Electronics Engineer – Scientific & Sensor Technology

Southampton / Hybrid (3 days office, 2 remote)

This role sits in the middle ground between electronics design and embedded firmware. Some days you’ll be sketching schematics or laying out PCBs. Others, you’ll be in the lab setting up test rigs, running experiments, and debugging prototypes. And if you’re up for it, you’ll dip into low-level Embedded C firmware — with plenty of support to learn if you’re new to it.

Most of what you’ll design starts life with off-the-shelf kit, hacked together to prove the concept. Once it works, you’ll take it apart and rebuild it as a proper, bespoke design. It’s hands-on. It’s varied. And it’s the kind of engineering that actually keeps you on your toes.

You’ll be joining a small, collaborative team where your contribution is visible. Not hidden in a giant corporate machine. Expect to have 4–5 projects on the go at once, so you won’t die of boredom here.

What you’ll need

• A solid grounding in analogue and digital electronics
• PCB design skills (they use Altium, but if you’ve used something else, that’s fine)
• The ability to test and debug your own work in the lab
• Curiosity about firmware and a willingness to learn if you haven’t used it commercially yet

Nice to have

• Embedded C knowledge
• EMC testing experience
• A background in sensors, instrumentation, marine, fibre optics, or IoT

Why bother?

Because you’ll be working on technology that’s precise, complex, and genuinely interesting. You’ll have the freedom to figure things out, the variety to keep learning, and the kind of environment where your ideas actually get used.