Electronics / Software Engineer

CamWebDir; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants in Cambridge is seeking an experienced embedded systems engineer to join the Electronics and Software group, contributing across markets and client assignments.

You will design and implement systems for analogue and digital hardware, embedded software, and control, with opportunities to write C for embedded targets, SystemVerilog for FPGAs, PCB design and hardware testing, while interacting with clients at all stages.

Qualifications

• Excellent degree or PhD in general, electrical, electronic or information engineering, computer science or physics.
• Prior industrial experience in at least one area and enthusiasm for learning others: software in C, C++, Rust or similar.
• Analogue electronics (general, interfaces, RF, power).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems for a wide range of applications and products.
• Interact directly with clients at all phases of projects, from requirements capture to handover.

Skills

C/C++/Rust

SystemVerilog

Embedded software

Analogue electronics

Education

Advanced degree in electronics/engineering/physics

Job description

CB4 0DW Cambridge Science Park via Cambridge Network

Overview

Cambridge Consultants undertakes over 300 technology, design and consulting projects every year. You will get to work across the broad range of markets, from Consumer Devices to Industrial Systems to Defence and National Security. The Electronics and Software group is a cohesive team of multi-disciplinary experts in everything to do with embedded systems and devices – whether that’s electronics, embedded software, physics, control, communications, security or algorithm design. We’re looking for people with relevant previous experience to help widen our group’s skillset and support our junior engineers. We need people who are enthusiastic about learning, keen to pick up new skills, and can show evidence of a rigorous approach to solving real-world problems.

Your responsibilities

Withsupport and guidance from your peers, you will work as part of our technical team on client assignments in multi-disciplinary projects for a wide range of markets. You may work on one or more projects at a time, in a variety of different disciplines and roles. You will work on the design and implementation of systems for a wide range of applications and products. You will have many opportunities to develop your technical design skills for analogue and digital hardware, information engineering, embedded software, control, communications and whole product design. This could include writing software in C for embedded targets, writing SystemVerilog for FPGAs, PCB design and hardware testing. You will be expected to interact directly with clients at all phases of projects, from requirements capture and progress updates to final handover.

About you

We’re looking for applicants with the following experience or skills:

• An excellent degree or PhD in general, electrical, electronic or information engineering, computer science or physics.
• Prior industrial experience in at least one of the following areas, and enthusiasm for learning about the others:
  • Software implementation in C, C++, Rust, or a similar programming language
• Analogue electronics (general, interfaces, RF, power)

Some projects at Cambridge Consultants are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to obtain a Security Check level security clearance ( https://www.gov.uk/guidance/united-kingdom-security-vetting-applicant ). You must be able to work in the UK without restrictions in accordance with UK National Law and be prepared to successfully undertake an appropriate level of UK National Security Vetting according to UK Government National Security Vetting criteria.