Electrical Design Engineer (Student Placement)

Airedale by Modine; Leeds; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site training facility

Potential for full-time role post-graduation

Job summary

A thermal management company in Leeds is seeking a placement student in Electrical/Electronic Engineering to assist with electrical design in product development. You will innovate and support design tasks while collaborating with a team. Ideal candidates should be on track to achieve a First Class or 2:1 degree, have a good understanding of electrical systems, and strong communication skills. This placement serves as an opportunity for potential full-time employment upon graduation.

Qualifications

• Must be pursuing a degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or related disciplines.
• Understanding of manufacturing engineering is essential.
• Ability to produce coherent technical reports.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical design tasks and innovation processes.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on product development.
• Work on maintenance of standard product ranges.

Skills

Knowledge of PLC controllers

Understanding of three phase power systems

Electrical CAD drawing

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

On track to a First Class or 2:1 in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

MS Excel

Solid Edge

Job description

At Modine, we are Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™. Building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, we provide trusted systems and solutions that improve air quality and conserve natural resources. Our Airedale by Modine brand is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative thermal management solutions for data centers, clean rooms, hospitals, universities, and other mission-critical environments.

Trusted as The Critical Cooling Specialists, Airedale by Modine has decades of experience providing efficient, flexible end-to-end cooling solutions that work smarter, not harder, to deliver more cooling for less power. With manufacturing facilities in Canada, Spain, the UK, and the U.S., we’re scaling up across the world to support an ever-growing demand for our solutions. That’s where you come in….

The Role

You will report into the Principal Electrical Design Engineer within the Product Development department. You will aid the Principal Electrical Engineer & Mechanical Engineers where necessary and as a team will be responsible designing electrical infrastructure of products, hitting cost targets, with manufacturing and assembly in mind to allow labour targets, project timescales, technical features, training and all critical deliverables to be met. The role is a great opportunity to develop as an engineer, within a team where you will be mentored and given guidance to work independently.

The following areas are key in making this role a success:

• Must be able to innovate and be able to support ideas through to implementation
• Knowledge/understanding of PLC controllers
• Knowledge/understanding of 3 phase power circuits & low voltage control circuits
• Knowledge/understanding of HVAC applications and knowledge of cooling and heating systems (Not essential)
• Ability to source appropriate components
• Knowledge/understanding of and awareness of current legislation affecting electrical design and testing
• Ability to work pro-actively, using own initiative
• Be able to produce high quality accurate information with good attention to detail
• Strong team working skills
• Have good written & communication skills
• Use technical and industry knowledge to reduce costs of our products
• Understand component design and seek cost effective alternatives
• Work closely with the controls and mechanical design engineers to analyse new prototypes with a view to ensuring there is an efficient relationship between the design and production process
• Review existing manufacturing production lines and plan cost-effective production processes
• Aid in the maintenance of standard product ranges.

What you may expect day to day

Product development ideas are generated throughout the department and the wider company. These may be in the form of an entire product range design for new leading edge products, or the maintenance of existing products or transferring to new alternative components and technologies.. You are then required to investigate the implications, roughly outline what work there is to do and how long it will take. You will use both national, international & company created standards and guidelines to start work on an electrical design before it is released to the wider company once complete. Other responsibilities may include working with the quality department, to resolve any issues seen either on site or in the production stages. Your role is key within R&D and the company as a whole.

Skills & Experience

• On track to achieving a First Class or 2:1 in an Electrical &/or Electronic Engineering degree, or any associated disciplines of engineering (e.g. System Controls, Aerospace, Energy etc).
• Good theoretical and practical understanding of electrical engineering principles, particularly those centred around single and three phase power systems.
• Good theoretical and practical understanding of manufacturing engineering
• Ability to produce comprehensive and coherent technical reports.
• Be able to self-manage and work independently; being able to manage your own time and use your initiative to switch to different projects easily to suit the priorities of the business
• Be able to learn quickly and think laterally
• Be able to work in a team and manage projects to completion
• Be able to communicate effectively at all levels; you will need to be a proactive individual as you will be required to obtain information effectively by going out and speaking to employees within the business or communicating externally with various suppliers
• Experience of Electrical CAD drawing as well as 3D modelling and 2D drafting
• Be capable of visualising and communicating process flow and value streams
• Professional attitude at all times, not only will you be representing Airedale, you also represent the department.
• Use ERP system, training will be provided on this
• Ideally experience of the following software:
• MS Excel and VBA
• MS Word
• Solid Edge
• AutoCAD Electrical / 2D

What you can expect from us

As a company we are renowned within the industry not only for our products, but also our on-site training facility, used by many other companies across the globe. We are keen to put this to use in helping develop the engineers of tomorrow.

Airedale by Modine has a history of taking on placement students in full time roles upon graduation, with two previous placement students now working here on a permanent basis. This placement role is no exception, and can be viewed as a year-long interview process for the successful candidate. The position of the role within the product development team also puts the successful candidate in prime position to work with us on final year project ideas, which we are more than happy to work on in collaboration with the student during the final year of study at university.