Lead Electrical Design Engineer

BAKER HUGHES; North Weston; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Private medical care

Life insurance

Wellbeing programs

Financial programs

Job summary

Baker Hughes seeks a Lead Electrical Design Engineer to join a global engineering team delivering advanced electrical and electronic control system solutions for complex industrial and energy applications.

You will own engineering activities from concept through delivery, managing workstreams and collaborating with customers and external partners across the UK, Poland and Vietnam. This is a design-focused role emphasizing safety, standards compliance and high-quality engineering packages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Controls Engineering required.
• Proven experience in electrical/electronic design, AC/DC systems and analogue/digital electronics.
• Ability to create and interpret schematics, SLDs, wiring diagrams and product documentation.
• Strong English communication skills, capable of writing clear technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight, run design reviews, and act as a key technical contact for projects.
• Deliver electrical/electronic designs, analyses, and calculations per standards.
• Produce, review, and maintain design documentation (schematics, SLDs, wiring diagrams, BOMs).
• Ensure on-time delivery of high-quality engineering packages with safety and compliance.
• Support development of power, control, communication, and electronic/PCBA systems.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Technical governance

Electrical design

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Controls Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

PLM

Creo

Altium

Job description

As a Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you will join a global engineering team responsible for delivering advanced electrical and electronic control system solutions for complex industrial and energy applications. You will take ownership of engineering activities from concept through delivery, independently managing your technical workstreams while collaborating with internal stakeholders, customers and external engineering partners. In this role, you will be trusted to plan and execute engineering tasks with minimal supervision, identify technical risks, define priorities and drive solutions to completion. You may support both Baker Hughes projects and outsourced engineering programs, working directly with customers and supplier organizations in an international environment. Working alongside engineering teams across the UK, Poland and Vietnam, you will contribute to the successful delivery of customer-focused solutions while applying your technical expertise to increasingly complex engineering challenges. This is a design-focused engineering role and not an installation, maintenance, or field service position. As a Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Providing technical oversight, running design reviews, guiding engineers, assuring standards compliance and acting as key technical contact for projects
• Delivering electrical/electronic engineering designs, analyses and calculations in line with company, client and international standards.
• Producing, reviewing and maintaining engineering documentation (Design Specifications, schematics, SLDs, wiring diagrams, specs, test procedures, BOMs).
• Ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality engineering packages with full safety and compliance.
• Responding to technical queries and support workshop/offshore activities and investigations.
• Performing root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions for design issues.
• Supporting development of power, control, communication and electronic/PCBA systems.
• Supporting on-site and off-site test set-ups, testing, fault finding and investigations.
• Collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams and promoting best engineering practice.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Bring demonstrated leadership in decision-making, mentoring, technical governance, and coordination of engineering delivery.
  Have a bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic/Controls Engineering with strong theory foundation.
• Have proven experience with electrical/electronic design, AC/DC systems, analogue/digital electronics and component selection.
• Have confidence working in an international team, fluent English is a requirement as well as strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills with capability to write clear documentation.
• Be able to create and interpret schematics, SLDs, wiring diagrams and product documentation.
• Have knowledge of IEC, CE and other relevant international standards plus risk, EHS and QA processes.
• Have knowledge of EMC Testing (but not essential)
• Preferably bring experience in one of the following: AutoCAD, PLM, Creo, Altium tools and relevant analysis software (but not essential)
• Be flexible, collaborative and able to support manufacturing, testing and offshore/workshop tasks when required.
  Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy-technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.

Baker Hughes stands as a leading global energy-technology company, delivering innovative solutions that make energy safer, cleaner, and more efficient across the entire value chain. Operating in more than 120 countries, the company blends deep industrial expertise with advanced engineering and digital technologies to support energy production, transformation, and decarbonization. With over a century of heritage, Baker Hughes partners with customers in oil and gas, industrial sectors, and emerging energy markets to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable energy future.

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other. Working for you Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we must push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Lead Engineer, Mechanical, Product Design and Engineering