Electronics Hardware Engineer

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an electronics engineer to join our hardware team in Cambridge. You will contribute to the design and testing of embedded systems, power, and sensor nodes, and help scale designs for production.

You will create schematics and PCB layouts using Altium, KiCad, or Cadence, collaborate with Software, FPGA, and Mechanical teams, and validate hardware with lab equipment. We value hands-on experience with high‑speed interfaces and EMI/EMC design, and offer competitive

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of electronic design fundamentals.
• Proficiency in PCB design tools (Altium, KiCad, Cadence).
• Experience with embedded hardware, microcontrollers, and digital interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, LVDS).
• Hands-on experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, VNAs, logic analysers.
• Understanding of EMC/EMI design principles.
• Ability to read and interpret technical specifications and standards.
• Experience in fast-paced R&D or startup environments.
• Experience taking electronic hardware to production manufacture.
• Strong knowledge of power electronics or electro-mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and testing of electronics subsystems including embedded systems, electro‑mechanical systems, power distribution, sensor nodes and processing systems.
• Create schematics and multilayer PCB layouts for embedded, mixed signal, high‑speed digital, RF, and power electronics using industry‑standard CAD tools.
• Collaborate with other disciplines such as Software, FPGA and Mechanical Engineering to develop hardware architectures.
• Build and evaluate prototypes, perform debugging, and conduct hardware validation using lab equipment.
• Integrate electronic modules into wider system architectures ensuring compatibility with other subsystems.
• Own electronic designs as they are scaled up for production manufacture and taken through testing for reliability and EMC compliance.

Skills

Electronic design fundamentals

Embedded hardware experience

Microcontrollers

Digital interfaces (SPI I2C UART LVDS)

Reading technical specs

EMC/EMI principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Cadence

Job description

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and testing of electronics subsystems including embedded systems, electro‑mechanical systems, power distribution, sensor nodes and processing systems.
• Create schematics and multilayer PCB layouts for embedded, mixed signal, high‑speed digital, RF, and power electronics using industry‑standard CAD tools
• Collaborate with other disciplines such as Software, FPGA and Mechanical Engineering to develop hardware architectures.
• Build and evaluate prototypes, perform debugging, and conduct hardware validation using lab equipment
• Integrate electronic modules into wider system architectures ensuring compatibility with other subsystems
• Own electronic designs as they are scaled up for production manufacture and taken through testing for reliability and EMC compliance.

Requirements

• Degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• Strong knowledge of electronic design fundamentals
• Proficiency in PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad, Cadence)
• Experience with embedded hardware, microcontrollers, and digital interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, LVDS, etc.)
• Hands‑on experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers, VNAs, logic analysers
• Understanding of EMC/EMI design principles
• Ability to read and interpret technical specifications and standards

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in fast‑paced R&D or startup environments, with rapid prototype iteration times
• Experience taking electronic hardware to production manufacture
• Strong knowledge of power electronics or electro‑mechanical systems

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and stock options
• Private Medical & Dental
• Cycle to work scheme

About Us

The mission of Cambridge Aerospace is to eliminate the risk of existential war in Europe. That risk comes from the air – low‑cost drones and cruise missiles now manufactured in colossal volumes by our adversaries, ballistic missiles capable of ending the world as we know it, and a new generation of hypersonic weapons that evade every existing defence.

We’re building low‑cost interceptors that defeat these threats, and the surveillance systems to detect and target them – at a cost taxpayers can afford, at the pace the threat demands, and with sovereign supply chains that assure delivery.

We have immense backing from the world’s best venture funds. We’re one of the fastest growing defence technology companies in history. And we’re hiring the best engineers to prosecute the mission.

If you are in the top 1%, willing to work harder than you ever have, build technology better than anyone else, and contribute to the defining challenge of our time, now is the time to join us.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.