Senior Electronics Engineer

Senior Electronics Engineer

Date: 30 Jun 2026

Location:

High Wycombe, GB

Job Function:
Technical

Business Unit:
Nano Analysis

Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

At Oxford Instruments, we enable the world’s leading scientists and engineers to explore materials at the nanoscale. Within our Nano Analysis business, our systems power electron microscopy techniques such as SEM and TEM—unlocking elemental and structural insights across industries from semiconductor development to clean energy.

We’re looking for a Senior Electronics Engineer to help design the next generation of high-performance analytical instrumentation.

You’ll play a key role in developing sophisticated electronics that sit at the heart of our electron microscopy solutions—where precision, signal integrity, and low‑noise design are mission‑critical.

Working in a multidisciplinary R&D team, you’ll design, test, and deliver advanced electronics systems that directly impact how our customers visualise and analyse the microscopic world.

• Take ownership of electronics design solutions across new product development projects
• Design analogue, digital, and low‑noise circuitry supporting precision detectors and acquisition systems
• Develop and validate designs through simulation, prototyping, and rigorous testing
• Write embedded code and contribute to FPGA development (VHDL) for high‑speed data handling
• Support transfer to manufacturing and ensure robust, maintainable documentation
• Collaborate closely with physicists, software engineers, and system architects

• Strong experience in electronics system design (analogue, digital, power)
• Expertise in low‑noise design and signal integrity—ideally in instrumentation or sensing applications
• Experience with FPGA development and embedded systems
• Proven ability to design complex multilayer PCBs
• A hands‑on engineer who thrives solving complex technical challenges

• Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 12 weeks more
• Employee Assistance Programme; including 24/7 telephone support, access to counselling, financial and debt management and access to trained legal advisors
• Private health insurance, dental insurance and life assurance

• My Discounts; save money with a number of leading retailers
• Car salary exchange scheme: sacrifice part of your salary in exchange for a fully serviced, comprehensive insured electric or hybrid vehicle
• Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme:
  Purchase a bike and/or Tech or home goods from Currys/IKEA and spread the cost over 12 months.
• Pension; all employees are eligible to join the Group Pension Plan administered by AVIVA.
• Share incentive plan:
  Invest in your future and share in the success of the company by joining the share incentive plan.

• Encouragement and support to achieve professional and or academic qualifications to support your development and growth
• Defined career paths and regular reviews

Successful candidates will be invited to an initial call to learn more about the opportunity, with the next step being an interview with the hiring manager, usually this takes place via Teams. We have a 2 stage process, with the final interview taking place onsite, at our High Wycombe headquarters.

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