67 Hardware jobs in Cambridgeshire

Purpose of this role

The purpose of this role is to provide electronics hardware needed for

• Development of new sensor product solutions and technology assets
• Validation of new sensor HW solutions

Responsibilities

All hardware development is carried out in accordance with the Flusso quality management system (QMS) and specifically the Hardware Development and Release Management Process.

General project responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of goals and timescales for new product and technology development programs, particularly in respect of the hardware developments that are required, which can include
• Reference designs for Flusso sensor application solutions, incuding
• Variants with features that support firmware development (such as debug connectors)
• Test interface adapters (such as pogo pin boards)
• Evaluation Kit hardware that will be used by customers to assess the functionality and performance of Flusso sensors for their application
• Sensor electronics modules
• USB interface adapters
• Demonstration platforms for marketing activities, such as trade shows
• Hardware for automated in-house test systems used during product development, such as DUT boards and interface adapters
• Participate in feasibility analysis and propose hardware solutions that meet project and needs and product solution requirements (presenting options and trade-offs, as appropriate).
• Provide realistic estimates for the time and effort task durations for schedule/milestone planning

Hardware design cycle responsibilities

• Requirements capture and analysis, with consideration of
• Form, fit, function and operating conditions
• Applicable industry or regulatory standards
• Manufacturability, test and testability (including volume production)
• Feasibility analysis, design specifications and design documentation
• Schematic capture and PCB layout
• Outsourced manufacture of PCBs and PCBAs
• Bring-up, programming, debug and verification of hardware designs.
• Commissioning of batches of boards for end-users such as Test Engineering
• Board repair and modification

Other

• Occasional small batch build and test of product Evaluation Kits
• Making custom cable assemblies
• Procurement of PCBAs, in accordance with project and marketing needs.
• Procurement of lab stocks of electronic components and consumables
• Maintain hardware stock information in the inventory management system.
• Provide hardware costs to support budgeting and pricing and of Eval Kits.

Requirements

Qualifications, knowledge, skills & experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering or Science subject.

Essential Skills and Knowledge

• Skills, knowledge, competence and experience in the all responsibilities of the role listed above.
• Deep knowledge and experience of mixed signal circuit design typically with
• Standard microcontrollers
• Analogue signal conditioning and consideration of signal integrity
• Power management
• Serial interfaces such as USB, I2C, SPI, CAN, JTAG and one-wire
• ESD protection of interface connections
• Mechanical features for mounting and enclosures
• Preparing CAD data for PCB and PCBA outsourced manufacture
• Design for manufacture in volume
• Extensive skills with test equipment for hardware debug, design verification and bench testing.
• Excellent practical hardware skills, especially surface mount soldering (manual and with bench-top IR ovens)

Skills and Knowledge that Would be an Advantage

• PCB design using KiCAD
• Design of hardware for sensor applications
• Familiarity and experience with microcontrollers such as STM32 family (ARM Cortex-M0+)
• Programming in languages such as C for hardware bring-up and debug.
• Ability to modify and build firmware using a SDK.
• Programming/scripting in Python

Profile

• Comfortable working in an interdisciplinary team, and accepting of engineering peer review feedback.
• Motivated by timely delivery to high quality standards.
• Detail conscious, rigorous and meticulous.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced development environment.
• Pro-active, positive and enthusiastic by nature.
• Good at multi-tasking and responsive to changing needs of projects.
• Good documentation and communication skills
• Willing to undertake occasional international travel to work with customers and partners

Benefits

• Base salary
• Bonus (% of base salary) based on company and personal performance
• Workplace pension contribution 3% of full base salary (we can trade with salary level for higher)
• Bupa Cash Plan Level 3 (employee only)
• Private Medical insurance with cover for spouse/partner and dependent children
• Group Life Insurance covers up to 4 x salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (adjusted for part time roles)
• Support for relocation (loan discharged over two years service)

Hardware Development Engineer

Team – R&D Engineering

Location – Cambridge, UK

Contract – Full-Time, Permanent

About CGD

Making Sustainable Power Electronics Possible

A spin-out of the Cambridge University, Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is a fabless semiconductor company that develops a range of energy-efficient GaN-based power devices to make greener electronics possible.

