Job Description
Senior Electronic Sensor Design Engineer
Coventry / Warwick | £75,000 – £80,000 | Permanent | Relocation Package Available
The Opportunity
This is a rare opportunity for an electronics engineer whose career has been built around designing sensor and instrumentation products from first principles.
We are recruiting on behalf of a globally operating manufacturer of precision fluid level sensing systems, part of a large multinational group with manufacturing facilities across the UK, USA, Europe and Asia. Their products are deployed in some of the world's most demanding heavy vehicle and off-road environments, supplying major OEMs across construction, agriculture, heavy truck, mining and industrial markets.
This is a newly created senior role at their UK site near Coventry. You will be the technical authority for sensor product design, owning development end to end from sensing physics and electronics architecture through to production launch, while leading a small team of development engineers.
What This Role Is — and What It Is Not
The technologies in use include Guided Wave Radar, Capacitive Sensing and Ultrasonic measurement. The work involves designing the sensor product itself from first principles, including the analogue front end, signal conditioning, embedded signal processing and validation for harsh operating environments.
This is not a systems integration role. We are specifically looking for engineers who have designed the sensing or measurement product itself, not integrated third-party sensor components into a larger system.
If your background is in battery management systems, EV powertrains, traction inverters, traffic control systems or similar system-level electronics, this role is unlikely to be the right fit.
If your background is in fluid level sensing, industrial measurement, pressure transducers, flow measurement, ultrasonic or capacitive sensing product design, or instrumentation for harsh industrial or heavy vehicle environments, we would very much like to hear from you.
The Role
* Architect and lead development of next-generation liquid level sensing systems for heavy vehicle and off-road environments
* Own end-to-end sensor product design from sensing physics and electronics architecture, signal conditioning and embedded signal processing through to validation and production launch
* Act as the technical authority for advanced sensing technologies across the business
* Lead and develop a small team of development engineers
* Deliver robust, high-performance designs meeting requirements for accuracy, reliability, durability and manufacturability in extreme conditions including wide temperature ranges, high vibration, mechanical shock, EMI/EMC noise and chemical contamination
* Drive product development execution ensuring engineering rigour across architecture, design, prototyping, validation and production readiness
* Operate within automotive-grade development processes including APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA, DV/PV validation and IATF 16949
What We Are Looking For
* Proven track record of designing commercial sensor or instrumentation products from concept through to production — this is the single most important requirement
* Deep expertise in analogue and mixed signal circuit design
* Experience with sensing technologies such as guided wave radar, capacitive sensing, ultrasonic measurement or industrial/automotive instrumentation
* Demonstrated ability to design electronics for harsh operating environments including wide temperature ranges, high vibration and industrial exposure
* Familiarity with automotive-grade quality processes including APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA and IATF 16949
* Hands-on prototyping skills including PCB assembly and troubleshooting
* Experience in heavy vehicle, construction, agricultural or off-highway equipment markets is highly desirable
* Embedded firmware development in C/C++ and automotive communication protocols including CAN and LIN
* EMI/EMC robust design and compliance
* Degree in Electronic or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated experience
What Is On Offer
* £75,000 to £80,000 per annum
* Relocation package available for the right candidate
* 25 days holiday annually
* Company pension scheme
* Life assurance
* A genuine technical leadership role with global product impact