Senior Electrical Design Engineer – Megawatt Power Systems

Real Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Real Recruitment partners with a fast-growing hardware startup in the UK to invite applications for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer. You will take ownership of the industrial AC power architecture as the company scales from 1MW to multi-MW plants.

The role emphasizes fault-tolerant design, safety compliance, and cross-functional collaboration across reactor, electrolyzer and direct air capture subsystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor- or higher-level electrical engineering degree with industrial focus.
• Minimum five years of industrial electrical design experience in power systems or process plants.
• Knowledge of functional safety (IEC 61508, SIL/SIF) in regulated environments is required.

Responsibilities

• Own the full AC power system architecture for megawatt-scale plants.
• Produce and verify power architecture schematics, protection strategies and cable sizing.
• Lead safety architecture activities including HAZOPs/HAZIDs and CE/UKCA compliance.
• Design electrical systems across reactor, electrolyzer and related subsystems.
• Mentor junior engineers and support commissioning of hardware.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to ensure safe, reliable operation.

Skills

Electrical design

Power systems

Industrial machinery

Functional safety

IEC 61508

SIL/SIF

Regulated environments

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Job description

Real Recruitment partners with a fast-growing hardware startup in the UK to invite applications for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer. You will take ownership of the industrial AC power architecture as the company scales from 1MW to multi-MW plants.

The role emphasizes fault-tolerant design, safety compliance, and cross-functional collaboration across reactor, electrolyzer and direct air capture subsystems.