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# Senior Hardware Platform Expert - Embedded Electronics

- **Company:** Siemens Plc
- **Location:** Nottingham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Computer Engineering, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Hardware Platform Interface, Signal Integrity, Computer Networking Systems
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-expert/siemens-job108194406

## About the Role

+ Master's or Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Embedded Systems / Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
 * Experience & Skills
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 + Minimum 8 years of experience in hardware development for industrial or automotive systems.
 + Proven experience in architecture development and hardware platform creation.
 + Strong understanding of component lifecycle management and semiconductor technologies.
 + Experience working with global development organizations and external suppliers.
 + Demonstrated ability to influence technical decisions beyond project boundaries.
 + Strong competence in Embedded hardware platforms, FPGA and programmable logic devices, EMC and signal integrity, Product lifecycle management
 * Ways of working
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 + Strategic technology mindset and strong analytical and systems-thinking capabilities
 + Strong analytical and systems-thinking capabilities
 + Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
 + Passion for innovation and platform engineering
 + Strong networking and collaboration skills
 + Self-driven and entrepreneurial working style
 * Languages
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 + Excellent German and English knowledge

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior HW Platform Expert to drive the future of embedded electronics across our industrial automation product portfolio. In this role, you will act as a technical leader at the interface of hardware development, supplier management, procurement, manufacturing, and technology strategy. You will identify emerging technologies, transform them into reusable hardware platform building blocks, and enable product teams worldwide to accelerate innovation through standardized and scalable solutions. You will play a key role in shaping hardware platforms, driving technology roadmaps, and contributing to company-wide material and component strategies., * Monitor and evaluate emerging technologies, semiconductor trends, embedded computing platforms and electronic components.

 * Assess technical maturity, lifecycle risks, availability, cost competitiveness, reliability, and sustainability of new technologies.
 * Derive technology roadmaps and recommendations for future product platforms and align them with the needs of the HW product development.

Hardware Platform & Building Block Development

 * Identify common hardware requirements across product lines.
 * Transform proven concepts into scalable reference designs and platform assets for worldwide reuse
 * Establish best practices for hardware reuse, modularization, and platform-based development.

Engineering Support & Technical Consulting

 * Act as a trusted technical advisor to global hardware development teams.
 * Support projects in selecting and integrating approved building blocks.
 * Provide guidance on component selection, architecture decisions, risk assessments, and technology adoption.

Material Strategy & Supplier Collaboration

 * Represent R&D in global Material Strategy Teams
 * Contribute to company-wide component and semiconductor strategies.
 * Define preferred technology directions and approved platform components.