Systems Integration Engineer

Location: Cambridge (Hybrid – Monday & Friday WFH)

Salary: Circa £45,000 (Depending on Experience)

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Systems Integration Engineer to join a forward-thinking technology business in Cambridge. This role offers the chance to work in a collaborative, hybrid environment, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, cutting-edge products.

Working closely with a multi-disciplinary engineering team—including mechanical, hardware, software, and logic specialists—you’ll play a key role in ensuring seamless integration, reliable performance, and end-to-end quality across complex systems.

In this hands-on position, you’ll verify and validate the performance of a Windows-based ASP.Net Server product used for high-speed image processing and integration with printhead drive electronics.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform manual system integration and functional testing, ensuring smooth interaction between hardware and software components.
• Participate in Agile Scrum meetings to align on priorities and progress.
• Develop and maintain basic Python scripts to automate repetitive tests and support regression testing.
• Investigate and document defects, working with engineers to identify and resolve issues.
• Validate full system behaviour, including REST API interactions and hardware responses.
• Maintain and improve test environments, plans, and cases.
• Identify test cases suitable for automation and collaborate with automation engineers to implement them.

About You

Essential:

• Strong academic background in science, technology, computer science, or engineering.
• At least 2 years’ experience in system-level testing or hardware/software integration.
• Analytical troubleshooting skills and attention to detail.
• Experience testing network-based applications (REST APIs, client-server).
• Basic scripting skills in Python.

Desirable:

• ISTQB Foundation or similar qualification.
• Experience with Linux, Embedded Linux, and Windows OS.
• Knowledge of CI tools (e.g., Jenkins) and version control (e.g., Git/SVN).

If you are interested in the role of Systems Integration Engineer and feel that you have the relevant experience, please contact your Recruitment Partner, Lisa Logan at Unicorn Resourcing on 01223 297980 or email lisa.logan@unicornresourcing.co.uk

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