Call goes out for wireless engineers

Technology design and development firm needs to grow its team more than a fifth

Technology design and development firm Cambridge Consultants is to grow its team of wireless engineers by more than a fifth. 

The recruitment campaign comes as the company experiences surging demand for its ability to solve complex problems in the application of wireless technology across a wide range of industries – from mobile health and connected devices to satellites.

Cambridge Consultants said that such expertise was highly valued by companies in an increasingly mobile and wireless world. According to ABI Research, more than 30 billion devices will connect wirelessly to the ‘internet of things’ by 2020.

Cambridge Consultants already employs 100 wireless development engineers. It is now looking to recruit another 20 people. The posts include embedded software engineers, digital signal processing experts, hardware testers, mobile and telecom engineers, project managers and business developers.

Richard Traherne, head of the wireless division at Cambridge Consultants, said the firm’s wireless capabilities were not tied to a particular technology or standard. 

“Our ability to solve complex technical issues, create wireless solutions and apply technology to a multitude of applications and industry sectors is what sets us apart,” he said.

Cambridge Consultants has been involved in the development of the world’s smallest satellite data terminal, the first single-chip Bluetooth radio, the first GSM videophone for Orange, and Europe’s first ultra-wideband product. The company was also recently appointed to play a key role in the deployment of Iridium Next – Iridium’s second-generation commercial satellite constellation, expected to start launching in 2015.

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