Electrical Design Engineer

CIBSE Journal; Bridgnorth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Genvolt Ltd in Bridgnorth, England, is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to own HV power electronics from concept to production, delivering reliable, safety-critical designs onsite.

You will lead HV supply design, documentations, testing strategies, and cross-functional reviews, with eligibility to work in the UK and security screening.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience delivering electronic designs through full development lifecycles.
• Strong high voltage power supply or power electronics exposure.
• Experience with schematic design, component selection, and prototype validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead HV power supplies and conversion systems from concept to production.
• Define test strategies, oversee commissioning and fault finding on HV gear.
• Create and maintain specifications, schematics, calculations and BOMs.
• Provide senior technical leadership during design reviews and risk assessments.
• Support customers and suppliers with technical input and investigations.

Skills

Power electronics

High voltage design

Schematic design

PCB design

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Electronic/Electrical/Power Electronics degree or equivalent

Tools

KiCAD

Job description

Step into a high–impact role where your technical judgement, practical testing experience, and clear communication genuinely shape outcomes. This Electrical Design Engineer position is ideal if you enjoy taking ownership from concept through to production, delivering reliable high–voltage power electronics in a regulated, safety–critical industry.

What You Will Do:

• • Lead the design and development of high voltage power supplies and power conversion systems, including analogue and digital control circuits.
• • Take projects from customer requirements and concept through detailed design, verification, prototype build, and production introduction.
• • Produce and maintain high–quality engineering documentation such as specifications, schematics, calculations, bills of materials, design records, and technical reports.
• • Define safe test and validation strategies, oversee commissioning and hands–on testing, and carry out fault–finding on high voltage equipment.
• • Provide senior technical leadership across design reviews, risk assessments, hazard analysis, and configuration–controlled design changes.
• • Support customer, supplier, and commercial activity with technical input, quotations, investigations, and after–sales support where required.

What You Will Bring:

• • A degree, HND/HNC, or equivalent experience in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a closely related discipline.
• • Demonstrable senior–level experience taking electronic designs through the full development lifecycle, with strong high voltage power supply or power electronics exposure.
• • Proven capability in schematic design, component selection, design calculations, prototype development, test, validation, and introduction to manufacture.
• • Confident PCB design and analysis experience using KiCAD or comparable professional design tools and simulation/analysis relevant to power electronics and transient behaviour.
• • Eligibility to work in the UK and readiness to meet personnel security screening requirements for defence–related programmes.

This Electrical Design Engineer role helps drive disciplined engineering delivery for projects delivered to high reliability standards. With Genvolt Ltd focused on delivering specialist engineering work, the expectations here centre on technical integrity, traceable documentation, and effective cross–functional collaboration to ensure every design decision is evidence–based and production–ready.

Location:

The Electrical Design Engineer role is based onsite in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.