Introduction 

We are looking for a talented electronics engineering undergraduate to join our world class multidisciplinary team of engineers to help solve complex technical challenges across a broad range of industries. 

This is a 6 month internship intended for students taking an industrial placement as part of their degree.  This will be available to start in Autumn of 2024, although we’re flexible with exact starting dates.

The role 

We combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and a broad base of industry experience to form a powerful development team for our clients.  Our work ranges from undertaking complete product developments from concept to manufacture, to providing consulting services for our clients on their technology, innovation, and R&D processes. 

The Electronic Design group delivers interesting and complex electronic developments across the broad range of projects undertaken by the Cambridge Consultants.  We have a focus on projects where designing challenging electronics enables us to exceed our clients’ expectations. 

Some recent projects that we’ve been involved in include: 

• Overcoming smart meter challenges for the last 5% 
• Sophisticated emergency ventilator for the UK government 
• Collaborating with Vodafone to support the UN Global Biodiversity Framework 
• World-first NMR chemical analysis for WaveGuide 
• A step change in AI-based robotics for military logistics 
• Next-generation Explosive Ordnance Disposal for the British Army 
• Low-power, high-performance smart wearable for accesso 

Every project we do is different – we are always innovating rather than iterating, so each new project will be a brand-new challenge. 

What you’ll be doing

Our project work can encompass the complete lifecycle of a project.  Therefore, you could be involved with projects at some, or all, of the different stages: 

• Ideas generation – brainstorming what a product could look like and how it would work 
• Requirements capture – writing down what we are going to do for our client 
• Architecture design – how a project will be broken down into modules for design and test purposes 
• Detailed design – designing circuits, prototyping circuits, drawing schematics, designing PCBs, writing software and documenting the design. 
• Integration of the hardware with other modules and engineering disciplines 
• Testing the design meets the requirements
• Transfer to a manufacturing partner for volume production 

You must meet the requirements to obtain UK Security Clearance or already have it.

What you can bring

We would expect you to have a great academic background and be on course for a 1st or 2:1 in a relevant STEM  degree. 

More importantly, you should have a genuine passion for engineering and learning. 

You may be able to bring experience in some of these areas to the role from your university course: 

• Analogue electronics and sensing 
• Digital electronics and control system design 
• Power electronics 
• RF electronics and antenna design 
• Schematic capture and PCB layout 
• Software development – embedded microcontroller code and/or Python 

However, not ticking all the boxes isn’t a problem.  You will be surrounded by experts in their field so this is a great opportunity to learn something new.