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Hardware Design Engineer – Electronic Warfare M/F Contract type: Permanent Location: Munich (Hybrid / Significant on-site lab work required) Ref: 2281 Contact: [email protected] The recruiting company: Our client is a European start-up specializing in electronic warfare, secure communications, and precision localization technologies for the defense sector. Key points of the position: Reporting to the engineering team, you will design and develop the electronic hardware that powers advanced defense systems, from initial architecture to fully validated PCB assemblies. As a Hardware Engineer, your missions will include: • Designing complex multi-layer PCBs including mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and analog circuits, • Routing critical interfaces for embedded processors, sensors, and communication modules within space-constrained systems, • Developing robust power management architectures including PMICs and DC/DC converters for battery-powered field equipment, • Managing technical interactions with PCB manufacturers and EMS partners from prototype development to serial production, • Selecting electronic components that meet strict operational, environmental, and reliability requirements while monitoring supply chain risks and component lifecycle, • Prototyping and performing board bring-up activities using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and electronic loads, • Collaborating with RF, mechanical, and quality teams to ensure EMC/EMI compliance and optimize designs for manufacturing and testing (DFM/DFT). Necessary skills: • You must have a degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field, • You have proven experience developing electronic hardware from concept to serial production, ideally within defense, aerospace, automotive, or industrial technology sectors, • You have strong expertise in PCB design using modern EDA tools such as Altium Designer or KiCad, • You possess solid knowledge of signal integrity, impedance control, and high-speed PCB routing practices, • You are comfortable debugging hardware prototypes in laboratory environments, • You have a good understanding of microcontroller architectures and interfaces such as SPI, I2C, CAN, and UART, • Basic programming skills (C, C++, or Python) for hardware testing and board bring-up are appreciated, • Fluent English is required and strong German skills are highly beneficial. Eligibility for German security clearance (SÜ2/Ü2) is required : German or EU citizenchip mandatory. Salary : 75–105k euros gross annual. RHESO.TECH, a specialized recruitment agency https://www.rheso.tech/ Keywords: hardware engineering, electronics design, PCB design, Altium, KiCad, embedded systems, power management, DC/DC converters, microcontrollers, SPI, I2C, CAN, UART, EMC, EMI, DFM, DFT, defense technology, Germany