Electronics Engineer Consultant

Platform Recruitment; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking an Electronics Engineering Consultant to work on defence and national security projects in Cambridgeshire, on site. You will design electronics from concept through to working hardware and directly interact with clients to understand problems and present solutions.

Ideal candidates have strong electronics design experience, a solid academic background in electronics or physics, and be comfortable with client-facing roles and problem solving.

Qualifications

• Strong electronics design experience at board or system level.
• Academic background in electronics or physics.
• Good communication skills and confidence working with clients.
• Commercial awareness and a practical, problem solving approach.
• Eligible for UK security clearance

Responsibilities

• Design electronics across a range of client projects.
• Work on analogue, digital, mixed signal and FPGA based systems.
• Take ideas from concept and prototype through to working hardware.
• Testing, debugging and proving out designs.
• Working directly with clients to understand their problems and present solutions.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists

Skills

Electronics design

FPGA design

Client engagement

Problem solving

Security clearance eligible

Education

Bachelor's degree in electronics or physics

Job description

Electronics Engineering Consultant | Cambridgeshire (On site) Salary: DOE

Want to work on a different technical challenge every few months?

I’m working with a growing technology consultancy in Cambridgeshire that develops cutting edge solutions for defence and national security clients. They’re looking for Electronics Engineering Consultants to design and develop new technology across a wide range of projects, from early concept through to working hardware.

This role suits a strong engineer who enjoys variety, likes working directly with clients and wants to see their ideas turned into real products.

What you’ll be doing

• Designing electronics across a range of client projects
• Working on analogue, digital, mixed signal and FPGA based systems
• Taking ideas from concept and prototype through to working hardware
• Testing, debugging and proving out designs
• Working directly with clients to understand their problems and present solutions
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists

What you’ll bring

• Solid electronics design experience, at board or system level
• A strong academic background in electronics, physics or similar
• Good communication skills and confidence working with clients
• Commercial awareness and a practical, problem solving approach
• Eligible for UK security clearance

Nice to have

• FPGA experience (blended electronics and FPGA profiles are welcome)
• RF, sensors or signal processing experience
• A consultancy or defence background

What’s on offer

• Competitive salary, depending on experience
• Varied, technically challenging work across many projects
• The chance to grow with a business that’s expanding