At a Glance
- Tasks: Support hands-on work across electrical, controls, and instrumentation for a novel particle accelerator.
- Company: Join StandardX, a pioneering team building the UK's first isotope refinery.
- Benefits: Enjoy private health cover, life assurance, pension contributions, and share options.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with opportunities to learn and grow across various disciplines.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in cutting-edge technology while being mentored by experienced engineers.
- Qualifications: BEng/MEng in relevant fields with hands-on experience in EC&I.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
About You
As a Graduate EC&I Engineer, you'll support work across the full electrical, controls, and instrumentation scope of a novel compact particle accelerator - spanning power distribution, control systems, instrumentation, RF, and interlocks, from concept design through to commissioning.
You'll be mentored throughout, working closely with senior engineers, while being trusted to take real tasks and run with them.
This is a hands‑on, entry‑level role for someone who has built things, not just studied them - a dissertation rig, a robotics project, personal electronics or FPGA work, a placement in a lab or plant.
You should be workshop/bench fluent: comfortable with a scope, multimeter, signal generators and other common tools.
You'll be seeking breadth over specialism, moving between power, controls, instrumentation, RF, and safety in the same week, and you'll be comfortable with startup pace and fast‑shifting scope.
You will be mentored, not managed minute‑to‑minute: we expect you to try, get stuck, ask sharp questions, and try again.
Passive isn't a fit here.
About Standard X
There is infrastructure that defines eras. The steam engine made the industrial world possible. The internet created an economy. Standard X is building the next one.
Some of the most essential materials on Earth are also the rarest.
Isotopes are the invisible backbone of modern life - curing cancer, keeping industrial systems resilient and fuelling the fusion reactors that will power the next century.
Yet the infrastructure that produces them is ageing, fragmented and increasingly unable to keep up with demand.
We're a world‑class team of nuclear engineers, deep tech operators and doctoral‑level scientists building the UK's first isotope refinery: a single proprietary platform, deployable anywhere, producing the full portfolio of critical isotopes at scale - turning chronic scarcity into abundance.
Exceptional team. Massive problem. If you want to work on something that matters, really matters, this is it.
- Key Objectives
- Support PLC, FPGA, and embedded programming, I/O testing and control-loop verification across accelerator subsystems.
- Carry out hands‑on EC&I commissioning and troubleshooting — cabling, termination, signal verification and plant‑network bring‑up.
- Develop SCADA/HMI screens, support RF ancillary systems and produce engineering documentation.
- Move quickly and pragmatically across power, controls, instrumentation, RF, and safety, adapting as scope shifts.
- Your Responsibilities
- Programming & Verification
- Support PLC, FPGA, and embedded programming, I/O testing and control-loop verification across accelerator subsystems
- Support control and instrumentation loop checking and signal verification
- Commissioning & Troubleshooting
- Support hands‑on EC&I commissioning and troubleshooting, including cabling, termination and plant‑network bring‑up
- Support OT/plant network configuration, bring‑up and maintenance
- Support RF systems, including cabling, interlocks and ancillary instrumentation
- Systems & Documentation
- Support development of SCADA/HMI screens and configuration of control room hardware
- Support production of engineering documentation, including drawings, cable schedules and test records
- Support procurement activities such as specification and design reviews and vendor interactions
- Speed & Adaptability
- Take ownership of well‑defined tasks and run with them - checking in rather than going quiet
- Move fluidly between power, controls, instrumentation, RF, and safety as scope shifts, with support as you build breadth
Requirements
- BEng/MEng or equivalent in Electrical, Electronics, Control & Instrumentation, Mechatronics, Power, RF/Telecommunications, Robotics (with a strong electrical/controls component), or a related discipline
- 0–2 years post‑graduation experience
- Solid EC&I fundamentals: AC/DC and three‑phase systems, LV distribution concepts, reading electrical drawings and schematics, and circuit fundamentals
- Understanding of PLC architecture and programming, and signal fundamentals (4–20 m A, 0–10 V, digital I/O)
- Comfortable getting hands‑on with wiring, pulling cables, terminating, bench testing, and commissioning - this is not a desk job
- Full‑time availability within 1–2 months
- Willingness to work on‑site full‑time in London
- Ideal Experience
- Exposure to accelerator, nuclear, high‑energy physics, or other R&D lab environments (placement, dissertation, or internship)
- MCAD/ECAD experience
- SCADA/HMI familiarity on any platform
- Knowledge of Python, C/C++, Java Script, or another programming language
- Knowledge of Verilog/VHDL and experience with FPGAs
- Experience commissioning, testing, or troubleshooting hardware
- Basic RF/microwave concepts - transmission lines, impedance, S-parameters
- Fundamentals of electrical enclosure design and build
Benefits
- Private Health Cover, with the option to add dependants.
- Life Assurance (Death in Service) at 4x salary.
- Salary sacrifice pension, with 4% employer contribution.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- EMI Share Options.
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Graduate EC&I Engineer in London employer: StandardX
StandardX is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the Greater London area where innovation and collaboration thrive. Employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities, a supportive culture that values creativity, and the chance to work on cutting-edge technology in high-power accelerator systems. With a focus on employee well-being and a commitment to excellence, StandardX stands out as a rewarding place for those seeking meaningful contributions in their careers.
