Senior Electronic Systems Engineer

Octagon Group; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Octagon Group seeks an Electronic Systems Engineer in Cambridge to join our Systems Engineering team. You will work on developing and integrating electronic hardware for next-generation products across analogue, digital, and mixed-signal domains.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute from requirements definition through hardware development, integration, testing, and manufacture, collaborating with RF, firmware, and software engineers to deliver complete systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience in electronic hardware design, electronics systems engineering, or hardware integration.
• Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics and their interaction within a wider system.
• Experience working with hardware requirements, specifications, and electronic interfaces.
• Experience integrating, testing, and troubleshooting electronic hardware.
• Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB development.
• Confidence using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analysers, and spectrum analysers.

Responsibilities

• Translate product and system requirements into electronic hardware specifications.
• Contribute to electronic system architecture, hardware design, and interface definition.
• Support analog, digital, and mixed-signal electronics development, including signal conditioning and power supplies.
• Collaborate with RF, software, firmware, and systems engineers to integrate hardware into complete products.
• Support schematic development, component selection, and PCB design activities.
• Develop and execute hardware and system-level testing to verify performance against requirements.
• Investigate technical issues during prototype development, hardware integration, and testing.
• Participate in design reviews and support new product introduction and ongoing product improvements.

Skills

Electronic systems engineering

Hardware design

Analog electronics

Digital electronics

RF integration

System integration

PCB design

Schematic capture

Laboratory testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Logic analysers

Spectrum analysers

Job description

A new Electronic Systems Engineer job is available in Cambridge with a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced RF and microwave solutions for the telecommunications, space, defence, and aerospace sectors.

Due to continued growth, our client is seeking an Electronic Systems Engineer to join its Systems Engineering team, supporting the development and integration of electronic hardware for next-generation products.

This Electronic Systems Engineer job in Cambridge offers the opportunity to work across analogue, digital, and mixed-signal electronics, with a focus on how hardware, RF, firmware, and software come together within a complete system. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will contribute from requirements definition and hardware development through to integration, testing, and manufacture.

Key responsibilities for the Electronic Systems Engineer job in Cambridge:

• Translate product and system requirements into electronic hardware specifications.
• Contribute to electronic system architecture, hardware design, and interface definition.
• Support the development of analogue, digital, and mixed-signal electronics, including signal conditioning, power supplies, microprocessors, ADCs, and DACs.
• Work closely with RF, software, firmware, and systems engineers to integrate hardware into complete products.
• Support schematic development, component selection, and PCB design activities.
• Develop and carry out hardware and system-level testing to verify performance against requirements.
• Investigate technical issues during prototype development, hardware integration, and testing.
• Participate in design reviews and support new product introduction and ongoing product improvements.

Skills and experience for the Electronic Systems Engineer job in Cambridge:

• A degree in Electronic Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience in electronic hardware design, electronic systems engineering, or hardware integration.
• A strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics and their interaction within a wider system.
• Experience working with hardware requirements, specifications, and electronic interfaces.
• Experience integrating, testing, and troubleshooting electronic hardware.
• Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB development.
• Confidence using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analysers, and spectrum analysers.
• The ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.