Senior Electronics Engineer

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Senior Electronics Engineer – Oxford – £65k - £75k

Hexwired is recruiting for a pioneering R&D company with offices in Oxford now seeking a Senior Electronics Engineer with solid experience working on Photonics and Optoelectronics systems.

The company are rapidly expanding due to increased interest in their product range as well as developing bespoke solutions for customers. You will be working as part of a small, specialised team delivering complex solutions for bandwidth heavy applications. The company are keen to find Electronics Engineers with previous experience working on Photonics and low latency optoelectronics products.

This is a Senior Electronics role that is semi remote role with onsite work required 1-2 days a week.

Key Skills

  • Degree, MsC or PhD in Electronics, Embedded Systems or similar

  • 3+ years working on Mixed Signal Design (Digital and Analogue

  • Excellent experience working on Photonics and related technologies

  • Solid PCB design experience for low latency products

    The company are able to offer circa £65k - £70k dependent on experience along with an excellent benefits package including bonuses. Due to the nature of the work, the company will need you onsite a 2 days a week with the rest of the time working remotely. If you’re interested in this Senior Electronics role, please apply.

    For more information on this role, or any other jobs across; Embedded, C++ programming, Embedded Linux, Mechanical, Python, Operations, Golang Development, Machine Learning, Electronics, FPGA, C#, Computer Vision, Data Science or Simulation contact us today

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