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Posted 05 August, 2026

Hardware Design Engineer

Verso Recruitment Group
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

Hardware Design Engineer

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📍 Newcastle Area | Hybrid 3/2 split

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I'm working with an established electronics business who design and build their own products in-house. They're after a Hardware Design Engineer to support new product development someone who can own the electronics design and grow into the go-to expert on their core technologies.

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Small, fast-paced engineering team covering R&D, product development and new product introduction. You'd be leading projects, not just contributing to them.

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What you'll be doing

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  • Designing new products - circuit design, schematic capture and PCB layout
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  • Working closely with the wider engineering team to get products into production
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  • Leading internal and external project teams, including subcontractors, and dealing with customers where needed
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  • Researching new technologies to keep the product roadmap current
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What they're after

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  • Experience in a similar role, strong across schematic capture, PCB layout, analogue and digital circuit design, microcontrollers and simulation
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  • MEng in Electronic Engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience
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  • Someone who can lead and motivate, and juggle several projects at once
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  • Confident talking to technical and non-technical people alike
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  • Diligent, detail-driven, and genuinely bothered about hitting milestones
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Nice to have

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  • Altium Designer
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  • MATLAB / Simulink / LabVIEW
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  • Some software development
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  • Project management experience
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Interested, or know someone who'd fit? Drop me a message or apply - happy to have a confidential chat.