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Electronic Engineer

Position: Electronics Engineer

Location of Office: Chesterfield

Salary: £30,000 – £40,000

The role: A position is now available for a Electronics Design Engineer to join a client in their Chesterfield based offices. Our client design, develop and manufacture a range of electronic products for the healthcare sector with a focus on sensory solutions. This is a chance to join a business using modern technology for good, building products that improve the lives of millions of people around the globe.

This role is for an Electronics Engineer who has a recent relevant degree qualification and some industry experience, this can be as work experience whilst studying or after graduation. You will be given the chance to work in a role where you will get experience across a host of electronics design techniques including PCB design, mixed signal circuits, embedded programming in C and microcontroller design.

This role will be ideal for a Junior Electronics Engineer who is looking to work in a range of electronics disciplines with a keen eye for detail who is comfortable working in a dynamic, fast paced environment. You will be working in a small team so can expect plenty of variety in the role and chance to develop your skills quickly and with support from experienced Engineers.

Experience or knowledge of the following is required:

- PCB layout and design
- Circuit prototyping and testing
- Embedded C programming
- Mixed signal circuit design
Desirable experience:
- CAD Design tools
- Exposure to EMC standards
- Full product design lifecycle

If you are keen to build your career within a new product development focussed business who are leaders in their industry, then contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett from KO2 embedded recruitment solutions for all the details.

Electronic Design Engineer

March 28, 2024/in Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Electronic Design Engineer

Salary: £50,000 – £60,000

Location of Office: Sheffield

Location of Work: Hybrid Work from Home Available

The Role: An exciting new position has been created for an Electronic Design Engineer to join a growing design team in the Sheffield area. Our client has built up a great reputation in their industry supplying innovative, reliable, electronic solutions to a host of customers worldwide.

The ideal Electronic Design Engineer will be degree qualified and have good industry experience in a hands on electronics design role. Your current skills set will include analogue and digital circuit design, multilayer PCB design and layout (Altium ideally). Experience with EMC safety standards and schematic capture are also required, whilst any experience with embedded systems, power electronics or communication buses (UART, SPI, RS232, I2C etc) would really make your CV standout.

In this role you will have plenty of chance to work on new product developments so experience working throughout the full development life cycle is required. Joining a small team there will be plenty of variety available for the right person and developing new design skills across electronics and software techniques is openly encouraged.

This role will suit an Electronics Engineer who has a solid grounding in circuit design and is keen for variety in their role, with the chance to contribute to the full design life cycle across a range of next generation products.

Skills and Experience Required:

Analog circuit design
Digital circuit design
PCB design layout and design (Altium)
EMC standards
Full life cycle design

Desirable Experience:

Embedded Systems
RS232, UART, SPI, I2C etc
Power electronics design – SMPS, AC or DC

This is a fantastic opportunity for an electronics design enthusiast to join a stable, growing, new product development focused company, so contact Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further detail.

Technical Project Manager

March 25, 2024/in Remote Working, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Salary: up to £60,000

Location of office: Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Location of work: 3 days a week onsite, 2 from home.

The role:

A successful electronics business in Barnsley, who have a rich history and track record continually designing and manufacturing industry leading electronic devices require a Technical Project Manager to join their R&D team due to the amount of new product development taking place.

The business still operates as an SME but has the financial stability of being part of a larger group. Operating as an SME has meant the business remains very innovative and can quickly develop new products and solutions to meet customers requirements.

To be suitable for this role you should be a Technical Project Manager who has managed hardware product developments from concept through to mass volume manufacture. All R&D and Manufacturing takes place in Barnsley, so you will be able to build close relationships with the R&D and Manufacturing staff.

The ideal candidate will have a background in electronics, either starting their career as Hardware Design Engineer, Firmware Engineer or Mechanical Engineer. You will have either gone into Project Management, or are at a point in your career where you wish to step up from doing hands on development into a Project Management role.

This role offers you opportunity to project manage product developments throughout the lifecycle, where you will be able to make a real difference on the project. Being an SME will mean you will work closely with R&D, Manufacturing, and all Senior Management in the company.

With the business having a very exciting product roadmap, which includes brand new product developments as well as enhancing existing products with new features and technology, you will be joining the business at an exciting time. They are receiving orders from their loyal existing customer base as well as lots of enquires from new customers due to the businesses increasing reputation in the sector.

Software Engineer

March 15, 2024/in Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Job Title: Software Engineer

Salary: £35,000

Location of work: Leeds – WFH hybrid available

The role: Our client is an electronics business who design and manufacture complex and cutting-edge control systems used in harsh environments. The systems control various aspects, including large robotic and electro-mechanical equipment, video, communication, power and multiple sensors.

The business has recently been awarded a huge new project from a loyal customer which is expected to last at least three years. As such the business is looking to grow its software team.

Required skills and experience:

Experience with ReactJS and JavaScript
Knowledge and understanding Python
UI/GUI application development
Have an interest electronics and embedded systems
Be a hobbyist with physical products / devices

You will be tasked with upgrading a whole suite of UI/GUI applications that are used to control the systems. The customer is wanting various new features and enhancements to the applications, and for them to use the latest technology.

