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# Hardware Design Engineer

- **Company:** Lynx Recruitment Ltd
- **Location:** Melbourn, UK
- **Salary:** £145,600.0 - £208,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Altium Designer, Ethernet, Hardware Design, Modbus, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Serial Peripheral Interface, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2979378601-2

## About the Role

* Electronics hardware design and schematic capture (using Altium for example).
 * Experience with low level data protocols (SPI, I2C, Ethernet, Modbus).
 * PCB layout design, including signal integrity and stack-up design.
 * Board bring-up, testing and documentation.
 * Defence industry experience, ideally SC or DV cleared
 * Happy to work onsite/ hybrid in Cambridge

## Description

My client in the defence industry require an Electronics contractor to cover resource within the Engineering Team for on an initial 6 month basis.