Hardware Development Engineer
Molten Ventures · Bristol, UK ·
- Category
- Hardware
Designs and validates processor-based hardware systems, schematics, and test boards, debugging prototypes and ensuring production readiness with firmware and architecture teams.
You will design circuit solutions for processor systems and validation platforms, turning system requirements into schematics, layout constraints and testable hardware. You will shape production systems and test boards used across development, validation and customer enablement. You will define validation plans, run lab campaigns, debug prototypes and interpret results with firmware and architecture contributors. You will help prove performance, margin and reliability before designs move into volume production. You will own problems from first schematic to mass-production readiness, working alongside silicon, architecture, software and PCB CAD specialists.
Responsibilities
- Design circuit solutions for processor systems and validation platforms
- Turn system requirements into schematics, layout constraints and testable hardware
- Shape production systems and test boards used across development, validation and customer enablement
- Define validation plans
- Run lab campaigns
- Debug prototypes
- Interpret results with firmware and architecture contributors
- Prove performance, margin and reliability before designs move into volume production
- Own designs from first schematic to mass-production readiness
Requirements
- Strong digital circuit design and validation skills
- Experience with DCDC regulators, power delivery, resets, clocks and control interfaces
- Experience developing processor-based systems
- Experience with interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, USB, QSPI and JTAG
- Practical lab depth in bring-up, debug, margin testing and validation using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and signal generators
- Ability to script tests and analyse results using Linux, Python, Bash and Excel
- Understanding of server architecture including BMC, NIC and SSD
- SERDES experience
- Ownership mindset, clear communication and confidence to challenge, decide and work across disciplines
- Right to work in the UK
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous leave
- Up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Collaborative office spaces
- Free food
- On-site barista
- Income protection
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance option
- Dental cover option
- Health cash plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Give as you earn