Senior Electronics Engineer - Transformative Innovation - (req69359)

Sterling Kohler; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Engineer, Electronics

Hybrid with 3 days onsite in Cheltenham.
Salary up to £55k subject to skills & experience, plus a fantastic 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 investing in each and every 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 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 pick up the phone to our Customer Service team, you will instantly see that no matter the department or location, we all share the same values at Kohler.

Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Electronics Engineer to join our Transformative Innovation (TI) department.

TI is a dynamic, fast‑paced and focused department that is 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. In this role, you will ensure the high‑quality design and integration of advanced technology into market‑leading consumer products. You will collaborate with a global team of engineers across multiple disciplines, working seamlessly with marketing and design functions to deliver innovative solutions that delight customers and strengthen brand excellence.

You are passionate about consumer product development and thrive in fast‑paced, rapid execution environments. With a strong solution‑focused mindset, you consistently demonstrate a proven track record of taking ownership of electronics design activities within complex projects. You excel at delivering results under demanding timescales, balancing innovation with practical execution to ensure high‑quality outcomes.

About the Role

• Take ownership of the embedded firmware and hardware design activities within the new category.
• Own the development and participate in all phases of the electronics and firmware development for first‑to‑market consumer products. This includes requirements capture, design, implementation, integration, compliance testing and deployment. This would be primarily focused on control, sensing and user interfaces.
• There are opportunities to grow your career at Kohler Co. Support with developing a robust personal and technical development plan, mentoring from more senior team members and the chance to work on many high‑profile innovation projects.
• The position sits within a global multidisciplinary team touching upon functions including mechanical engineering, marketing, approvals, industrial design and external suppliers.
• This role reports directly to the Senior Manager – Programmes, Innovation.

You will be actively contributing to the next generation of products and technologies for Kohler Co. For this you will need to be a curious and tenacious individual with a drive to experiment and create high‑quality consumer experiences.

Skills/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Electronics/Electrical/Systems Engineering or equivalent disciplines.
• 5+ 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 in delivering hardware and firmware for consumer products.
• Expertise in developing real‑time embedded firmware for a range of 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.
• Strong understanding of EMC and PCB design rules to meet compliance requirements (CE, FCC, UL).
• Good exposure to 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.
• Experience designing products with WiFi, MQTT, Matter.
• Familiarity with Zephyr or similar RTOS ecosystems.
• Familiarity with machine learning (PyTorch, TensorFlow etc.).

We can offer you a lot in return!

We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With a genuine commitment to creating better tomorrows, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to 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. Where our brands differ in market position, they are equal in their commitment to design, innovation, and providing a single level of quality regardless of price.

Kohler Mira is committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse associates, consumers, partners, and global communities. As an equal‑opportunity employer, it is Kohler Mira’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified people in all job classifications without prejudice. If, as an individual with a disability, you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

Note for Recruitment Agencies: The Kohler Talent Acquisition team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible. We do work with recruitment agencies, and where we require external support, we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us. Speculative CVs sent by any agency to Kohler Co. without a specific request by our Talent Acquisition Team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.

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