Electronics Engineer (Analogue/Mixed-Signal) for Quantum Networking Hardware at Nu Quantum, Cambridge (UK)
Job Description
Nu Quantum is hiring an electronics engineer experienced in high-performance analogue and mixed-signal circuits to support the development of its quantum networking hardware. You will design circuits to meet demanding specifications, build and test prototypes in the lab, and support their use across the company, working with mechanical, software and FPGA, optics, nanofabrication and physics teams. Applications close at 10am UK time on Monday 21 September 2026.
At a glance
- Role: Electronics Engineer – Analogue/Mixed-Signal
- Location: Cambridge, UK (on site)
- Contract: Full time, permanent; visa sponsorship available
- Experience: Industry experience or a PhD in analogue electronic design
- Deadline: 21 September 2026, 10:00 UK time
- Apply: 21 September 2026 at 10:00 UK time
What you will do
- Refine requirements and specifications for electronic systems with colleagues from many disciplines
- Do design calculations and simulations and select components and equipment
- Produce high-quality schematics, system designs and PCB layouts, and organise prototype manufacture
- Test, debug and improve complex electronic and optical set-ups, and analyse the results
- Keep accurate design records and support electronic systems across the company
What Nu Quantum is looking for
- A degree in electronics, physics or a closely related subject
- Industry experience or a PhD in analogue electronic design
- PCB design tools, including design for manufacture and reliability
- Electronic or electromagnetic simulation tools
- Hands-on testing with oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and similar equipment, plus excellent communication and teamwork
Nice to have
- High-frequency and RF design principles
- Soldering and rework of high-density PCBs
- Integrating sub-assemblies into complete systems
- Altium Designer, LTspice or Keysight ADS; understanding of circuit noise; FPGA experience
Pay and location
Nu Quantum’s posting does not state a salary. Its listed benefits include flexible working, 28 days’ annual leave (including a 3-day company shutdown) plus UK bank holidays, private medical and dental cover, an on-site gym, a cycle scheme and enhanced paid family leave.
How to apply
Apply through the official Nu Quantum page. The closing date is 21 September 2026 at 10:00 UK time.
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How to prepare for this application
- Bring a low-noise analogue design you built and measured.
- Read about the electronics in quantum optics labs: photodiode amplifiers, laser-lock servos, fast pulse drivers.
- Prepare to discuss a debugging problem that involved both electronics and optics.
- Apply before 10:00 UK time on 21 September 2026.
About Nu Quantum
Nu Quantum is a Cambridge, UK, quantum networking company founded to commercialise a decade of research from the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory. It builds quantum photonic hardware, including qubit–photon interfaces (QPI), quantum networking units (QNU) and cavity systems, to link quantum computers into scalable networks, and runs trapped-ion and neutral-atom testbeds to prove it.
