Senior Electronics Engineer

Location: Pudsey, West Yorkshire

Salary: Up to £70,000 DOE

KO2’s client is a specialist engineering business based in the Bradford area, developing and designing bespoke electronic equipment for a range of applications. Due to continued growth, they are looking to add an experienced Electronics Engineer to their engineering team.

This is a hands-on role suited to an engineer with a strong electronics skill set who enjoys working on custom designs from concept through to production.

The Role

• Design and develop bespoke electronic systems and circuits
• Work across the full product lifecycle: requirements, design, prototyping, testing, and production support
• Create schematics, PCB layouts, and technical documentation
• Debug, fault-find, and improve existing designs
• Support products through EMC testing and regulatory approval
• Collaborate closely with mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong background in analogue and digital electronics design
• Experience designing bespoke or low-volume electronic products
• Schematic capture and PCB design using Altium Designer, Eagle, or KiCad
• Proven experience with EMC and regulatory compliance (e.g. CE, UKCA, FCC)
• Confident with debugging, testing, and fault-finding at board level
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of designs
• Relevant degree or equivalent industry experience

Desirable (but not essential)

• Knowledge of wireless technologies
• Embedded systems and microcontroller development
• Knowledge of sensor systems, signal conditioning, and low‑power electronics.

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to work on interesting, custom-engineered products
• A technically focused role with real design ownership
• Supportive, engineering-led environment
• Competitive salary and benefits package

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

*KO2 specialises in the embedded and electronics design sector. If this role isn’t right for you but you know someone who may be interested, please let us know — we offer a referral bonus for successful introductions.*

Embedded Software Engineer – IoT

Location: Leeds City Centre (Hybrid)

Salary: £40,000 – £60,000 DOE

KO2 specialises in the embedded and electronics design sector. If this role isn’t right for you but you know someone who may be interested, please let us know — we offer a referral bonus for successful introductions.

KO2 is working with an innovative IoT company based in Leeds City Centre that is continuing to grow its engineering team. They are looking for an experienced Embedded Software Engineer to play a key role in the development of next-generation connected products used in real-world applications.

This is a great opportunity to join a technically strong team, working on full product lifecycles in a fast-moving and collaborative environment.

The Role

As an Embedded Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining embedded software for IoT devices. You’ll work closely with hardware, systems, and product teams to deliver robust and scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain embedded software in C/C++
• Work with RTOS-based systems
• Implement and support wireless communication protocols
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from concept to production
• Debug, test, and optimise embedded systems for performance and reliability

Essential Skills & Experience

• 4+ years’ commercial experience in embedded software development
• Strong experience with Embedded C/C++
• Solid understanding of RTOS
• Experience working with wireless communications (e.g. BLE, Wi-Fi, Sub-GHz, etc.)
• Comfortable working on resource-constrained devices

Desirable Experience

• Embedded Linux
• Zigbee or other mesh networking protocols
• IoT product development experience

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Hybrid working (Leeds City Centre office)
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge IoT products
• Collaborative engineering culture with real technical ownership

If you’re an Embedded Engineer looking for a new challenge in the IoT space and want to work on meaningful, connected technology, this could be a great fit.

Head of Engineering

Location: Wakefield – Hybrid WFH Available

Salary: Up to £95,000 + Benefits

The Role

KO2 is now working exclusively with an innovative technology company based in the Wakefield area that is seeking a Head of Engineering to lead and scale its engineering function with a particular focus on software services and cloud technology integration. This is a senior leadership role where you will take ownership of engineering strategy, delivery, and team development across a multidisciplinary environment, spanning electronics, mechanical, software, cloud, and connected services.

You will play a key role in driving the evolution of their electronic products by integrating modern software services, cloud technologies and app integration, enabling smarter, connected, and more scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the integration of software services and cloud technologies into electronic devices.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a multidisciplinary engineering team (electronics, embedded, software, cloud).
• Define and deliver the engineering roadmap, aligned with business and product strategy.
• Establish and improve engineering processes, standards, and best practices.
• Work closely with product, operations, and senior leadership to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Support recruitment, performance management, and long-term capability growth within the engineering team.
• Ensure engineering decisions balance innovation, quality, cost, and time-to-market.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role (Head of Engineering, Engineering Manager, Technical Director, or similar).
• Strong background working with electronic devices and embedded systems.
• Demonstrable experience adding software services, connectivity, and cloud technology to hardware-based products.
• Understanding of cloud platforms, IoT architectures, and modern software development practices.
• Experience leading cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at senior stakeholder level.

