Senior Electrical Engineer

EVera Recruitment; Brackley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EVera Recruitment is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own electrical system design within a battery engineering environment in the UK. You will collaborate with mechanical, software and manufacturing teams to ensure safe, robust, scalable designs for high-performance, low-volume battery production programs.

The role involves leading architectures for battery modules, defining requirements, selecting components, performing DFMEA and ensuring compliance with relevant safety standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years in electrical design for battery systems, HV systems, or automotive electrical engineering.
• Hands-on end-to-end electrical systems delivery, including PCB design and wiring harness development.
• Strong knowledge of battery electrical architectures, HV safety, LV electronics, sensing and protection.
• Experience with BMS hardware integration, sensing and protection circuitry.
• