Electronics Engineering Consultant — Varied, Hands-on Hardware

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

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.