What’s on Offer

• A senior leadership role with real influence over technology direction
• Opportunity to work on innovative, connected electronic products
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Hybrid working and flexibility
• Long-term career progression within a forward-thinking business

Apply today with an update to date CV for his exciting new role or contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 for a confidential conversation.

Role: Junior Electronics Engineer

Location: Harrogate

Salary: Up to £35,000 + Benefits

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions recruit for electronics and embedded systems businesses in the North of England, if this role does not appeal but you are from the electronics world, please make contact with KO2.

KO2’s client is a well established and growing engineering business designing and developing advanced communication systems used within the automotive sector, with a strong focus on safety critical applications. Due to winning a major new order, they are expanding their engineering team and are looking to appoint an Electronics Engineer on a permanent basis.

The role is based onsite in Harrogate five days per week and is easily commutable from Leeds, York, Wetherby etc. This is a very busy environment where you will be working on real products that are actively used within the automotive industry. In return, KO2’s client offers a salary of £30,000 to £35,000 alongside large company benefits and long term stability.

You will be involved in the full electronics design lifecycle, working closely with a multidisciplinary engineering team. The work is hands on and varied, offering the chance to contribute to both new product development and existing designs as production volumes increase.

Key skills and experience for this role include experience in electronics design, covering both digital and analogue electronics, schematic capture and PCB design and development, exposure to FPGA based designs including Xilinx devices, experience or familiarity with VHDL, understanding of communication systems and signal integrity considerations, experience supporting designs through test, debug and validation, and some basic knowledge of embedded software or firmware development would be beneficial. These skills reflect the type of technologies and responsibilities you will have the opportunity to work with in this position

This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing engineering team at an exciting time, contributing to safety focused automotive technology while developing your skills within a supportive, well resourced organisation.

To apply or to discuss this role in more detail, please contact KO2.

RF Electronics Engineer

Location: Bradford

Salary: Up to £70,000 DOE

KO2 is working exclusively with a technology-driven client based in Bradford who are looking to strengthen their engineering team with an experienced RF Electronics Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-performance RF designs used in cutting-edge electronic systems. The successful candidate will be joining a medium sized, multidisciplinary engineering team and join at an exciting teams as our client has several new projects due to kick off in early 2026.

The Role

As an RF Electronics Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, simulation, testing, and validation of RF circuits and subsystems operating across 6GHz to 18GHz. You’ll play a key role in taking concepts from initial architecture through to production, working closely with PCB layout engineers, system engineers, and external test houses.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, analyse, and optimise RF circuits and subsystems including LNAs, PAs, mixers, filters, oscillators, and synthesisers
• Develop RF front-end architectures and contribute to system-level design decisions
• Perform RF simulation and modelling using industry-standard tools such as Keysight ADS, AWR Microwave Office, CST, and HFSS
• Conduct S-parameter analysis, tolerance analysis, and design for manufacturability
• Create and execute RF test plans, verification procedures, and acceptance testing
• Troubleshoot complex RF issues at component, PCB, and system level
• Correlate lab measurements with simulation results and drive design improvements
• Support EMC, EMI, and RF compliance, certification testing, and regulatory engagement
• Collaborate closely with PCB layout engineers on controlled impedance routing, grounding, shielding, and stack-up selection
• Integrate RF hardware into larger mixed-signal and digital systems
• Produce clear technical documentation and contribute to design and architecture reviews

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong theoretical grounding in electromagnetics, RF propagation, transmission line theory, and impedance matching
• Proven experience designing RF circuits across microwave frequency bands (1GHz–18GHz)
• In-depth knowledge of linearity, noise figure, phase noise, intermodulation, and spectral purity
• Hands-on experience with RF test equipment including VNAs, spectrum analysers, signal generators, power meters, and noise figure analysers
• Skilled in designing transmit RF chains
• RF PCB layout knowledge including controlled impedance routing, grounding strategies, shielding, and isolation
• Experience with multilayer PCB stack-ups and substrates such as FR-4 and Rogers
• Familiarity with wireless standards such as LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth
• Working knowledge of Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW for RF analysis and test automation
• Structured approach to documentation, version control, and reporting

Why Apply?

• Work on technically challenging RF designs
• Join a stable and forward-thinking engineering team
• Opportunity to influence system-level architecture and design decisions

Apply today or contact KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions for more information.