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Job type: Permanent
County: Kent
Country: United Kingdom
Salary/rate: Circa £60K
Discipline: R&D
Job ref: CT1993
Post Date: 12-01-2026 02:27 PM
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Cure Talent are delighted to be partnering with a long established and growing engineering and manufacturing business serving customers across multiple high tech and regulated industries.
Following continued investment and expansion into a new state of the art facility, they are now looking to appoint a Senior Physicist / Senior Electromagnetics Engineer to play a key leadership role within their Research, Design and Development teams.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced scientist or engineer to step into a senior, hands-on role, providing technical leadership across innovative electromagnetic and shielding product development projects.
The Role
As Senior Physicist / Senior Electromagnetics Engineer, you will lead R&D activity from concept through to qualification and transfer into manufacturing, acting as a senior technical authority across projects and teams.
Key Responsibilities
Job type: Permanent
County: Kent
Country: United Kingdom
Salary/rate: Circa £60K
Discipline: R&D
Job ref: CT1993
Post Date: 12-01-2026 02:27 PM
Apply Job Alert
Cure Talent are delighted to be partnering with a long established and growing engineering and manufacturing business serving customers across multiple high tech and regulated industries.
Following continued investment and expansion into a new state of the art facility, they are now looking to appoint a Senior Physicist / Senior Electromagnetics Engineer to play a key leadership role within their Research, Design and Development teams.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced scientist or engineer to step into a senior, hands-on role, providing technical leadership across innovative electromagnetic and shielding product development projects.
The Role
As Senior Physicist / Senior Electromagnetics Engineer, you will lead R&D activity from concept through to qualification and transfer into manufacturing, acting as a senior technical authority across projects and teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, simulation and testing of electromagnetic and magnetic shielding solutions across multiple industries
- Manage cross functional R&D projects from inception to delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets and quality standards are met
- Provide high level technical consultancy to customers and external partners, representing the business in collaborative projects
- Drive innovation by identifying new opportunities and leading forward looking R&D initiatives
- Supervise and mentor junior physicists and engineers, supporting technical quality and development
- Degree qualified in Physics or Electronic Engineering (BSc or MSc, 2:1 or above). PhD desirable
- 7 years relevant industrial experience with project or team leadership responsibility
- Strong technical grounding in electromagnetics and simulation tools such as ANSYS or Maxwell 3D
- Experience delivering R&D projects within a quality-controlled environment (ISO 9001 / ISO 14001)
- Excellent communication, problem solving and technical documentation skills
- Deep knowledge of electromagnetism, materials science or magnetic materials
- Electronic design experience, particularly with magnetic components or power electronics
- Experience scaling R&D projects into manufacturing environments
- Familiarity with EM simulation software and laboratory automation
- Track record of industry collaboration or successful funding applications
- Competitive salary up to £60K depending on experience
- Enhanced pension contribution and quarterly bonus scheme
- Cycle to work scheme, company sick pay and death in service cover
- Free onsite parking and employee referral scheme
- Ongoing training and professional development
Salary : $60,000