Electronic Design Engineer

Overview

Electronics Design Engineer

Location: Cambourne, Cambridge (On-site)

Join a world-leading technology organisation developing advanced electronic systems for cutting-edge scientific instrumentation. This is a hands-on electronics design role where you'll take designs from initial concept through to verification, compliance, and manufacturing readiness across high-performance electron microscopy platforms.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Work on innovative, high-precision electronic systems used worldwide.
• Take full ownership of analogue, digital and microcontroller-based designs.
• Work with high-voltage, precision and embedded electronics in a specialist lab environment.
• Influence product safety, performance and compliance across global markets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing and supplier teams.
• Play a key technical role in new product introduction and continuous improvement.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing analogue, digital and high-voltage electronic circuits for advanced instrumentation.
• Developing microcontroller-based hardware, embedded interfaces and low-level control electronics.
• Supporting regulatory certification (CSA, SEMI, EN60101-1, UKCA) and acting as a local conformity officer.
• Leading schematic capture, PCB layout reviews, simulation, prototyping and board bring-up.
• Performing verification, debugging and root-cause analysis using lab equipment.
• Supporting EMC compliance, working closely with external test houses.
• Contributing to NPI activities and ensuring designs transition smoothly into manufacturing.
• Working with suppliers and production sites to ensure test coverage, tooling and process readiness.
• Producing technical documentation, specifications and change management inputs (ECR/ECO).
• Promoting safe working practices in environments involving HV, ESD-sensitive components and lab equipment.

What We're Looking For

• A degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering.
• Strong experience in analogue circuit design and microcontroller-based systems.
• Proficiency with PCB design tools (Altium, KiCad, Pulsonix) and circuit simulation software.
• Confident debugging electronic assemblies using oscilloscopes, analysers and HV test equipment.
• Solid understanding of EMC, grounding, signal integrity and safety standards.
• Basic embedded C skills for hardware bring-up and diagnostics.
• (Desirable) Knowledge of FPGA/digital logic (VHDL/Verilog), high-voltage electronics, EMC/CE/FCC compliance or scientific instrumentation.

Ready to Apply?

If you're an Electronics Design Engineer who enjoys hands-on development, solving complex design challenges and contributing to advanced scientific technology, we'd love to hear from you. This is a chance to make a meaningful impact within a forward-thinking engineering team and grow your capabilities in a world-leading organisation.

Apply today and take the next step in your electronics engineering career.