Senior Electronics Engineer

Sagentia Defence; Harston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy is seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer to design and develop cutting-edge electronic systems. In this role, you will lead multidisciplinary teams, engage in the full product development lifecycle, and solve diverse engineering challenges. Candidates should have a strong background in electronic design, project management, and excellent communication skills. The position is based in Harston, UK, with opportunities for travel. A competitive salary and benefits package are included.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of electronics designs from feasibility to manufacture.
• Passionate about learning new electronic technologies.
• Experience in motion control and robotic systems would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design high-quality analogue and digital circuits for client projects.
• Lead electronics hardware development in multidisciplinary projects.
• Interact with clients to formalize design requirements and implement solutions.

Skills

Designing analogue and digital circuits

Full product development lifecycle experience

Excellent communication skills

Detailed project planning and execution

Education

Degree or postgraduate qualification in electronics, engineering, or a related subject

Tools

Requirements management tools

FPGA hardware design experience

Simulation tools like Spice

Job description

Senior Electronics Engineer

Department: Electronics & Systems

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Cambridge

Description

As a highly successful leading‑edge product development and technology services company, we have been involved in several diverse and exciting electromechanical system development projects including a rapidly manufactured ventilator system for the UK government, virus detection technologies, advanced agricultural machinery, surgical robotics, novel drink dispensing technology and a next generation radiotherapy system.

Innovation is a key driver across our development projects, resulting in cutting‑edge, elegant and creative solutions that improve people’s lives and the world we live in.

This role is an opportunity to work within highly talented multi‑disciplinary project teams; to use your creativity and technical knowledge to develop world‑leading solutions for our clients; with the added satisfaction of seeing your finished designs launched on the market.

A day in the life

Your work will predominately be based at our Sagentia offices in Harston, Cambridge. There may also be opportunities to travel to client sites in Europe or USA as well as to support project work at other Science Group sites. You will enjoy a fast‑paced environment leading teams who solve a variety of challenges from different industries, and you will be expected to stretch yourself and demonstrate ambitions, determination, and focus.

We have dozens of projects in the medical, industrial, consumer, and food and beverage sectors, working with many of the world’s leading and best‑known brands. As a Senior Electronics Engineer, you will have the opportunity to lead project teams, utilising and improving on your electronic engineering competencies, and leadership skills, on projects across these sectors.

Projects can range in length from a couple of months to several years and will typically use a talented and collaborative cross‑disciplinary team to provide best‑practice product development expertise in electronics, mechanical and software design.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing high‑quality analogue and digital circuits for client projects at all stages within the product development lifecycle, from feasibility through to manufacture.
• Leading the electronics hardware development within multidisciplinary projects, collaborating with software, mechanical and manufacturing engineers to decompose complex requirements and establish the most appropriate system architecture.
• Leading and/or significantly contributing to design review, FMEA and DFM activities.
• Interacting with our clients to plan projects, identify and formalise design requirements, implement, test, and ultimately hand over finished designs.
• Architecting and leading integration, issue resolution and verification activities at hardware and system level, including oversight of specialist external labs.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A proven track record of the full product development lifecycle of multiple electronics designs.
• A hands‑on passion for designing both analogue and digital circuits.
• Passionate about learning new electronic technologies.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced environment with excellent communication skills.
• Detailed project planning and execution experience.
• Good academic background with a degree or postgraduate qualification in electronics, engineering, or a related subject.

Additional knowledge and skills beneficial to this role

• Proven FPGA hardware design experience including VHDL / Verilog programming.
• Simulation of designs using Spice and/or RF simulators.
• Experience in motion control (actuators and sensors) and robotic systems would be advantageous.
• RF design, test and compliance to 6GHz would be advantageous.
• Experience with requirements management tools and systems would be advantageous.

Benefits

You will be offered a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package.