Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Mane Contract Services; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to oversee the design of electrical solutions, ensuring compliance with technical and legislative requirements. The ideal candidate will possess significant industry experience and a strong capability in electrical design and documentation. Key tasks include the production of detailed electrical drawings and collaboration with mechanical engineers to create integrated solutions. The position offers a range of benefits including a company pension and health programs, with a work schedule from Monday to Friday.

Benefits

Company events

Company pension

Health & wellbeing programme

Life insurance

Sick pay

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in MOD, Aerospace/Defence, or Marine.
• Must have Electrical Engineering experience, preferably 3+ years.
• Proven ability with Variable Speed Drives and PLCs required.

Responsibilities

• Produce Solidworks electrical/E-Plan drawings and Bills of Materials.
• Ensure technical compliance of the electrical design to customer specifications.
• Document performance calculations and safety assessments.

Skills

Power & Electrical Design capability

Control and Instrumentation design capability

FMEA & Safety Capabilities

Understanding of Testing & Automation

Education

Degree Qualified in Engineering

Tools

E-Plan

Solidworks Electrical

National Instruments (NI)

Labview

Job description

The Senior Electrical Design Engineer will be the 'hands–on' design of the solution, both overlooking the electrical design of the product whilst implementing de–risking and design proving techniques to ensure the design is fit for purpose, compliant with all technical and legislative requirements and suitable for manufacture. In addition to this they will have the ability to technically analyse the functionality and suitability of a design solution in line the specified technical and legislative requirements and document this within a range of formal documents for customer approval. For this it is necessary for the engineer to have the following:

• Degree Qualified with MOD or Aerospace/Defence or Marine Technical experience (min 5 years)
• Power & Electrical Design capability – Including System design & Component Selection
• Proven Control and Instrumentation design capability
• Relevant experience – Variable Speed Drives, Motor Starter panels, Distribution systems, PLC and Control systems (ProfiBus or ProfiNet/TIA portal)
• FMEA & Safety Capabilities – Ability to write and carry out Safety Assessments + Reliability analysis
• Understanding of Testing & Automation – National Instruments (NI) Hardware & Labview
• Ability to use E–Plan & Solidworks Electrical would be an advantage

Responsibilities and tasks

• Production of Solidworks electrical / E–Plan detail electrical drawings (schematic and wiring) and Bills of Materials to support the detail design and conversion to manufacture.
• Production of the necessary design documentation to substantiate the design and application to the project (performance calculations, test plans, material and component selection justifications, etc.).
• Take responsibility for the technical compliance of the electrical design to the customer's
• specifications, including (but not limited to) Safety and Legislative compliance.
• Document the technical compliance of the electrical design to the customer's specifications, including (but not limited to) Safety and Legislative compliance.
• Work with the mechanical engineers to ensure a completely integrated solution is developed.
• Follow the design process to ensure all mitigations and approvals of the design are in place at the correct stag

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Electrical Engineering: 3 years (preferred)