To be suitable for this role you should be a Software Engineer who has ReactJS or JavaScript, Python and User Interface/ GUI experience. You will have opportunity to do a wide variety of task work in this role that includes front end and back-end application development. There is opportunity to do other software development taskwork if you wish.

The business is in a great location in Leeds located off the outer ring road, making it accessible for people living in all areas of Leeds and surrounding towns and cities. The company is well established, offers employees every other Friday off, flexible working hours, hybrid working and an excellent pension.

This is a unique opportunity for anyone who is coming from the “tech” world, as not often do you have the chance to work with “real world”, “tangible” products, which are gathering vital and lifesaving information in a very dangerous environment.

If you are a JavaScript/ReactJS developer who would like to move away from the traditional “tech” world is looking to work on real world physical solutions apply for this role today or contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 today.

Electronics Engineer

March 1, 2024/in Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Electronic Engineer

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000

Office Location: Sheffield

Location of work: This role is an office-based role.

The Role: An exciting new position has been created for an Electronics Engineer to join a small, growing design team in the centre of Sheffield. Our client has built up a great reputation in their industry sector and have almost 40 years’ experience supplying quality, reliable, audio electronic products to a host of customers worldwide.

Skills and Experience Required:

Analogue circuit design
Digital electronics – including microcontroller interfacing
PCB layout and design
Schematic capture

This role will suit an Electronics Engineer who has a solid grounding in analogue circuit design and is keen for variety in their role, with the chance to contribute to the full design life cycle across a range of next generation products.

In this role you will have plenty of chance to work on new product developments so experience working throughout the full development life cycle is required. Joining a small team there will be plenty of variety available for the right person and developing new design skills across electronics and software techniques is openly encouraged.

Desirable Experience:

Audio DSP or Digital Audio connectivity
An interest in audio/music technology

This is a fantastic opportunity for an electronics design enthusiast to join a stable, growing, new product development focused company, so contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd to discuss this role in further detail.

Electronics Design Engineer

February 29, 2024/in Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Electronics Design Engineer

Salary: up to £50,000

Location of Office: Wakefield

Location of Work: Hybrid WFH Available

The Role: An exciting new role has now been created for an Electronic Design Engineer to join our clients growing engineering team in the South Leeds area. This role will offer plenty of variety and the chance to develop brand new electronic solutions that you will be able to see implemented in daily life. Our client has an excellent reputation, with over 30 years’ experience in their sector and their customers include a range of industry leaders and cutting edge, innovative projects.

Skills and Experience Required:

Multilayer PCB design and layout
Schematic capture
Analogue and digital circuit design
Degree qualification – Engineering related subject

This role will offer the chance to work towards the design of a range of new products whilst working closely with electronics, embedded software and mechanical design engineers. The successful Electronics Engineer can expect their role to include:

Design, from first principals, electronic systems to a given specification.
Carry out detailed testing of electronic equipment.
Generate technical documentation to substantiate the design.
Generate schematics and design PCB layouts
Creating Bill Of Materials (BOMs)
Liaising with production to ensure manufacturing requirements are factored into all designs.
Investigate the latest technologies and ensure these techniques are being employed within the design process.
Support the business in all technical matters.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

PCB design with Altium or PADs packages
Switch mode power supply
Embedded software design
LED driver hardware design

For more information on this fantastic opportunity please get in touch with Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett from KO2 embedded recruitment solutions.

Embedded Software Engineer

February 29, 2024/in Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Salary: up to £55,000

Location of Office: Wakefield

Location of Work: Hybrid WFH Available

The Role: An exciting new role has now been created for an Embedded Software Engineer to join our clients growing engineering team in the South Leeds area. This role will offer plenty of variety and the chance to develop brand new software solutions that you will be able to see implemented in daily life. Our client has an excellent reputation, with over 30 years’ experience in their sector and their customers include a range of industry leaders and cutting edge, innovative projects.

Skills and Experience Required:

C programming
RTOS operating systems – FreeRTOS, Zephyr etc
Microcontroller design – STM32, Microchip PIC and Nordic desired
Serial Protocols – I2C, CAN, SPI, DALI etc
Degree qualification – Engineering or Computer Science related ideally

This role will best suit an Embedded Software Engineer with solid industry experience in a similar role who is keen to make a real impact in the design and development of a range of new products whilst working in a small team environment. You will report directly to the Technical Director and be given the freedom to make development and design related decisions. You will be expected to keep up to date with the latest technologies and implement these throughout the design process.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

Wireless protocols – BLE, Thread, Zigbee etc
Application level development – C, C++ or Python
Source code management – Git or similar

For more information on this fantastic opportunity please get in touch with Laurence Powell or Chris Fawcett from KO2 embedded recruitment solutions.