The global power semiconductor market is expected to exceed $50BN. In addition to the multi-million seed fund and Series A and now B private investments, CGD has so far successfully secured four projects funded by iUK, BEIS and EU (Penta). The technical and commercial expertise of the CGD team combined with an extensive track record in the power electronics market has been fundamental in early market traction of our proprietary technology.

Bringing Innovation into Everyday Life

The environmental need for solutions to resolve the world’s most significant challenges (energy consumption and CO2 emissions) inspires us to contribute to society by preserving nature with energy-efficient power solutions.

With a mindset on pushing the limits of semiconductor (GaN) properties and an outstanding team of worldwide experts leveraging knowledge, IP, and decades of research, we demonstrate technological advancement by developing green solutions for everyday electronics, respecting our planet’s natural resources, and creating a more sustainable future for the generations to come.

Why Work for CGD

We Champion Commitment, Celebrate Empowerment, and Reward the Brave.

We are interested in change-makers with a passion for power semiconductors who are willing to explore unconventional ways to meet the company’s green agenda.

At CGD, we pride ourselves on putting empowerment and commitment at the core of our company culture. We offer a relaxed yet productive working environment where everybody is valued and respected and becomes part of commercial success while experiencing professional growth.

If your heart beats for innovation, challenge, and growth, and if the prospect of joining a friendly and game-changing company is for you, we want to hear from you.

The Opportunity

CGD is looking for a Hardware Development Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You will principally be responsible for designing and setting up test systems to characterize our GaN power devices and ICs. This includes all steps from system concept to initial operation. These test systems characterize the static and dynamic properties of CGD’s devices, as well as reliability and long term-operation. They will be installed both in-house in Cambridge and at our partners around the world.

In this role, you will be able to develop and use your knowledge in power electronics engineering, PCB design and testing at the forefront of GaN devices R&D.

The outcome of your work will be impressive hardware systems that enable our Device and Reliability Engineers to prove the excellent properties of CGD’s GaN power devices.

This role is based at the company’s office and lab in Cambridge, UK.

Main Responsibilities

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Develop test solutions for characterization of GaN power ICs
• Design schematics, layout and mechanical setup
• Assembly of test hardware (in-house and with subcontractors)
• Liaise with subcontractors to build prototypes and systems
• Testing and debugging of new test setup or solution, including pilot characterization runs as part of the initial operation
• Design and run customer-specific tests
• Liaise with CGD engineers in all phases of hardware development

Requirements

Skills and Experience

Essential

• A degree or similar vocational qualification (e.g. HND) in a relevant engineering or science subject
• Demonstrable industrial experience in hardware development and the design of analog electronic systems, ideally for test systems
• Hands-on experience with Altium (or similar) PCB design software, with knowledge of good layout practices
• Hands-on experience with a SPICE simulator (e.g. OrCAD, LTSPICE or similar)
• Experience in developing test solutions for semiconductor devices, on a lab-scale or at high volume
• Knowledge of test and safety at high voltage (1kV) and elevated temperatures
• Hands-on skills in building electronics, i.e. hand soldering, reflow soldering, etc.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced start-up environment
• Pro-active by nature, responsive to changing needs of the projects and business
• Good communication and presentation skills, including documentation
• A mindset for precise and high-quality results
• An eye for detail

Desirable

• Skilled in power electronics, in particular power electronic circuits for device reliability or testing
• Knowledge of power semiconductor devices is desirable
• Experience with hardware running at elevated temperatures
• Knowledge of semiconductor device testing, on a lab-scale or at high volume

Benefits

• Excellent salary
• Share options scheme available (so you own a piece of the company!)
• Pension scheme (6% Company contribution)
• Life Assurance (3x Salary)
• BUPA Private Medical Insurance
• BUPA Cash Plan (Level 3)
• Flexible working options (both location and times)
• Annual leave allowance of 33 days (including bank holidays)
• Training and development
• Electric Car Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• IP bonus scheme
• Involvement in collaborative projects and grants with University of Cambridge and other partners
• Recruitment referral bonus
• Regular social events including frequent company lunches, annual summer party, Christmas party, team building and wellbeing activities

We believe in equal opportunities

It takes a diverse and inclusive community of passionate, talented and committed people to build a system to shape the future of power electronics.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all employees. We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

We are well set up for collaborative hybrid working, with some members of the team working in the UK office and some from home in the UK and other cities in Europe and Asia.

