Senior Electronics Engineer – NPI & Production

Octagon Group; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Octagon Group in Cambridge is seeking an Electronics Engineer in Production Engineering to help transition prototypes to scalable production, working across R&D, Manufacturing and Quality on advanced thermal imaging, night vision, and AR systems.

You will focus on PCB design for manufacturability, DFA/DFT, test equipment and automated production tests, with hands-on fault finding and NPI support to drive yield and reliability.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electronic Engineering or related discipline.
• Proven experience using Altium for PCB design and layout.
• Strong board and system-level fault-finding skills.
• Experience supporting products through NPI and into production.

Responsibilities

• Support the transition of products from prototype into volume manufacture.
• Work with R&D to improve PCB designs for manufacturability and testability.
• Support PCB assembly, integration and electronic fault finding.
• Develop and improve automated production test equipment and fixtures.
• Support NPI builds and resolve production issues.
• Carry out root cause analysis and implement improvements.

Skills

Altium

PCB design

Fault finding

Automated test equipment

LabVIEW

C/C++

DFM DFA DFT

ISO9001 knowledge

Education

Degree in Electronic Engineering

Tools

Altium

LabVIEW

C/C++

Job description

Octagon Group in Cambridge is seeking an Electronics Engineer in Production Engineering to help transition prototypes to scalable production, working across R&D, Manufacturing and Quality on advanced thermal imaging, night vision, and AR systems.

You will focus on PCB design for manufacturability, DFA/DFT, test equipment and automated production tests, with hands-on fault finding and NPI support to drive yield and reliability.