• Solid electronics fundamentals with the confidence to challenge designs
• Hands on experience with electronics testing and characterisation
• Able to communicate clearly with non-electronics specialists
• Curious, practical mindset and interest in electronics

Years of experience are flexible. The focus is on capability, attitude and the ability to contribute quickly.

Tools & environment

• Schematic and PCB design using Altium
• On site lab and test facilities
• Close collaboration with other electronics engineers and wider engineering teams

If you’re an electronics engineer who enjoys testing, problem solving and working on real products, this is a great contract opportunity.

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Location: Renfrew

Salary: Up to £55,000 DOE

KO2’s client is seeking an accomplished and motivated Lead Design Engineer to join their team in Renfrew. This is a pivotal role where you will drive the design and development of innovative products, providing both technical expertise and leadership to ensure the successful delivery of projects from concept through to production.

As Lead Design Engineer, you will establish and maintain design standards, guide a skilled team of engineers and designers, and ensure all work meets the highest levels of quality, compliance, and functionality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Leadership – Oversee the design process from concept to delivery, ensuring manufacturability, functionality, and alignment with design intent.
• CAD Expertise – Provide advanced CAD leadership, reviewing and approving complex models in line with best practice.
• Collaboration – Work closely with manufacturing, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver cost-effective, high-quality solutions on time.
• Technical Reviews – Lead design reviews including DFMA, FMEA, and RCA to ensure robust products.
• Mentorship – Coach and develop engineers and designers, fostering growth within the team.
• Human-Centred Design – Apply ergonomics, usability, and human factors across all development stages.
• Industrial Design Translation – Convert A-surface design concepts into manufacturable components, with expertise in Colours, Materials, and Finishes (CMF).

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Mechanical, Product, or Design Engineering (or related discipline).
• 7+ years of relevant design engineering experience, ideally with leadership responsibility.
• Proven track record of taking products from concept through to launch.
• Advanced CAD proficiency with the ability to define and enforce standards.
• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Knowledge of design standards, manufacturing processes, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to balance creativity with sound engineering judgement.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary starting at £55,000 DOE
• Generous holiday package with Christmas 2024 shutdown
• Discretionary Christmas bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Death in Service cover
• Birthday gift
• Free on-site parking in modern offices
• Early finish Friday (subject to business needs)
• Part-time contracts from 28 hours+ considered (salary/holidays pro rata)

Apply today with an up to date CV and a member of the KO2 team will be in touch.

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