Consumer Electronics Engineer

Firm: PA Consulting

Location:

Melbourn, United Kingdom

Full-time

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists, with deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

We are looking for a Consumer Electronics Engineer with experience in bringing high‑volume consumer products to market. You will be called upon to develop products from concept through to mass production. This role’s primary focus is consumer product development, with opportunities to work across sectors such as medical, life science and defence.

At PA, you will be working within one of the most successful UK organisations in technology and product development, surrounded by industry‑leading experts in electronics, software development, mechanical engineering and applied science. We offer career progression and tailored training, and you will be trusted to work across the entire development lifecycle for clients.

• A proven track record of developing and implementing electronic designs using Altium and Cadence tools.
• Well versed in core electronics disciplines including analogue and digital circuit design and experience with the latest embedded platforms.
• Demonstrable experience balancing design BOM cost requirements with project requirements.
• Exposure to the full product lifecycle from concept generation through to launch and ongoing improvement, including delivering designs into service and mass production.
• Good understanding of the regulatory landscape of the UK, EU and US and a proven track record of designing for compliance with appropriate standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable explaining complex engineering concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.

• Hands‑on, willing to work with the team to solve challenges from first principles at the bench.
• Energy and enthusiasm to take on unfamiliar challenges, innovate and think freely.
• Enthusiasm to help build the careers of less experienced engineers.

• Degree qualified – a good degree in electronic engineering or a related subject from a leading university.
• Ability to gain UK SC security clearance if not already acquired (requires sole UK nationality).

• Quick call with a Tech Recruiter to discuss the application and the role.
• Round 1 – a competency or technical interview (60 min).
• Round 2 – the other interview type, whichever was not done first (60 min).
• Final round – meeting with a PA leader, mini case study and discussion around client‑centricity (60 min).

• Health and lifestyle perks, including private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half‑day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax‑efficient benefits (cycle to work, give‑as‑you‑earn).

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions, without reference to age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, political belief, veteran status or any other aspect of human difference. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups.