Electronic Technician

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Arundel; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd has a hands-on Electronics Technician role in their R&D Test and Design group in the UK. You’ll assemble test setups, bench-test power electronics, and modify hardware with soldering and tools while collaborating with hardware, firmware and software teams.

The role offers growth into a product technical expert or electronics design engineer, with potential travel to customer sites worldwide as the role develops. Based full-time at their Arundel headquarters.

Qualifications

• Hands-on electronics experience with power electronics hardware.
• Familiar with soldering and using hand tools.
• Willing to travel to customer sites as the role develops.
• Able to discuss firmware and software with the R&D team.
• Motivated to grow into a design or technical expert role.

Responsibilities

• Assembling equipment and prototypes for test.
• Carrying out continuous, hands-on testing of power electronics products.
• Using hand tools and a soldering iron to build, repair and modify hardware.
• Suggesting and making design improvements based on test results.
• Using a wide range of test instruments with confidence.
• Working closely with hardware, firmware and software colleagues across the R&D team.

Skills

Bench work

Soldering

Power electronics

Test instruments

Team player

Firmware understanding

Travel readiness

Tools

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

Signal generator

Job description

Our client is growing their Electronics R&D team and are looking for a hands‑on Electronics Technician to join their Test and Design group. You’ll work alongside engineers on the development and continuous testing of new products. You’ll build test setups, get your hands dirty on the bench, and help shape designs with practical ideas and modifications.

This is a great opportunity for someone who loves making things work and wants to grow. Over time you could become a product technical expert or electronic design engineer, travelling to customer sites around the world to troubleshoot problems and help tailor designs to specific applications.

What you’ll be doing

• Assembling equipment and prototypes for test
• Carrying out continuous, hands‑on testing of power electronics products
• Using hand tools and a soldering iron to build, repair and modify hardware
• Suggesting and making design improvements based on test results
• Using a wide range of test instruments with confidence
• Working closely with hardware, firmware and software colleagues across the R&D team

About you

• Your route in is flexible. You might be a graduate with some industry experience, or even impressive home projects. Or you might be a technician who came up through an apprenticeship, HNC or HND and built strong theory along the way.
• Practical and hands‑on. You enjoy bench work and aren’t afraid to pick up a soldering iron.
• Electronics Enthusiast. You will work on personal projects and see electronics as a hobby.
• A background in power electronics. Experience with AC motor drives is a real plus, but they are happy to train the right person.
• Some understanding of firmware and software. You don’t need to be an expert, just able to talk confidently with all parts of the R&D team.
• A great team player with determination and a sense of urgency.
• An innovator and lateral thinker who enjoys solving problems in new ways.
• Ambitious to grow, and open to travelling to customer sites worldwide as your role develops.

Working arrangements

This role is based full-time, five days a week, at their headquarters in Arundel. They will welcome a relocator and are able to assist with relocation,