Graduate AI & Security Engineer — Trust & Resilience

Cambridge Consultants; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridge Consultants is seeking graduates to work on secure, trustworthy, and resilient technologies spanning cyber security, embedded systems, AI and connected tech. You'll join the Trusted AI and Secure Technologies team and collaborate with electronics, firmware, software, RF, AI and data science specialists on real client projects.

The role emphasizes learning, structured problem solving and hands-on security engineering across the full lifecycle, with opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• An excellent degree or PhD in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics or a related technical discipline.
• 12 months industrial experience, e.g. placement year or relevant postgraduate experience.
• A good understanding of fundamental engineering, computing or security principles.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to threat modelling, attack-surface analysis and security risk assessments.
• Helping to identify security requirements and develop secure-by-design system architectures.
• Supporting vulnerability assessments and security testing, including helping to scope testing activities and track remediation.
• Investigating vulnerabilities and helping teams understand and address security risks.
• Contributing to security cases, assurance activities and technical documentation.
• Analysing systems, software and technical designs to identify potential security weaknesses.
• Developing prototypes, analysis tools or other technical solutions to investigate security problems.
• Working with multidisciplinary teams to understand the interaction between security, functionality, safety and system performance.
• Communicating technical findings clearly to engineers, project teams and customers.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor's or PhD in Computer Science or related

Tools

Burp Suite

Wireshark

Firmware-analysis tools

Job description

Cambridge Consultants is seeking graduates to work on secure, trustworthy, and resilient technologies spanning cyber security, embedded systems, AI and connected tech. You'll join the Trusted AI and Secure Technologies team and collaborate with electronics, firmware, software, RF, AI and data science specialists on real client projects.

The role emphasizes learning, structured problem solving and hands-on security engineering across the full lifecycle, with opportunities to contribute to