Electronics Engineer

Company: Octagon Group
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Location: Waterbeach
Job Description:

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ELECTRONICS ENGINEER – PRODUCTION ENGINEERING JOB IN CAMBRIDGE

A fantastic opportunity has become available for an Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering in Cambridge (Waterbeach) with a leading high-technology organisation developing advanced thermal imaging, night vision, and augmented reality systems. This Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering job in Cambridge offers the chance to join a newly formed NPI team focused on taking complex electronic products from R&D into scalable manufacturing.

The successful Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering in Cambridge will work across R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality to ensure electronic designs are fully production-ready. This Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering role in Cambridge will focus on PCB design support, manufacturability improvements, and the development of production test solutions for advanced electronic systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting the transition of products from prototype into volume manufacture
  • Working with R&D to improve PCB design for manufacturability and testability
  • Supporting PCB assembly, integration, and electronic fault finding
  • Developing and improving automated production test equipment and fixtures
  • Supporting NPI builds, root cause analysis, and production issue resolution (desirable)

Qualifications

  • Degree in Electronic Engineering or related discipline
  • Proven experience using Altium for PCB design and layout
  • Strong experience with PCB assembly, integration, and electronics manufacturing
  • Good understanding of DFM, DFA, and DFT principles (desirable)
  • Experience supporting products through NPI and into production
  • Strong fault-finding skills at board and system level (desirable)
  • Understanding of ISO9001 or similar quality systems (desirable)

Experience with automated test equipment, microcontrollers, LabVIEW, C/C++, or military-standard product development would be advantageous.

This Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering role in Cambridge offers excellent long-term development opportunities and the chance to work on highly advanced electronic systems within a growing engineering team.

If you believe you have the right skills and experience for this Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering job in Cambridge, please send your CV to the below email.

If you would like to discuss this Electronics Engineer – Production Engineering opportunity in Cambridge before applying, please contact Georgia Cook

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Posted: July 6th, 2026