Electronics Engineering Internship: Hands-on PCB Design

Cambridge Consultants; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants is offering an Electronics Summer Placement at our Cambridge office for 12 weeks, starting between May and October 2027. We seek penultimate-year students pursuing an MEng in Electronic Engineering with a strong grounding in electronics.

You'll work on internal and client projects, gain hands-on experience with PCB design, lab testing, and measurements, and access our in-house facilities including PCB fabrication, EMC testing, and high-frequency labs.

Qualifications

• Penultimate-year student pursuing an MEng in Electronic Engineering with a 2.1 or above.
• Solid foundation in electronic principles.
• Familiarity with electronics lab equipment (soldering irons and oscilloscopes).
• Knowledge of electronics simulation tools and experience in electronics design and schematic capture.
• Understanding of electronics measurements and lab-based debugging.

Responsibilities

• Field experiments to validate concepts.
• PCB level circuit design and laboratory-based design validation.
• Development of system models.
• As required, present designs, results and conclusions.
• Work as part of a close-knit, multi-disciplinary project team focused on delivering design solutions to clients.

Skills

Electronic engineering fundamentals

Lab equipment handling

Circuit design

Schematic capture

Measurement and debugging

Education

MEng in Electronic Engineering (penultimate year)

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Soldering irons

Electronics simulation tools

Job description

Cambridge Consultants is offering an Electronics Summer Placement at our Cambridge office for 12 weeks, starting between May and October 2027. We seek penultimate-year students pursuing an MEng in Electronic Engineering with a strong grounding in electronics.

You'll work on internal and client projects, gain hands-on experience with PCB design, lab testing, and measurements, and access our in-house facilities including PCB fabrication, EMC testing, and high-frequency labs.