Requirements: English
Company: Vivid Resourcing
Region: walloon region, belgium, belgium , Wallonia
HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER - WALLOON REGION (BELGIUM) - PERMANENT POSITION
Job Summary:
We are seeking a proactive and technically skilled Hardware Design Engineer to join our product development team. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end design and development of electronic hardware systems, with a focus on creating reliable, high-performance, and manufacturable products. Your work will encompass everything from circuit design and PCB layout to prototyping, debugging, and validation.
You will play a critical role in transforming product requirements into working electronic systems across a range of applications - such as embedded platforms, IoT devices, control systems, instrumentation, or consumer electronics. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience in analog and digital circuit design, power supply integration, and microcontroller-based systems, along with a strong grasp of industry standards and best practices.
This is a cross-functional role that requires close collaboration with embedded software, mechanical design, and manufacturing teams. You will be involved throughout the product life cycle, helping to shape design decisions, optimize performance, and ensure the final product meets quality, regulatory, and cost objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop analog and digital electronic circuits for embedded and hardware systems.
- Create and maintain schematics and multi-layer PCB layouts using tools such as Altium, OrCAD, or KiCad.
- Select components and perform design calculations to meet electrical, thermal, and cost targets.
- Conduct simulations (circuit, thermal, and signal integrity) to validate designs prior to prototyping.
- Assemble and test prototypes; perform hardware bring-up, debug, and optimize system performance.
- Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, and test engineers to ensure hardware/software integration.
- Perform validation testing including EMI/EMC, environmental, and functional tests.
- Document hardware specifications, test plans, design revisions, and product release materials.
- Interface with manufacturing teams to support DFM (Design for Manufacturability), DFT (Design for Test), and production ramp-up.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging components, and best practices in hardware design.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 25+ years of experience in electronic hardware design and development.
- Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics, signal integrity, and power distribution.
- Proficiency with design and layout tools (e.g., Altium Designer, OrCAD, Eagle, KiCad).
- Experience with microcontrollers, power regulators, communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, USB, Ethernet).
- Skilled in using lab equipment: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, function generators, multimeters, etc.
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities at board and system level.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The Offer:
- A permanent, full-time employment contract
- A salary & benefits package commensurate with experience
Please send over your CV to tom.walker@vividresourcing.com or call me on +32 (0) 3 318 00 74. As always, we are open to recommendations, so please feel free to pass this on to other suitable candidates.