Principal Electronics Engineer

Platform Recruitment
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£75,000 – £90,000 pa

Salary

£75,000 – £90,000 pa

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Lead
Posted
23 Mar 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Principal Electronics Engineer | £75-90k | Cambridge

A UK leader in highly specialised electronics design is looking for someone to be the electronics authority for their design team. They are on the cusp of signing some significant projects, and need a dedicated electronics engineer to work with their firmware & mechanical engineers.

This could be an amazing opportunity for you to make a critical impact in an elite team of driven & friendly engineers who have already managed to design a long list of award winning & life saving products.

The company prides itself on how they treat their engineers who go on to design industry-leading products.

Responsibilities:

* Be responsible for the design and development of robust and innovative products for the healthcare and medical industries

* Provide advanced, state of the art technical input to projects

* Positively interact with clients & stakeholders

Requirements:

* Extensive experience with hands on design & implementation

* Deep technical experience in one or more areas, with a broad understanding of engineering

* Strong understanding of DFM & experience with strict design regulations

Bonus skills:

* FPGA hardware design experience including VHDL/Verilog programming

* Low power wireless systems experience

Benefits:

* Employee owned company means you get more of a say in the running of the company, and access to profit related bonuses ~£3-4k p/a)

* 9% non-contributory employer pension

* Holiday buy & sell-back

Apply now to lead multi-disciplinary project teams and deliver cutting-edge solutions that improve people's lives

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