Junior Electronics Engineer

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd; St. Ives; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking a Junior Electronics Engineer to join a beachside team near St Ives. You will support rugged industrial products, focusing on troubleshooting, maintenance and quality control while gaining hands-on knowledge of the systems in place.

The ideal candidate will hold a degree in Electronic Engineering and have hands-on electronics experience; a couple of years in industry would strengthen your application. On-site work is required.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic Engineering required or up for discussion.
• Hands-on electronics experience or hobbyist exposure welcome.
• Comfort with analogue components alongside digital systems.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, maintain and quality-check existing electronic systems.
• Learn from an experienced engineer and build understanding of current designs.

Skills

Digital & analogue electronics

Ohm's Law & op-amps

PCB design & layout

I2C SPI UART

Radio comms (LoRa familiarity)

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering

Job description

We're looking for a Junior Electronics Engineer to join our clients engineering team in their beautiful, beachside location near St Ives. You will be working on rugged, real-world products used in demanding industrial environments — our client is well known in this sector and work with many household names across Europe and the USA.

You'll receive a detailed, hands‑on handover from an experienced Electronics Engineer to build a thorough working understanding of the systems already in place — the focus is on troubleshooting, maintaining, and quality‑controlling what's been built, rather than redesigning from scratch.

Key Skills & Experience

You'll ideally have experience in, or a good understanding of:

• Digital and analogue electronics — this is a digital system with strongly analogue components, so real comfort with analogue nuances matters
• Core fundamentals including Ohm's Law and operational amplifiers (op-amps)
• PCB design and layout
• Serial communications including I2C, SPI and UART
• Radio communications — localised, closed‑loop radio rather than IoT; familiarity with LoRa is helpful but not essential

About You

• A degree in Electronic Engineering
• Hands‑on electronics experience — hobbyist‑level exposure prior to university is a genuine plus
• A degree plus a couple of years' industry experience (including small business experience) would strengthen your application
• Strong problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and a genuine desire to learn
• Comfortable working on‑site full time; please note there's no relocation budget for this role, though candidates have successfully relocated for this position before

If you're a motivated junior engineer with a genuine grounding in electronics and an interest in real‑world, rugged product design, we'd love to hear from you.