LabVIEW Software Engineer

February 22, 2024/in Remote Working, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: LabVIEW Software Engineer

Salary: up to £50,000

Office Location: Sheffield

Location of work: Flexible Hybrid Work from Home

The Role: A new position has now been created for a LabVIEW Software Engineer to join our client who are a growing software consultancy who specialise in developing complex software and hardware solutions for a host of clients across a variety of industries.

The successful LabVIEW Engineer can expect to work within a small team development environment, working on a variety of projects throughout the full development lifecycle. You will ideally be strong with LabVIEW as well as another popular software language (C#, C++, Python) and be comfortable working to modern coding practices whilst using Unit testing, TDD or continuous integration methodologies.

In this role you can expect plenty of variety working on different projects and using multiple software languages, tools and technologies. You will consider yourself a strong problem solver and enjoy the challenges that developing complex software solutions brings. You should be able to illustrate commercial experience in a similar role and have successful experience delivering software projects that achieve the approved project plans whilst meeting agreed upon time and budget targets.

Skills Required:

LabVIEW
C++, C# or Python development
Design patterns – their practical application in complex projects
Unit testing or Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Desirable experience:

C# programming
Embedded Systems
PLC or Scada systems

System Design Engineer

January 26, 2024/in Greater London, Midlands, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Remote Working, Scotland, South, Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Systems Design Engineer

Salary: Up to £60,000

Location of Work: Fully Remote

An electronics business who are leaders in the design and development of complex mission critical software, are looking for a systems design engineer to work on the “left hand side” of the V life cycle. The business are a multinational, with huge cash reserves, a strong order book and are looking to improve upon what was a very successful 2023 by adding to the Systems Design Team. The business is looking for the right talent, and as a result is more than happy to consider System Engineers who would like ‘fully remote working’.

The embedded software used in the businesses mission critical applications controls complex Bluetooth related applications, and their client portfolio is a who’s who of the worlds bluechip companies. You will be working with a hugely talented team of engineers who take great pride in their work and are all on the same goal of ensuring the company continues to deliver its goals and provides stable and enjoyable employment. The team you will work in is cross functional, and as a result the System Design Engineers role will be pivotal to ensuring that all the separate entities in the team are succeeding.

The System Design Engineer will be working on the left hand side of the V life cycle and as a result be responsible for working closely with customers, who will be some of the biggest companies in the world, whilst working as a product owner in a cross functional team. The System Engineer will need to have the ability to understand the customers technical requirements whilst designing and developing solutions from concept to launch, whilst designing solutions and formalised representations that meet the customer needs.

The knowledge of safety critical standards and functional safety standards will be key very much a nice to have, but one that would be appreciated by the business alongside the use of CAN tools such as CANoe and CANdela studio whilst delivering prototype to external and internal stakeholders.

The business will offer the Systems Design Engineer a salary of £40,000 – £60,000 plus bonus, pension and competitive package and fully remote working.

If you would like to apply for the Systems Design Engineer role, please send your CV to Andrew Knight at KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions.

Head of IT and Cybersecurity

January 17, 2024/in Yorkshire and the Humber Permanent /by admin

Position: Head of IT and Cybersecurity

Salary: Up to £70,000

Location of office: Hull

The Role: An exciting new role has been created for an experienced IT Manager to join a rapidly expanding engineering business. The successful IT Manager will be tasked with leading the companies IT and Cybersecurity strategies; driving efficiency, innovation and security across the organisation as they continue to grow. As IT Manager you will be responsible for managing and optimising the IT function, IT infrastructure and leading cybersecurity initiatives.

Joining at an exciting period of growth you will be given the chance to influence and educate the business on strategic level decisions and make a real impact in what services, technologies, and platforms the company use moving forward. You will initially have 4 direct reports to manage and should expect to recruit additional headcount as the company continues to grow.

The current user base is roughly 110 split across a variety of sites and remote working locations, this number is likely to grow quickly this year and they are looking to put a clear IT infrastructure and future proof plan in place that will enable rapid growth and make sure key data and information is kept secure.

The ideal IT Manager will have previous experience in a similar role and have the drive and motivation to take ownership of all matters IT related, whilst taking on a senior level role within a growing engineering company who are building products that will have a real impact in improving the lives of future generations. You should expect your role to involve:

Digital Strategy:

Develop and execute a comprehensive digital strategy aligned with the company’s goals.
Identify and support opportunities for the use of Digital tools to enhance operational efficiency and competitiveness.

IT Leadership:

Lead and manage the IT team and outsourced support, ensuring the stability and scalability of the company’s technology infrastructure.
Oversee the implementation of new systems and technologies to support business operations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align IT initiatives with overall business objectives.

Cybersecurity:

Develop and implement a robust cybersecurity strategy to safeguard the company’s digital assets.
Stay abreast of the latest cybersecurity threats and technologies to proactively mitigate risks.
Conduct regular security assessments and audits to ensure compliance with industry standards.

Data Management:

Implement data governance policies and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

Team Management:

Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

To apply for this fantastic opportunity or for more information contact Laurence Powell or Andrew Knight at KO2 Recruitment Solutions today with an up to date.