Principal/Senior Engineer

J C Bamford Excavators Ltd; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Pension

Onsite gym

In-house doctor and dentist

ULEV car scheme

JCB Rewards Hub

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

J C Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB) is seeking a Principal/Senior Engineer to lead electrical design work for the Landpower/Fastrac platform. You will drive schematics, harness design, and component release while collaborating with the India design team to meet programme milestones.

With 3–5 years in Tier 1 or OEM environments and a degree in electronics, you will contribute to design excellence, documentation accuracy and quality systems across global teams.

Qualifications

• Educated to HND or Degree level in an electronics-based discipline.
• Experience in electrical schematic and harness design.
• Hands-on CAD experience and use of harness design tools.

Responsibilities

• Support Electrical design for Landpower products in line with JCB processes.
• Assist schematic and harness design activities, directly or via Landpower EDS team.
• Produce and manage drawing creation and release plans aligned with project timings.
• Define, document, release and sign-off electrical components with suppliers and purchasing teams.
• Collaborate with the India Design team to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Maintain robust records of designs, revisions and updates per JCB standards.
• Promote reuse of components, architectures and design approaches for efficiency.
• Collaborate with broader engineering teams to integrate EDS within the product.
• Support problem solving with root cause analysis, risk assessments and FMEA.
• Ensure best practice in E&E component placement and harness routing across designs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tools and quality systems.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic/harness design

CAD software

Communication

Documentation

Education

HND/Degree in electronics

Tools

CAD tools

Harness design tools

Job description

About the role:

Reporting to the Fastrac E&C Chief Engineer, the successful Principal/Senior Engineer would be responsible for aspects of the Electrical design across the Fastrac fleet.

Fastrac is one of JCB’s four key growth products and is central to its agricultural offering. As the most electronically complex machine in JCB’s product range, this role presents a unique opportunity to help shape a critical engineering discipline within a high-profile product line.

You’ll support key aspects of Electrical design within Landpower, driving design excellence, ensuring delivery to programme milestones, and supporting innovation, quality, and standardisation across the platform.

What does this roleinvolve day to day?

• Support Electrical design for Landpower products with delivery and design in line with JCB processes
• Support schematic and harness design activities, either directly or through the Landpower EDS team
• Produce and manage drawing creation and release plans in line with project timings and programme requirements
• Support the definition, documentation, release and sign-off electrical components, coordinating closely with suppliers and purchasing teams
• Active collaboration with the remotely based India Design team
• Ensure robust record keeping of all designs, revisions and updates in compliance with JCB standards and processes
• Drive reuse of existing components, architectures and design approaches to improve efficiency and consistency
• Collaborate cross-functionally with wider engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of EDS within the product
• Support engineering problem-solving activities including cause and effect analysis, risk assessments, FMEA, 8D and Ishikawa methodologies
• Ensure best practice in E&E component placement and harness routing is applied across all designs
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tools and quality systems

This will be suited to you if…

• You have at least 3‑5 years’ experience within Tier 1 or OEM environments (on-highway or off-highway)
• You bring technical experience in engineering design and have key interests in electrical schematic / harness design
• You have at least 3 years’ hands‑on experience using CAD and/or harness design tools
• You’re educated to HND/Degree level in an electronics-based discipline (or have equivalent practical experience)
• You have a solid understanding of engineering quality systems, processes and standards
• You demonstrate experience of component placement and harness/pipework routing best practices
• You’re an effective communicator, able to coordinate tasks across multi-disciplinary and global teams
• You’re highly organised, with strong attention to detail and a commitment to accurate documentation and record keeping
• You’re proactive, solution-focused, and motivated to drive high-quality engineering outcomes within a complex product environment

What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care.

• competitive salary
• 33 days’ holiday
• access to our company pension
• use our onsite gym
• in‑house doctor and dentist
• ULEV car scheme available for our employees too
• JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers
• Cycle to Work Scheme

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