Electronics Engineer Consultant

Company: Platform Recruitment
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Location: Cambridge
Job Description:

Electronics Engineering Consultant | Cambridgeshire (On site) Salary: DOE

Want to work on a different technical challenge every few months?

I’m working with a growing technology consultancy in Cambridgeshire that develops cutting edge solutions for defence and national security clients. They’re looking for Electronics Engineering Consultants to design and develop new technology across a wide range of projects, from early concept through to working hardware.

This role suits a strong engineer who enjoys variety, likes working directly with clients and wants to see their ideas turned into real products.

What you’ll be doing

  • Designing electronics across a range of client projects
  • Working on analogue, digital, mixed signal and FPGA based systems
  • Taking ideas from concept and prototype through to working hardware
  • Testing, debugging and proving out designs
  • Working directly with clients to understand their problems and present solutions
  • Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists

What you’ll bring

  • Solid electronics design experience, at board or system level
  • A strong academic background in electronics, physics or similar
  • Good communication skills and confidence working with clients
  • Commercial awareness and a practical, problem solving approach
  • Eligible for UK security clearance

Nice to have

  • FPGA experience (blended electronics and FPGA profiles are welcome)
  • RF, sensors or signal processing experience
  • A consultancy or defence background

What’s on offer

  • Competitive salary, depending on experience
  • Varied, technically challenging work across many projects
  • The chance to grow with a business that’s expanding

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Posted: October 14th, 2026