Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Automated Industrial Robotics; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Company bonus

Maternity and paternity leave

Pension plan

Training support

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Automated Industrial Robotics is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to deliver innovative electrical designs from concept through to production, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business goals. You will work with AutoCAD and Inventor, perform risk assessments, and ensure compliance to BS/ISO standards across projects.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, efficient design solutions, and adherence to timelines, with a focus on manufacturability and cost-effectiveness

Qualifications

• Experienced Electrical Design Engineer with minimum HNC qualification in the electrical discipline.
• Proficient in 2D CAD (AutoCAD) and familiar with ELAN (Rittal).
• Skilled in electrical design for machinery and manufacturing systems.
• Able to perform technical calculations and design for manufacture.

Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical design to meet customer and business requirements.
• Create designs from concept to drawing release for production.
• Support projects to meet timescales and budget requirements.
• Utilise third-party software to calculate specific requirements.
• Perform risk assessment on machinery and ensure compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with other functions to adopt economical design strategies.

Skills

Electrical design

BS/ISO understanding

Risk assessment

2D CAD design (AutoCAD)

3D CAD design (Autodesk Inventor)

Team collaboration

Numerical data interpretation

Pneumatic components knowledge

Technical problem solving

Education

HNC in Electrical discipline

Tools

AutoCAD

ELAN (Rittal)

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Electrical Design Engineer to provide immediate effective and innovative electrical design solutions to the business to ensure the business remains a market leader in providing automated solutions to our new and existing customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out electrical design to meet business and customers specified requirements
• Produce electrical design from concept to issuing drawings to production in line with customer needs and business objectives, utilise Barcode Scanning System
• Support specific projects ensuring timescales and budget requirements are achieved
• Utilise third party/supplier software to calculate specific requirements
• Works to the company's technical library of external standards and internal instruction manuals
• Understanding of BS/ISO application
• Detail checking work of others
• Conduct risk assessment on Machinery
• Provide expert input to ensure that the most economical / advantageous design strategy is adopted through collaboration
• Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required
• Ensure innovative processes are implemented

Qualifications

• Experienced Electrical Design Engineer with Minimum HNC qualified in relevant electrical discipline
• 2D CAD design experience (AutoCAD) ELAN (Rittal) desirable

Key Skills & Abilities

• Possess a good understanding of electrical engineering principles
• Competent (and confident) in all technical aspects of electrical design and development of special purpose machinery (gained working within a similar environment for several years)
• Experience in delivering solutions to technical problems
• Experience in electrical engineering design/design analysis
• Experience of undertaking technical calculations
• Experience of working within a multi-skilled environment (i.e. knowledge of electrical and pneumatic components)
• Experience of technical projects including working to tight timescales throughout the project life cycle
• Experience and understanding of geometric tolerancing
• 3D CAD design experience (preferably Autodesk Inventor)
• 2D CAD design experience (AutoCAD)
• Experience of design for manufacture and assemblyAbility to provide quality information within deadlines
• Empathy with other functions and projects
• Team-player and ability to work on own initiative
• Strong PC skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to interpret numerical data

What We Offer

• flexible work arrangements
• company bonus
• maternity and paternity leave
• pension plan
• training support
• various wellness initiatives

About AIR

Established in 2023, Automated Industrial Robotics Inc from Los Angeles, USA and funded by ARES Management private equity group, AIR is a trusted automation partner empowering our customers to innovate, produce and scale through technology-enabled manufacturing. Our five-hundred-person world-class team operates across 350,000 sq ft of advanced manufacturing space in six facilities spanning America and Europe. With centralized engineering, technology and support, we deliver transformative automation solutions that increase quality, production and efficiency