Senior Electronics Engineer – Analogue Electronics
Main purpose of the job
To work within multi-disciplinary teams, designing high-quality, reliable analogue electronics design for major product developments and innovative, ‘proof-of-concept’ technology demonstrators. You will contribute technically, and apply your existing theoretical and practical expertise to develop innovative products and technologies for our clients.
Type of work undertaken by the division/group
We form powerful design and development teams by combining a highly creative, lateral thinking approach with our excellent technical skills and a broad base of industrial experience. Our work includes both the undertaking of complete product developments from concept to market; and also consulting with our clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.
The Industrial & Scientific Products group specialises in the design and development of complex products, serving a range of industry sectors including:
- Cleantech
- Scientific instruments & sensors
- Mechatronics
- Defence & Security
- Industrial systems
- Consumer products
The main areas of expertise within this multidisciplinary group are:
- Electromechanical systems design
- Numerical analysis & mechanical engineering
- Analogue & digital electronics
- Electric motor & drive technologies
- Management of new product developments
Specific responsibilities
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer with the ambition and ability to achieve excellent results in a highly demanding industry, and to find novel and radical solutions to new and existing problems under tough commercial and time restraints.
You will be using your strong technical skills to make a significant contribution to development projects, from initial concepts through to final delivery. This will include:
- Concept generation
- Analysis and development of system architectures
- Detailed design of analogue and digital electronics
- Working closely with our clients, other engineers and technicians to implement detailed design solutions
- Specifying, designing and executing experimental programmes with teams of engineers, scientists and technicians
- Developing and building proof-of-concept prototypes
- Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation
Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you must have:
- An excellent first degree in electronic engineering or a related discipline
- Strong technical skills, with key strengths in analogue electronics
- A genuine passion for electronics, and engineering in general
- A creative approach to problem solving and concept generation
- An appreciation of the use of engineering analysis in product development
- Relevant, post graduate industrial experience
In addition, qualifications and experience in the following areas would be beneficial:
- Signals and sensor engineering
- Audio engineering
- An ability to apply Matlab / Simulink as a design and simulation tool
- Digital electronics design
- Microcontroller and embedded control systems design
- Embedded software design and implementation
- A post-graduate qualification, preferably with a high level of practical or industrial experience
- An understanding of design for manufacture (DfM) and design for test (DfT)
- Experience in managing new product introductions, either in-house, or using electronics manufacturing service providers (contract manufacturing partners)
Future Prospects
Cambridge Consultants is committed to developing its employees’ careers, and has a flexible policy for individual capabilities and preferences. Promotion is linked to merit
Employment benefits
- Good salaries, based on merit and reviewed annually;
- Profit share in addition to basic salary
- Flexible working hours
- Free lunches and refreshments
- Private medical insurance and company sickness scheme
- Pension scheme including free life assurance
- 25 days annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Assistance in relocation if applicable
- Active social committee
- Well equipped and pleasantly situated building on the Cambridge Science Park
- Above all, real responsibility for real business problems, with good career prospects based on merit
- Excellent career development and training opportunities
To apply, send your CV to: UKrecruitment@CambridgeConsultants.com