System Engineer

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Location: Bourn, South Cambridgeshire

Remuneration: £34.13 per hour

Contract Details: Temporary (11 months)

✨ Note: This role is full-time on-site, 5 days a week.

Responsibilities:

• Set up, configure, and test prototype devices, audio equipment, and motion capture systems.
• Manage and maintain device networks, including setup and configuration of switches and related infrastructure.
• Perform multimodal data collections using complex capture systems in controlled lab environments.
• Debug and resolve issues ranging from localised problems to those affecting entire systems.
• Contribute to hardware and software improvements to enhance data collection efficiency.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience in systems integration and network concepts.
• Proficient with audio equipment.
• Industry experience with systems comprising hardware, firmware, and software.
• Experience with Python, scripting, networking, and Linux administration.
• Familiarity with systems integration, testing, and automated validation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter with a sense of responsibility.
• Versatile skillset (generalist) rather than niche expertise.
• Experience with networking concepts, protocols, and device configuration.
• Background in motion tracking systems.
• Knowledge of large-scale automated data collection and analysis.
• Experience configuring and managing network switches and device networks.
• Familiarity with audio equipment or digital audio data.
• Proficiency with prototype hardware devices and Android/adb command line.
• Experience in automation of configuration management and deployment.

🚀 Join Us!

Be a part of a cutting-edge team at our state-of-the-art lab facility, which opened in June 2025 as part of the Bourn Quarter Development. This is an exciting opportunity to work on advanced data collection systems that are crucial to our research.

🔧 Why You Should Apply:

Work in a world-class laboratory environment.

Collaborate with top-tier researchers and engineers.

Contribute to ground-breaking advancements in virtual and augmented reality.

Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.