Senior Hardware Engineer

As Senior Hardware Engineer, you will design new hardware products and maintain existing ones. You will work with third party suppliers to develop third-party hardware solutions, as well as designing our own in-house. Your contributions will influence the implementation of our industry-changing devices. Outcomes in the first 3 months

• You'll have picked up in-house design on an active, high priority program (< month 1).
• You'll be supporting early stage OTS (off-the-shelf) and JDM (joint-development-model) programs. (~ month 2).
We are looking for sharp, intrinsically motivated people to join us on our mission to build the future more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. Responsibilities
• Lead in all phases of hardware development from architecture to design to test to final compliance to in-life support.
• Work alongside Firmware to efficiently and methodically bring up early stage hardware designs.
• Partner closely with Product and Product Engineering to turn market insights and customer feedback into technical specifications.
• Strong and methodical documentation skills.
• Strong understanding of compliance documentation, standards and testing for a global market.
• Ownership of overall shipped total BOM. Partnering closely with supply chain to assess component availability and cost implications.
• Effectively communicate trade-offs of technical decisions in terms of cost, time and performance implications.
• Strong ties to customer impacts of technical decisions.
  
  System architecture, component selection and design to balance cost and performance constraints.
• Schematic capture and PCB layout design for multi layer board (Altium preferred).
• Understanding of electronics manufacturing (board stackups, assembly drawings, gerbers, BOMs).
• Basic understanding of RF and antenna design for ability to interface with external contractors.
• Compliance and type approvals for a Global market (CE, UKCA, FCC, IC, etc).
• Experience designing with IoT protocols (Bluetooth and LoRaWAN preferred).
  
  Want to work to decarbonise one of the world's most important industries? Are you a great team player? Can you ship high-quality products faster than others think is possible? We're looking for a Senior Hardware Engineer who will do all these things and more. Come join us.
Ok, but actually, who even are you? Converge was founded by and in late 2014 to help build the future of construction more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. We are currently very focussed on concrete, which accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions. We do this with two hardware-enabled SaaS products: ConcreteDNA and PrecastDNA. The team comes from all different countries and backgrounds, but we are all dedicated to building the future of construction more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. And you want me to do what? As a team, we are passionate about cutting-edge digital innovation, and we're driven by the opportunity to make a major impact on an industry that is ripe for disruption.


• Competitive salary of up to £65k.
• Collaborative, dynamic and flexible work environment with an option to work partially from our office in Blackfriars or fully remote from within the UK.
• 25 days + Bank Holidays. We also close the office between Christmas and New Year so you can spend more time with your loved ones. Additional benefits include : Company pension, Cycle to Work Scheme so you can help reduce emissions but still get from A to B easily.
• Social Committee and team events during the year so you can have a chance to learn more about the amazing people on our team.
• A fun, inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity in all its forms, and where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be treated fairly, equitably and respectfully.