Hardware Design Engineer

My client in the defence industry require an Electronics contractor to cover resource within the Engineering Team for on an initial 6 month basis. Key details: * Outside IR35 * Rate negotiable * 4 day work week, based…

Outside IR35 Hybrid Engineering
Pay rate £70 – £100/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 19 September 2026

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My client in the defence industry require an Electronics contractor to cover resource within the Engineering Team for on an initial 6 month basis.

Key details:

* Outside IR35

* Rate negotiable

* 4 day work week, based in Cambridge

Requirements:

* Electronics hardware design and schematic capture (using Altium for example).

* Experience with low level data protocols (SPI, I2C, Ethernet, Modbus).

* PCB layout design, including signal integrity and stack-up design.

* Board bring-up, testing and documentation.

* Defence industry experience, ideally SC or DV cleared

* Happy to work onsite/ hybrid in Cambridge

If this contract is of interest then please apply or reach out to Ollie Hawkins

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