Job Description

London, United Kingdom
Permanent
80-100%
Hybrid
29.09.2025
The Hardware Development Engineer will report to the Head of Life Cycle Management and will work closely with Development, Manufacturing, Customer Service & Quality Teams. This will be a hands-on role, requiring hardware development experience and expected to be based onsite to efficiently support Manufacturing of Buhler products, while increasing the quality, repeatability, and efficiency within a safe working environment.


This is where you'll excel
Working within the global R&D team, determining the most effective resource plan, escalating concerns where needed. Creating, defining & prioritising Hardware LCM requests into project tickets / plans. Collaborating with design engineering teams to assist in the development and introduction of new products, staying current with new software and technologies. Designing both analogue and digital electronic circuits for new products as well as for effective testing. Maintaining, designing and implementing test procedures for extensive system and sub-assemblies for production testing using custom test boxes, XJTAG and LabVIEW software. Supporting the product life cycle through to end-of-life, ensuring continuous improvement, maintaining obsolete components, product performance and customer satisfaction. Leading fault-finding and debugging electronic and electrical systems, including 8D investigations. Supporting compliance (e.g. NRTL, EMC and regulatory, etc.) Providing manufacturing files to PCB manufacturers and collaborate to resolve technical queries and requirements, associated to both existing and new designs. Visiting suppliers and other Buhler manufacturing sites to provide technical support / feedback on improving processes and equipment. Sharing knowledge & providing feedback to development team, on lessons learned and best practices.

These are the skills you'll need
Required qualifications

You will ideally have a bachelor's degree in electronics or related field. Hands-on experience on hardware development, obsolescence and product life cycle. Experience interpreting electrical and electronic schematics. Analog and digital electronics design experience. Experience fault-finding and debugging electronic systems and PCBs. Experience designing and developing test equipment for electronics. Comfortable utilising lab equipment (Bench PSU, oscilloscope, signal generators, etc). Experience creating test procedures and liaise with PCB Manufacturers. Familiar with LabVIEW Design for testing. Experience with design machine test procedures. Signal integrity knowledge.


Desirable qualifications

Optical and Camera Systems Experience. JTAG Boundary Scan Testing. PCB Design Experience via Altium or Mentor Xpedition. FPGA and Embedded Design Experience.

This is what you will earn
Competitive salary 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 1 celebration day Annual company bonus Life Insurance: 3x basic salary Aegon Pension Plan Canteen offering a variety of lunch options Cycle to Work Scheme Bupa Health and Dental Cash Plan Employee perks and discounts (Telus) Give as you Earn Barnardo's Workplace Lottery * Regular social, sports, leisure and wellbeing events in a diverse and inclusive workplace