Graduate Hardware Engineer — Embedded Crypto & Defense

Ultra Electronics Group; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Private Medical Cover

25 days holiday

Pension Contribution

Life Assurance

Flexible hours including early finish

Cycle to work scheme

Security Clearance Allowance

Job summary

Ultra I&C Cyber in Maidenhead offers a two‑year hardware engineering graduate scheme focused on embedded encryption electronics. You will rotate through early research to development, gaining experience across digital/analogue hardware, and advancing toward a permanent hardware engineering role at our Cyber Centre of Excellence.

You will receive on‑the‑job coaching, mentoring and CPD opportunities, with security clearances/education progression as part of the programme.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronics Engineering or closely related discipline, with a minimum of a lower second‑class honours degree achieved within the past two years.
• Basic knowledge of electronic components.
• Experience of designing digital and, or analogue circuits.
• Use of circuit simulation using for example SPICE and signal integrity tools.
• Ability to create schematics using a schematic capture tool.
• Electronics hardware based final year project.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the creation of electronics requirements, architecture, and design documentation.
• Develop block diagrams and schematics for digital and analogue electronics required for product development.
• Select optimum components that meet the requirements.
• Perform design calculations and carry out simulations in order to estimate performance.
• Participate in the building of prototypes and identify problem areas.
• Test and verify electronic hardware according to the hardware development process.

Skills

Basic electronic knowledge

Digital/analogue circuit design

Circuit simulation (SPICE)

Schematic capture tool

Electronics hardware project

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering or related

Tools

SPICE

Schematic capture tool

Job description

Ultra I&C Cyber in Maidenhead offers a two‑year hardware engineering graduate scheme focused on embedded encryption electronics. You will rotate through early research to development, gaining experience across digital/analogue hardware, and advancing toward a permanent hardware engineering role at our Cyber Centre of Excellence.

You will receive on‑the‑job coaching, mentoring and CPD opportunities, with security clearances/education progression as part of the programme.