About Us

Plextek is a company built on innovative ideas

Born in the Cambridge Technology Cluster, for over 30 years companies have been coming to us to tackle their hardest engineering challenges that need outside-the-box thinking.

The people we hire, the projects we work on, the way we set up our processes and how we communicate all support independent thinking and creativity.

Being a responsible business, we work to the highest quality standards and share our success with staff and the local community.

Get in touch to find out how Plextek can help you to deliver your next innovation in technology.

Amazing People

We complement your design team, bringing additional skills into the mix, or can take a problem away and deliver the finished result.

We know how to deliver technically challenging, blue-sky projects while minimising risk.

Plus we are setup to deliver results at a fast pace within strict quality controls.

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Diverse Skills

We bring a diverse team, including strategists, designers, technologists and engineers to your problem or challenge.

You get the benefit of creative problem solvers and innovative thinkers with exceptional technical ability who work within a company culture that encourages and supports individuality and collaboration.

Our engineers have a wide variety of diverse skills

Our Story

Plextek was established in 1989 to serve the needs of the booming mobile telecommunications industry by providing electronic and communications design services. The Company developed many devices for 2G cellular, DECT and other standards-based systems, and a range of custom last-mile communications solutions for customers such as Ionica and Radiant Networks.

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Developing Innovation

Our wireless expertise subsequently led to design wins outside the mobile telecommunications sector, for example in Formula 1 telemetry, hospital patient monitoring systems and stolen vehicle detection products and networks. From the outset, the combination of our independence and technical skills allowed us to offer either standards-based or custom communications solutions, as demanded by the requirements of the application. Our Projects area showcases many of our clients’ solutions:

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Rapid Prototyping & Manufacture

Aside from our facilities onsite for rapid prototyping, our work on volume products soon led us to establish relationships with supply chain companies and factories in Asia, which enabled us to offer turnkey design and supply services. Since the 90s, we have been regularly helping clients to offshore the manufacture of the products that we have developed. The cost-benefit ratio of overseas manufacture has changed over time, and we are now helping some of our clients to re-shore their manufacture to the UK.

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Radar, Telematics and more

In the early 2000s, Plextek started to invest income from consultancy services into internal product ideas, developing substantial lines of intellectual property in three main areas: ground surveillance radar, vehicle telematics and streetlamp monitoring and control systems. Over a number of years, the Company developed these ideas into marketable products and systems, creating new business areas each with their own revenue streams, while the original business continued to trade as Plextek. Plextek’s rich history in this area continues and we are still considered a world leader in radar and telematics knowledge. In 2021, Plextek took ownership of the MISPEC software from FanField; our Mode-5 standard IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) modelling capability MISPEC (Merit of Individual System Performance Characteristics) software enables IFF system performance modelling at the early stages of the development cycle. Any queries relating to the MISPEC software or associated antenna modelling capability can be directed to us.

Work for us

Based just south of Cambridge, Plextek provides unique solutions for our customers by solving today’s hardest engineering problems. Our customers span a broad range of markets including healthcare, industrial, defence, security and transport.

Our work requires the smartest minds, and we are always on the lookout for people who are as excited as we are to provide leading-edge technology that empowers customers.

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How we work

At Plextek, we have a proven track record of transforming innovative concepts into real-world solutions with precision and efficiency. Our process is precisely designed to guide your idea through every stage.
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Life at Plextek

We offer an open environment that encourages the discussion of ideas and the independence to explore them fully. Push your boundaries and chart your own success at Plextek through our culture of trust, debate and support alongside a great benefits package.
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Current Vacancies

We are always on the lookout for exceptional talent. You can view our current vacancies, or if you don't see what you are looking for feel free to send us your CV today!