SOC-IP ARCHITECT

Cambridge- or- Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Remote UK is another possibility

The office is in Cambridge

Remote/hybrid with (mildly) occasional travel to Cambridge

Must be ILR or British National, Baya is not able to sponsor Visas

About the role:

We are seeking an SoC hardware architect to work on network-on-chip and/or cache-coherency IP specifications. This is an opportunity to play a key role in one of the industry’s most happening startups, shaping our technology portfolio, bringing expertise and creativity to our solutions

Responsibilities:

• Develop hardware architectures for Baya products
• Explore options and validate architectural choices, using different modelling techniques as appropriate
• Write specifications
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineering teams to ensure accurate execution against architecture
• Collaborate with customer-support team to ensure detailed understanding of architecture
• Interact with lead customers to understand and meet their requirements

Qualifications and Preferred Skills:

• BS, MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years and current hands-on experience in SoC architecture or microarchitecture
• In-depth understanding of digital hardware for some or all of cache-coherency, NoC, D2D interfaces, or other system IP
• Experience of large SoC projects including system-level understanding of some or all of place-and-route, RAS, security, interface-IP, QoS
• In-depth understanding of AMBA and other standard on-chip interfaces
• Experience with modern programming/source-control/scripting eg Python/Git is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

Compensation:

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Performance incentives
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Equity

This global innovation powerhouse is seeking a Senior Electronics Hardware Design Engineer with an embedded systems focus to join their team near Royston. You should have good knowledge of analogue & digital electronics design as well as the full product lifecycle and be happy to be hands on as well as lead a small team of one or two people.

Excellent communications are also essential as you will be interacting with key stakeholders including clients.

This is an opportunity to work within a team that is making a difference to people’s lives through the breakthrough technology being developed.

***Due to the nature of this position and required security clearance, please only apply if you are a British Citizen.***

On a day to day basis, you will be developing solutions at systems level as well as taking on detailed electronic design work with a creative outlook to realise concepts.

What do we need from you?

With a Hardware focus, you should have experience solving difficult issues in at least two of the following areas:

• Well versed in a breadth of core electronics disciplines including analogue and digital circuit design and a deep understanding of embedded systems.
• An excellent understanding of key embedded technologies including FPGA, high-end CPUs and SoCs, high speed communication techniques and DDRx memory.
• Exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept generation through to product release including demonstrable experience of delivering your designs into service.
• Possession of a good understanding of the regulatory landscape of the UK, EU and US and a proven track record of designing for compliance with appropriate standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and be comfortable explaining complex engineering concepts to both a technical and non-technical audience.
• Someone not afraid to be ‘Hands-on’ and work with the team to work through challenges from first principles on the bench.

What can you expect in return?

• Salary in the region of £60,000 - £85,000 dependent on experience
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Share ownership
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family

If you are interested in having a further conversation about the role, please get in touch with a copy of your CV today.

Senior Digital IC Design Engineer

Cambridge, UK

Competitive salary + benefits | Sponsorship available

Do you enjoy seeing your RTL design come to life on the lab bench?

Are you the kind of engineer who’s curious about what happens beyond your block — who wants to own the full design journey , not just write code in a corner?

We’re partnered with a well-established mixed-signal semiconductor company that’s looking to hire a Senior Digital IC Design Engineer into its Cambridge team. This isn’t a narrow RTL-only role. Here, digital is the core of the chip , and you’ll have end-to-end involvement — from concept and architecture, through FPGA emulation and lab bring-up, to silicon.

Why this role stands out

• You won’t just hand off RTL and hope for the best.
• You’ll work across analog–digital partitioning , fault detection logic, state machines, telemetry, and system control.
• You’ll be in the lab, proving your ideas on real silicon — not just simulations.
• You’ll develop breadth, not just depth: the digital cores are the nexus of these mixed-signal chips, tying everything together.