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Electronics Technician
Universal Quantum
Haywards Heath, GBR
Full-time
Mid · 3+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Requirements
- Laboratory Responsibilities
- Be a go-to person for engineering problem solving
- Day-to-day operations, organisation, tidying, and maintenance of tools and equipment
- Lab ownership, process documentation, and driving continuous improvement.
- Support the Health and Safety aspects and drive 5S principles
- Ensure stock of essential supplies (e.g. components and consumables) and inventory
- Engage with facilities for planning activities and risk management.
- Technical Opportunities
- Simple PCB design (using Altium, e.g. test circuits, breakouts, adapters)
- Assembly of low-volume PCB prototypes and precise rework of components
- Electronics testing and data collection (e.g. organizing setups, equipment, and monitoring of tests)
- Basic mechanical CAD (e.g. IO panel design & 3D printed parts)
- Mechanical fabrication and assembly (e.g. 3D printing, product assembly, cable making)
- Component sourcing based on defined specifications (e.g. connectors, cables, switches)
- The 3 Most Critical Attributes We’ll Use to Compare Candidates
- Experience in working with PCBs, electronics assemblies, electronic components, soldering, rework etc.
- Appreciation of good lab working practices, working safely, maintaining organisation in the lab
- Basic PCB schematic and layout using CAD tools, good manufacturing process knowledge and excellent verification/debug skills using electronics test equipment.
- Must-have Skills (5+ of the following)
- 3+ years of experience in working with electronics components, circuit boards, wiring, soldering, tools, and test equipment
- Experience with surface-mount assembly techniques i.e. stencil pasting, manual pick-and-place, reflow soldering etc.
- Ability to read and interpret electronics schematics
- Confident in using standard electronics test equipment: DMMs, Oscilloscopes, F-Gen
- Sound knowledge of health and safety regulations, and experience in upholding H&S standards and good lab practices
- Experience in building test setups for electronic and electro-mechanical systems
- Experience of working with suppliers and contractors
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, a team player
- Degree or relevant experience in engineering or electronics or a related discipline
- Nice-to-have Skills
- Familiarity with both digital (e.g. MCUs, I2C, SPI, FPGAs) and analogue (e.g. ADCs, DACs, signal filters) electronics circuits and components.
- Some experience of RF measurement techniques.
- Familiarity with complex electronics test equipment: Spectrum Analysers, Vector Network Analysers, LCR meters.
- History of using Altium and or SolidWorks, or other comparable CAD software
- Experience with 3D part design, FDM 3D printing, and DFM
- Familiarity with writing or understanding code and documentation (e.g. C-style or Python scripts)
- Experience with organisational systems (e.g. for component inventory management)
- Please feel encouraged to apply even if you don't match all the requirements of our job description. We would love to receive your application even if you think you're only a partial match
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Meaningful equity participation
- Flexible holiday allowance (28 days minimum)
- Flexible working
- 10% matching pension
- Generous parental support policy
- Private health / dental insurance & group life insurance
- £2,000 annual personal development budget
- Relocation support
- We are committed to nurturing diversity and inclusion At Universal Quantum, we’re passionate about working with and for all kinds of minds. We are committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, and we hold ourselves accountable through continuous improvement, transparency, and the way we design our hiring and working practices. We welcome team members from all backgrounds and actively work to ensure everyone can flourish.
Preferred Qualifications
- Nice-to-have Skills
About Universal Quantum
Electronics Manufacturing104 employeesFounded 2018
Private UK quantum-computing hardware company building scalable trapped-ion computers for scientific and industrial applications.
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