Mechatronics Engineer

Cambridge Design Partnership

As a Mechatronics Engineer at CDP, you will play a key role in developing innovative products that make a real-world impact. You will work across a wide range of sectors, with a strong focus on medical devices and robotics, contributing to the design and development of complex electromechanical systems from concept through to manufacture.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, combining mechanical, electronics, and software engineering to deliver robust, scalable solutions for our clients.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work as part of a multidisciplinary team developing products for external clients.
  • Design and develop electronic hardware for a range of products and applications.
  • Contribute across the full product development lifecycle, from concept generation and system architecture through detailed design, prototyping, verification and transfer to manufacture.
  • Design and develop integrated electromechanical systems, including sensors, actuators, embedded control systems and mechanisms.
  • Develop electronic hardware through schematic capture, circuit simulation, PCB design, bring-up, laboratory testing and debugging.
  • Support system integration, debugging and verification of complex prototypes in laboratory environments.
  • Collaborate closely with electronics, software and mechanical engineers to deliver cohesive system solutions.
  • Manage prototype builds internally and with external suppliers.
  • Project manage electronics workstreams within multidisciplinary projects.
  • Communicate progress and technical concepts clearly through presentations, reports and client interactions.
  • Participate in client meetings and contribute to technical discussions with stakeholders of varying seniority.
  • Support project planning, risk identification, technical problem solving and proposal activities.

Requirements

Skills and Attributes

  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail
  • Electromechanical system design
  • Embedded systems and control
  • Sensors and actuators
  • Mechanism design and integration
  • Experience with tools such as MATLAB / Simulink
  • Experience working with precision sensors (pressure, flow, optical, etc.)
  • Proven ability to design electronic systems from first principles rather than simply integrating off-the-shelf components.
  • Strong understanding of analogue and digital electronics, power supplies, signal integrity and hardware debugging.
  • Experience with system integration and debugging of complex hardware systems.
  • Strong practical engineering skills, including wiring, soldering, prototype assembly and laboratory testing.
  • Good understanding of industry-standard communication protocols (SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, USB and Ethernet).
  • Methodical approach to troubleshooting and fault finding.
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced, multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to lead technical workstreams and deliver high-quality engineering solutions.

Experience and Education

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Robotics or a related discipline.
  • 2-6 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Proven experience designing electronic hardware from concept through manufacture including knowledge of Circuit Theory.
  • Experience with electrical schematic capture, PCB layout and board bring-up.
  • Experience working across hardware, embedded systems and electromechanical product development.
  • Experience designing and integrating custom electromechanical systems.
  • Experience in medical devices, robotics or similarly complex regulated industries preferred.
  • Experience of EMC and Electrical Safety standards (e.g. 60601 or 61010).
  • Exposure to the full product development lifecycle, including prototyping, verification and manufacturing transfer.
  • Comfortable working directly with clients and supporting technical discussions and project delivery.

Benefits

We’re an employee‑owned innovation partner with a growing US team in Raleigh, NC, part of the Research Triangle. We bring ideas to life-from insight to engineering to pilot manufacture—across consumer and healthcare.