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# Lead Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** Platform Recruitment
- **Location:** Norwich, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £75,000.0 - £85,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Hardware Design, Release Management, Reliability Engineering, Value Engineering, Hardware Testing
- **Published:** July 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2891362046-2

## About the Role

* Strong experience in automotive or electrification hardware development, ideally within high-voltage power electronics systems.
 * Proven ability to lead engineering teams and deliver complex hardware projects in a structured environment.
 * Strong understanding of high-volume automotive design, including cost, manufacturability and production scalability.
 * Experience with FMEA, DVP, reliability engineering and hardware validation activities.
 * Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams including software, mechanical, systems and manufacturing.

Bonus Skills:

 * Experience with 600V power electronics, inverters, DC-DC converters or EV charging systems.
 * Knowledge of EMC, safety standards and automotive certification processes.
Experience driving cost reduction, supplier development and production optimisation.

## Description

* Leading the design and development of automotive hardware including 600V power electronics, inverters, bi-directional DC-DC converters and battery charging systems.
 * Defining hardware architecture and taking ownership of delivery through concept, design, validation and production release.
 * Leading and mentoring a team of hardware engineers, ensuring delivery against technical, cost and schedule targets.
 * Driving Design for Manufacture (DFM), Design for Cost (DFC) and FMEA activities to ensure scalable, high-volume production readiness.
 * Working closely with project managers, software, systems and manufacturing teams to ensure robust integration and delivery.
 * Supporting supplier engagement, component selection, cost reduction and value engineering activities.


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