Joining the LEX Diagnostics team as an experienced Electronics Engineer, you’ll play an important role in refining the electronics design of the LEX system as we prepare for product launch. As well as working closely with the LEX team, you’ll also collaborate with the TTP electronics team to facilitate knowledge transfer, understand design intent, and offer external technical evaluations.

LEX Diagnostics is a spin out from TTP, The Technology Partnership. LEX are an ambitious, well-funded point-of-care diagnostics business. We believe that fast, accessible molecular diagnostics will have a fundamental impact on how infectious diseases are managed at point of care and beyond. Our technology is uniquely able to address this challenge and we are commercialising it with partners who share our ambition. You can read more about LEX here.

You are an adaptable and resourceful Electronics Engineer and, who is comfortable with the unique challenge of being the primary electronics expert within the LEX team. Additionally, the ideal candidate should be flexible and willing to contribute to various non-electronics tasks within the LEX team.

What you will be doing:

• Collaborating closely with the TTP electronics team on development of the LEX system electronics.
• Setting up internal systems to manage electronics designs and schematics, such as Altium.
• Participating in the broader LEX development to troubleshoot emerging technical challenges within the electromechanical system.
• Ensuring that all documentation of the electronics design is updated as LEX progresses through the Verification and Validation (V&V) process.
• Managing relationships with external providers, including component suppliers and PCBA manufacturers.
• Supporting with other areas of business as and when necessary.

Requirements

Skills and experience required to be successful in this role:

• Hands on experience in electronics development within either In Vitro Diagnostic (IVD) devices or a similar highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of standards including ISO13485, IEC 61010, and IEC 60601.
• Ideally experience with: Motor control, including stepper and DC brushed motors; temperature control using resistive heaters and Peltier devices; optical systems involving LEDs and photodiodes; High-speed interfaces such as MIPI-DSI, SDRAM, and USB.
• Familiarity with electronics simulations, notably using SPICE.
• Experience in designing for manufacture and test in electronics.
• Comprehensive understanding of manufacturing and assembly processes for both flexible and rigid PCBs.
• Ability to produce and review documentation necessary for medical device submissions.
• Wider engineering skills to contribute beyond the electronics subsystem, ideally within software for task automation, knowledge of mechanical, thermal, or optical systems.

Benefits

LEX Diagnostics is part of TTP Group, an employee-owned business. It operates from green surroundings in Melbourn, less than 10 miles south of Cambridge. TTP Group takes a long-term approach to investment and has been at the forefront of point-of-care diagnostics for over 20 years. Drawing upon the expertise of its consultants in the Life Science sector, and the management experience of a company with a 30-year track record of developing breakthrough technology and creating ambitious tech businesses, TTP Group invested core IP and staff into LEX in 2020.

Our benefits include:

• Annual profit-related bonus
• Employer pension contribution of 12% of pensionable pay
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
• Free lunch and all-day refreshments
• Life insurance worth 6 x salary
• 25 days holiday with the option to carry over or bring forward 5 days
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave, with the option to return part-time for a year
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Public Transport Season ticket loan
• A wide range of social clubs and activities including squash, Zumba, yoga, arts and crafts and even our own rock band!
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships as well as our own onsite gym to use

This is an exciting opportunity within the LEX Diagnostics team and to help and support us with achieving our goal to commercialisation. If you’re looking to join a diverse and growing team, then apply now!

Every application will receive a response.