Development Engineer

Halma plc; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days Annual Leave

Company bonus Scheme

Halma Pension plan

BUPA health insurance

Simply Health cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

FFE Ltd in Cambridge is seeking a Development Engineer to perform technical research, prototype testing and engineering analysis under senior guidance. You will evaluate technologies, analyze data, and communicate results to support engineering decisions.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, fault finding, and collaboration with development and production teams to deliver robust engineering solutions while maintaining up-to-date knowledge of best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering, product development, R&D, manufacturing, or technical investigations.
• Familiarity with electronics: schematics, datasheets, prototyping, bench testing.
• Experience using Python or Matlab for analysis or test automation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out technical research, tests, and analysis under guidance of senior staff.
• Benchmark competitor products and relevant technologies.
• Communicate results as clear records and reports to support decisions.
• Work with development and production teams to deliver robust solutions.

Skills

Engineering

Electronics

Python/Matlab

Hands-on testing

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Electronics/Physics/Software degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

## Development EngineerApplylocations: Cambridgetime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR26\_000888Furthermore, here at FFE we value our employees giving them the freedom to be creative and innovative. Having a great team spirt and people that are proud to work for a company that saves lives, our teams see the direct impact of their efforts in the daily operations.**Duties and Responsibilities:*** Carry out technical research, practical investigations, prototype testing, and engineering analysis under the direction of senior engineers or technical leads.* Evaluate and benchmark competitor products, alternative technologies, and relevant engineering approaches.* Analyze test results and technical data, drawing clear conclusions and making evidence-based recommendations.* Undertake, bench testing, fault finding and root-cause analysis of unusual product or system behavior.* Produce and communicate results to colleagues and stakeholders as clear technical records, investigation summaries and reports to support engineering decisions.* Work collaboratively with colleagues across the development and production engineering teams to deliver practical, robust engineering solutions.* Demonstrate ownership, enthusiasm, and initiative when delivering assigned technical work.* Maintain awareness of relevant technologies, product developments, and engineering best practice.**Skills and Experience:****Essential*** Practical experience in an engineering, product development, R&D, manufacturing, or technical investigation environment.* Familiarity with electronics, including schematics, datasheets, circuit layout, prototyping and bench testing.* Experience using Python or Matlab for engineering analysis, data processing or test automation.* Comfortable working hands-on with products, prototypes, test equipment, and experimental setups.* Proactive problem-solving attitude with strong ownership and accountability.* Clear communication and collaborative working style.**Desirable*** Knowledge of optics, sensing technologies, or related product areas.* Experience supporting products through development, verification, production or sustaining phases.* Experience using collaborative tools such as JIRA, Confluence or similar.* Exposure to formal problem-solving techniques such as the 8D process.**Other requirements*** Degree qualified in Electronics Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering or a related discipline.* Applicants must be resident and entitled to work in the UK.Your work directly influences customer safety and the continued trust placed in FFE technology worldwide, therefore we want our Development Engineer to model behaviours based on our company values:Customer Focus | Collaboration | Curiosity | Ownership.**FFE Benefits include:** 25 days Annual Leave, Company bonus Scheme, Halma Pension plan, BUPA health insurance, Simply Health cash plan, EAP.If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by clicking Introduce Yourself in the top-right corner of the page or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!### A little bit about FFEHow many lives have you saved today? FFE Ltd is a specialist fire detector manufacturer and is one of the world's largest manufacturers of optical beam smoke detectors and flame detectors. FFE is part of the Halma plc group, a UK based global FTSE 100 company. Fireray beam detectors offer a cost-effective method of protecting wide areas against fire. Examples include museums, warehouses, atria, sports stadiums, gyms, theatres etc. Talentum flame detectors detect across a wide spectrum making it an obvious choice for most flame detection applications. FFE aviation extinguishers are present on over half the world’s commercial flights.