Graduate Hardware Engineer – Summer 2026 Starts

The Company

Based in Surrey, this leading privately owned technical consultancy specialising in the national security and defence sectors focused on innovation and development. 

The Role

This role is for summer/autumn 2026 starts with interviews happening now. 

Working as a Graduate hardware engineer you will be involved in very hands-on, cutting edge projects for their clients.

This is a fantastic chance for anyone who is looking for an innovative career working on complex engineering problems with results that make a difference. 

Your work will be varied and could include designing  PCBs or implementing processing solutions in FPGAs. Designs vary from low-power microcontroller designs to high-rate network processing solutions incorporating multiple FPGAs and CPUs. 

Due to the nature of the work the client requires you to be in their offices 5 days a week and doesn’t offer hybrid/flexible working. You need to be able to be eligible for UK Govt DV clearance.

Benefits & Perks

• Generous pension contributions
• Life insurance
• Earnings insurance

Requirements

• You will have a strong academic background, ideally at master’s or PhD level, although bachelors candidates will also be considered (or equivalent)
• An interest in FPGA development in VHDL, PCB design and layout or embedded software development in C/C++ 
• You will need to have A grades in maths and physics (or other relevant subjects) at A-Level (or equivalent)
• You must meet the criteria for UK GOVT security clearance to be considered for these roles