Electrical Design Engineer

PE Global; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

PE Global is recruiting an Electrical Design Engineer for a leading multinational manufacturer of industrial machinery, based in Peterborough. This is a 12-month contract, fully onsite in Peterborough.

The role involves translating requirements into electrical designs for electrified systems, creating schematics and harness definitions, and ensuring machine-level integration. Strong Creo skills and HV safety knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience delivering electrical design in a product development environment.
• Strong knowledge of harness architecture, release and manufacturing documentation.
• Proficiency using Creo for harness routing and drawing creation.
• Understanding of HV electrical safety, insulation coordination and creepage/clearance.
• Background in automotive, off-highway, heavy-duty equipment or industrial machinery.

Responsibilities

• Translate system requirements into detailed electrical designs for electrified machine systems and subsystems.
• Create and maintain schematics, wiring diagrams and harness definitions including connectors and pinouts.
• Ensure electrical designs integrate effectively at machine level and resolve routing/interface constraints.
• Work closely with project, build and validation teams throughout development.
• Investigate build and integration issues, determine root causes and implement robust design solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, prototype builds and engineering change activities.
• Support machine build, commissioning and validation programmes as required.
• Work across multiple projects and priorities within a dynamic development environment.

Skills

Electrical design

Harness routing

Documentation

HV safety principles

Problem solving

Tools

Creo

Job description

PE Global is currently recruiting for an Electrical Design Engineer for a leading multi-national manufacturer of industrial machinery and engines for the construction and mining industries based in Peterborough.

This is an initial 12 month contract position, based fully onsite in Peterborough,

Duties of the role/Responsibilities

• Translate system requirements and component information into detailed electrical designs for electrified machine systems and subsystems.
• Create and maintain schematics, wiring diagrams and harness definitions, covering connectors, terminals, pinouts, splices, cable and wire specification, 3D routing, flattening and production drawings.
• Ensure electrical designs integrate effectively at machine level, resolving routing, interface and installation constraints.
• Work closely with project, build and validation teams throughout the development process.
• Investigate build and integration issues, determine root causes and implement robust design solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, prototype builds and engineering change activities.
• Support machine build, commissioning and validation programmes as required.
• Work across multiple projects and priorities within a dynamic development environment.

Education/Experience

• Demonstrable experience delivering electrical design work within a product development environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of harness architecture and release, including component selection, connectivity definition and manufacturing documentation.
• Competence using Creo for harness routing and drawing creation.
• Able to produce clear, controlled engineering documentation and work within formal design-change processes. Understanding of HV electrical safety principles, including insulation coordination, and creepage and clearance.
• Background in automotive, off-highway, heavy-duty equipment, industrial machinery or a similar industry.

Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in the UK.