Graduate Electronics Consultant
- Location:
- Harwell, Didcot
- Location Type:
- In-Office
- Type:
- Full-Time (12 Months Fixed Term)
- Salary:
- £30,000
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.
Company benefits
- 01Employee benefit schemes available
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Pension scheme
- Sabbatical scheme
- ECV car scheme
- Season ticket loan
- 02Private healthcare
- 03Paid leave for those extra special days
- Your birthday
- Your wedding day
- The day you’re moving house
- Your child's first day at school
- 04Cycle to work scheme
- 05Holiday options
We provide purchase and buy back options for your annual leave.
- 06Ten days training per year
With a training budget of up to 5% of your annual salary.
- 07Generous holiday allowance
You’ll have 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
How to apply
Send a copy of your CV, cover letter and portfolio letting us know why you’re a good fit for the role to jobs@opd.uk.com
Direct applicants only please, strictly no recruitment agencies.
- Location:
- Harwell, Didcot
- Location Type:
- In-Office
- Type:
- Full-Time (12 Months Fixed Term)
- Salary:
- £30,000