Lead Electrical Engineer - A&D

Atlas Copco Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive benefits

Career growth

Job summary

Edwards Ltd, part of Atlas Copco Group, is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer - A&D to steer a growing team through design to field trials in Bristol. You will lead by example, ensuring clarity in work packages and robust engineering solutions within our regulated environment.

You will mentor engineers, champion best practices, and drive cross-functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to deliver on time and to specification.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Electrical Engineering with professional registration or chartered status encouraged.
• Extensive practical experience in electrical design, product development and safety compliance.
• Experience in regulated industries such as semiconductor equipment is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated project coordination, governance and team leadership across multiple levels.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills at various organisational levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead, empower and motivate a growing team of Electrical Engineers from concept to customer trials.
• Own engineering strategy implementation, ensure on-time delivery within budget and to spec.
• Maintain safety and compliance reviews, perform design reviews and HAZOP/ FMEA where needed.
• Mentor engineers, promote best-practice and new technologies across projects.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders including project managers and customers.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Project coordination

Leadership

Influencing skills

Mentoring

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Chartered Engineer (Desirable)

Job description

As a Lead Electrical Engineer - A&D, your mission is to have direct responsibility for leading, empowering and motivating a growing team of Electrical Engineers involved in semiconductor equipment manufacture. Responsibility will span concept to customer commissioning and field trials, and through the application of best-practice engineering ensure on time delivery, within strategic operational budget and to specification. With responsibility for implementing the engineering strategy, work closely with internal and external key stakeholders, team leaders, project managers, manufacturing, service, and customer representatives. You will report to a Techical Manager.

You will

• Work at the core of our engineering and product development teams using engineering tools and methods to bring clarity from ambiguity and deliver products that meet Requirements, Standards, Directives, and are cost effective.
• Work collaboratively with and effectively influence our engineering teams to ensure clarity of work packages, deliverables, and resolve engineering issues through determining the best solution.
• Be accountable for the technical elements of the product system and/or subsystem design, as assigned, identifying risks, control and mitigation actions, escalating issues when necessary for higher-level resolution
• Ensure modularity and standardisation is incorporated to maximise reuse of our engineering effort.
• Be accountable for safety and type testing of any system or subsystem you are responsible for, verifying and validating its compliance; reviewing and approving reports generated in this area, by the team.
• Mentor and coach a growing core team of Electrical Engineers of all levels of expertise to continue their development towards being a Lead Electrical Engineer themselves.
• Advocate and lead the adoption of best practice electrical engineering and new technologies (working with other teams in new and core technology development) across applicable projects to improve the delivery of engineering.

To succeed, you will need

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.

• Degree: Bachelors (Essential), Masters (Desirable), or demonstrable equivalent in Electrical Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer or working towards (Desirable)
• Significant level of experience of the practical application of best-practice product design, development and electrical engineering in a relatable engineering industry (Essential).
• Significant experience and understanding of working in a regulated, compliance-driven industry (Essential) such as the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry (Desirable) incl. product safety and compliance to applicable standards (Essential) i.e. Low Voltage Directive EN/UL61010, EN60204; EMC Directive EN61326-1; Functional safety – SIL ratings, EN 61508, EN 13849, EN 61511; Safety and design review methods, e.g., HAZOP, FMEA; Semiconductor industry standards – SEMI S2; Risk assessment – Semi S10, EN 12100.
• Experience of project coordination, project governance, methods, and management of teams (Essential).
• Must have excellent influencing and negotiation skills at multiple organisational levels (Essential).
• Able to take ownership and control of a situation and bring people with them even though they may not be direct reports (Essential).
• High level of integrity and accountability with a results-driven mindset, able to set the standard, and hold people accountable to deliver (Essential).
• Experience of effectively coaching others (Essential).

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).

Behind every innovative solution, there are people working together to transform the future. With careers sparked by initiative and lifelong learning, we are uniting curious minds, and you could be one of them.

Information at a Glance

Edwards is a leader in the vacuum and abatement markets. The brand’s products are essential for industries such as semiconductor, power generation, chemical and food processing. Edwards believes in working with customers to set new standards and creating environments where innovation thrives. This trailblazer prides itself on making a difference in areas that are intrinsic to people’s everyday lives – from the medical care they receive to the coffee they drink. Wherever there is vacuum, Edwards can also be found, leading the way. Edwards is a brand within Atlas Copco Group.

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Posting End Date: 11/30/26 Legal Entity: Edwards Ltd