Graduate Electronics Consultant

About the role

About you

Role Responsibilities

• Assist with the hands-on assembly, development and testing of electronic rigs and prototypes
• Support testing, fault-finding and debugging activities
• Delivery and development of electronics and embedded software components
• Delivering electronics project work within scope, on time and on budget
• Collaborate with Design and Engineering team colleagues to help develop innovative and effective solutions
• Ability to work autonomously and independently when required
• Communicating with clients clearly and confidently
• Work with OPD’s design processes and procedures [ISO 9001 / ISO 13485]

Role Requirements

• Degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering or similar
• Relevant work experience gained as industry experience on your course / summer work placement / gap year
• Strong organisational skills with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Creative problem-solving ability
• Confidence in the workshop/lab
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with clients and colleagues

Working at OPD

At Oxford Product Design (OPD) we’re on a mission to make things better. Better for the products we design, the clients we work with, our people working here, our planet, and everyone we connect with along the way.

Our exceptional team of professional problem solvers work with both start-ups on ground-breaking new ideas, as well as some of the world’s leading brands on category-defining products that improve how we humans live and work.

As innovators we are curious, experimental, creative and passionate. But our pragmatic, precise approach and highly technical expertise mean that manufacturability and risk management are at the core of everything we do.

We are based in a beautiful historic barn in Harwell, Oxfordshire. There is plenty of on-site parking and the studio is well connected by bus and rail links.

OPD Values

• collaborate - better together
  Thoughtful and empathetic, we build strong relationships based on trust and respect.
• innovate - curiosity-driven, evidence-led
  As problem solvers, we are driven by curiosity and are motivated by our quest to make things better.
• delight - customer first
  We create value by combining disciplined rigour with agile thinking.