Senior Electronics Engineer - Transformative Innovation
Overview
Hybrid with 3 days onsite in Cheltenham. Salary up to £55k subject to skills & experience, plus a benefits package including private health care and company bonuses.
Designing award-winning products for our market-leading brands – Mira Showers, Rada and Recoup – is our lifeblood. We focus on investment, investing in the best technology and in each individual. Put simply, it is who we are.
From day one you are part of the Kohler community – a collaborative, forward-focused team with a shared pride in our work and a commitment to delight our customers and inspire our people. Whether you arrive at our factories in Cheltenham or Hull, have a visit from a Service Engineer or call our Customer Service team, you will see that we all share the same values at Kohler.
We are looking for a Senior Electronics Engineer to join our Transformative Innovation (TI) department. TI is a dynamic, fast-paced and focused department responsible for developing and delivering next generation bathing experiences. As a Senior Electronics Engineer within TI, you will oversee and design hardware and firmware for a new wellbeing-focused category. You will ensure high-quality design and integration of technology into market-leading products, collaborating with a global team of engineers from all disciplines alongside marketing and design functions.
The successful individual will be passionate about consumer product development and thrive in rapid project execution environments. You will be solution-focused and able to demonstrate a proven track record of taking ownership of electronics design activities within complex projects with demanding timescales.
About the Role
* Develop new innovations from within Kohler Co. into consumer products. Take ownership of embedded firmware and hardware design activities within the new Category.
* Own development and participate in all phases of electronics and firmware development for first-to-market consumer products, including requirements capture, design, implementation, integration, compliance testing and deployment. Primarily focused on control, sensing and user interfaces.
* Opportunity to grow your career at Kohler Co. through a robust personal and technical development plan, mentoring from more senior team members, and work on high-profile innovation projects.
* Collaborate within a global multi-disciplinary team spanning mechanical engineering, marketing, approvals, industrial design and external suppliers.
* Report directly to the Senior Manager – Programmes, Innovation.
You will actively contribute to the next generation of products and technologies for Kohler Co. To succeed, you should be curious, tenacious, and driven to experiment and deliver high-quality consumer experiences.
Skills/Requirements
* Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electronics/Electrical/Systems engineering or equivalent.
* 3+ years of industry experience.
* Experience in new product development.
* Highly motivated and self-driven with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Strong collaboration skills.
* Analogue/Digital electronics knowledge.
* Sustained experience delivering hardware and firmware for consumer products.
* Expertise in developing real-time embedded firmware for microcontroller platforms (ARM, etc.).
* Expertise in delivering projects using schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium, ORCAD or other industry tools).
* Expertise in embedded C, object-oriented design and bare-metal programming.
* Strong understanding of EMC and PCB design rules to meet compliance requirements (CE, FCC, UL).
* Experience with design validation techniques such as FMEA, DFMEA, DFM.
Desirable
* Design for high volume manufacturing.
* Experience with failure analysis of consumer products.
* Strong knowledge of power electronics and signal processing.
* Experience designing products with BLE, WiFi, MQTT, Matter.
* Familiarity with Zephyr or similar RTOS ecosystems.
* Familiarity with machine learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.).
What We Offer
We can offer you a lot in return! We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support health and wellbeing, career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a culture of innovation. We are committed to creating better tomorrows as we help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
About Us
In the UK, Kohler Mira Ltd. is made up of three market-leading brands: Mira Showers, Rada Controls, and Recoup. Our brands differ in market position but are equal in commitment to design, innovation, and quality. Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunities employer. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact talentacquisitionuk@kohler.com.
Note for Recruitment Agencies: The Kohler Talent Acquisition team manages current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals. We work with recruitment agencies only when required and will formalize releases to our Preferred Supplier List as appropriate. Speculative CVs sent without a specific request will not be accepted.
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