Production Engineer (Electronics)

Room at the Top Recruitment; Cambourne; Hybrid; GBP 61,754,000 - 104,833,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday pro rata

Hybrid working

Job summary

Room at the Top Recruitment seeks a seasoned hardware/production support engineer to drive ECO changes, lead NPI/tester activities, and support global production floors. You will work with cross‑functional teams across multiple sites, including the Cambourne office, with hybrid working options.

The role requires deep electronics knowledge, hands‑on debugging, and strong communication in English (and Hebrew). PAYE contract for 12 months with an hourly rate between £21.54 and £36.62.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of proven experience in a similar position.
• B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering or similar.
• Understanding of production line testers design and maintenance.
• Deep understanding of electronic design (Analog / Digital / Radio).
• Knowledge of components, PCB/PCBA design, batteries, RF, IR and ATE testing.
• Strong communication in Hebrew and English; able to work in a global matrixed org.
• Hands-on expertise with hardware systems and networked instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead HW/ATE/SW change (ECO) on new and legacy products and NPI.
• Lead testers procedures for new products (test stations, wiring, testing, validation).
• Lead the product during NPI and legacy stages.
• Lead failure analysis and reliability testing of design aspects.
• Support local and worldwide production floors.
• Publish reports of results to peers and management.
• Collaborate with production line ATE engineers to deploy testers abroad.

Skills

Electronics engineering

Test equipment

HW/ATE/SW integration

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication (Hebrew & English)

Hardware systems familiarity

Education

B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

Job description

Our client transforms vision into reality. It's where ideas become technologies, and cutting-edge technologies become solutions for animal care and management. Join them as they build the team that will develop and deliver our future generations of the Vence Collar, a product rich in technological challenges across multiple disciplines, with an advanced system architecture and connectivity. You will experience the success of your work in customers' hands, with short delivery cycles and quick customer feedback.

Work closely with our product and platform teams which are cross-functional and durable, bringing together all the skills required to deliver impactful outcomes. Leadership of the product team is shared between the Product Manager and the Technology Lead, ensuring balanced guidance that bridges product vision and technical execution.

The role includes supporting production floors abroad, reading logs, investigating faults at the product, infrastructure, and server levels, leading organized and documented solutions, upgrading existing environments, and providing problem-solving for our primary production floors worldwide. The support engineer will work closely with the development teams as Tier 2-3 and represent the Company as the professional authority in ongoing work with the technical parties and production floors.

You will be based in the Cambourne, Cambridgeshire office when you will have the option of hybrid working (at least 4 days in the office and 1 day from you) and you will be part of a multi‑site programme, working alongside teams located in California, USA and in Israel. The role is a PAYE temporary contract role for 12‑months offering an hourly rate of £21.54 - £36.62 per hour depending on experience plus 25 days holiday pro rata.

Role Functions

• Lead the HW/ATE/SW change (ECO) on new and legacy products and NPI (EOL, Layout update…)
• Leads Testers procedures for new products (Test station duplication / wiring / testing / Validation/ Change & update / Support)
• Lead the product during the NPI and legacy products.
• Leads failure analysis and reliability testing on all critical aspects of product design
• Support local and worldwide production floors
• Published effectively report results to peers and management
• Collaborate with production line ATE engineers to deliver and deploy testers in production line abroad.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

Mandatory

• At least 5 years of proven experience in a similar position
• B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering or similar
• Understanding production line testers design and maintenance
• Deep understanding of electronic design (Analog / Digital / Radio)
• Knowledge in electronics components, PCB and PCBA design and assembly process, batteries, radio frequency (RF), IR, testing methods, and knowledge in ATE (Automatic Test Equipment)
• Communication skills, verbal, written, and presentation skills in both Hebrew & English
• Experience in matrixed worldwide organization and ability to work well in a team environment, including cross-culture.
• Self‑motivated and organized.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with hardware systems, embedded interfaces, networks, instrumentation, debugging, and system‑level integration.
• Problem solver with “hands‑on” approach.
• Excellent team player.

Advantage

• Good knowledge with SQA and Labview tools
• Experience with RF communication and connected (smart) products
• Experience of working in complex multidisciplinary projects that requires a high level of technical know‑how
• Experience with manufacturing databases, production data pipelines, and engineering data analysis tools.
• Experience working with subcontractors, external vendors, CMO production teams, and procurement processes for tester or prototype parts.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best of luck in your job search