Electronics Test Automation Engineer in Cambridge

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Job Description

Are you an Electronics Test Automation Engineer with experience enhancing and modernising electronics verification capability?

If yes, I would love to hear from you!

This opportunity sits at the heart of hardware development, focused on transforming hands-on laboratory test procedures into scalable, dependable automated solutions.

This is an automation-first role.

Location: Waterbeach, Cambridge (Fully On-site)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £50,000 to £65,000

The Role

Working within the Electronics Verification team, you will take responsibility for evolving existing manual hardware test campaigns into streamlined, software-driven processes.

You’ll collaborate closely with electronics, RF, and baseband engineers to validate and characterise new hardware platforms spanning multiple radio technologies.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Performing hands-on electronics testing on prototype and development-stage hardware.
• Converting structured manual test cases into dependable automated workflows.
• Developing and maintaining Python-based automation frameworks and reusable test libraries.
• Interfacing with lab instruments via SCPI, VISA, serial, USB, and Ethernet protocols.
• Capturing, analysing, and validating measurement data.
• Producing structured reports and improving traceability of results.
• Recording defects and automation progress in Jira.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong proficiency in Python programming.
• Demonstrable experience delivering automation at hardware, integration, or system level.
• Experience controlling laboratory equipment programmatically.
• Solid software engineering discipline, including:
• Version control (Git)
• Structured, maintainable code
• Logging and debugging practices
• Ability to methodically interpret manual test documentation and translate it into automation logic.
• Comfortable operating in a lab-based, hardware-focused environment.

Desirable Experience:

• Exposure to embedded systems or electronics verification.
• Familiarity with LTE, TETRA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or GNSS technologies.
• Experience with RF measurement or radio systems.
• Knowledge of Robot Framework or comparable automation frameworks.
• Experience integrating automated tests within CI/CD environments.
• Working knowledge of measurement equipment such as spectrum analysers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, and power supplies.

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