Senior / Lead Electronics Design Engineer
Wotton under Edge
Up to £55,000 depending on experience
Renishaw’s Coordinate Measuring Machine and Gauging Product Division (CGPD) builds products that lead the market in delivering innovative, high accuracy measurement solutions to manufacturing processes around the world.
Renishaw’s patented probe technology was first used to measure intricate components for Concorde engines. Today, many iterations later, our products are the benchmark in high-precision engineering for manufacturing hundreds of everyday items from mobile phones and laptops to car and aircraft parts. There’s a good chance our probes were involved in the production of the device you are reading this text on.
The circuits in CGPD products include high-precision analogue interface designs, laser drivers, data acquisition circuits, FPGA-based signal processing, high-speed serial communications, high-performance processor platforms and industrial motor drive and control solutions. Renishaw’s on‑site development and production facilities are state-of-the art. The work is stimulating and varied and involves close collaboration with colleagues in electronics, mechanical and software design roles as well as with wider areas of the business.
Duties
Work with project and product managers to define product specifications.
Be responsible for the design and delivery of electronic circuits to meet the agreed specifications.
Work closely with software and mechanical engineers to optimise system engineering.
Liaise with process development and production colleagues to ensure designs are suitable for transfer to production, considering design for assembly and test.
Understand EMC regulations and carry out EMC compliance testing.
Supervise or mentor more junior members of the team.
Key requirements
Educated to degree/HND level in electronics, or equivalent.
Demonstrable expertise in electronics design.
Expertise in schematic capture and circuit simulation tools.
Ability to produce concise, well-written documentation.
Ability to communicate well with colleagues in a range of different job functions.
Desirable requirements
Knowledge of VHDL for FPGAs.
Familiarity with PCB layout tools.
Familiarity with embedded microprocessors and embedded C.
EMC testing experience.
Practical electronic circuit prototyping skills.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or [email protected].
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Employment Type:
PermanentTime Type:
Full timeRequisition Number:
R9415 Senior / Lead Electronics Design Engineer (Open)Skills Required
- Degree/HND in electronics or equivalent
- Demonstrable expertise in electronics design
- Expertise in schematic capture and circuit simulation tools
- Ability to produce concise, well-written documentation
- Ability to communicate well with colleagues across functions
- Knowledge of VHDL for FPGAs
- Familiarity with PCB layout tools
- Familiarity with embedded microprocessors and embedded C
- EMC testing experience
- Practical electronic circuit prototyping skills
Renishaw Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Renishaw and has not been reviewed or approved by Renishaw.
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Retirement Support — The pension scheme includes a 9% employer contribution with salary‑sacrifice options, signaling strong long‑term savings support. Feedback suggests this materially strengthens total compensation in the UK.
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Healthcare Strength — Subsidized private medical cover, life assurance, and a 24/7 EAP—alongside options like a health cash plan and on‑site fitness centers—indicate comprehensive health and wellbeing support. These provisions contribute to a sense of strong healthcare coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — 25 days of annual leave with company days, long‑service accrual, and the option to buy additional leave point to generous time‑off provision. Hybrid and “variable working” arrangements further support work–life balance when roles allow.
Renishaw Insights
What We Do
Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. The company supplies products and services used in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. It is also a world leader in the field of additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where it designs and makes industrial machines which ‘print' parts from metal powder. The Renishaw Group currently has 80 offices in 36 countries, with over 5,000 employees, of which over 3,000 people are employed within the UK. The majority of the company's R&D and manufacturing is carried out in the UK and for the year ended June 2019, Renishaw achieved sales of £574 million of which 94% was due to exports. The company's largest markets are USA, China, Japan and Germany
