An established, award-winning UK manufacturer of monitoring instrumentation used across the utilities sector. Growing demand means this role is now live, and you’ll have significant ownership over the R&D process.

The company’s mission

Designing and building the sensing instruments that keep critical water infrastructure measured and compliant.

Role Overview

A hands-on role covering both sides of the board. You’ll design the circuits and custom PCBs behind new sensors, then write and maintain the C firmware that runs on them. Your time will be split between new product development, prototyping and supporting the existing range.

What You’ll Own – Hardware Design

• Analogue and digital circuit design for sensors and process instrumentation, from schematic through to custom PCB
• AC/DC power supply design
• Designing to EMC and LVD requirements from the outset, not as an afterthought
• Building and testing prototypes of new instruments

What You’ll Own – Firmware

• Planning the architecture of new firmware and prototyping it on ARM microcontrollers
• Writing, testing and maintaining bare-metal embedded C across new and existing products

What You’ll Own – Product Support

• Diagnosing and fixing issues on the current range quickly
• Maintaining firmware and hardware across products already in service

What We’re Looking For – Essential

• Analogue and digital electronics design, including AC/DC power
• Designing electronics to regulatory standards, including EMC and LVD
• Building, testing and maintaining firmware and hardware on ARM microcontrollers
• Planning firmware architecture and prototyping new firmware from a blank page
• Maintaining and debugging bare-metal embedded C

What We’re Looking For – Useful

• A solid science education alongside your engineering background
• Some FPGA experience
• KiCad for PCB design
• RTOS development
• UI implementation with LVGL

Package

• Up to £50,000 depending on experience, plus annual performance bonus
• Life cover at 4x salary, Employee Assistance Programme and free parking
• Ongoing training and professional development

Get in touch for a confidential conversation: Imogen@waverecruitment.co.uk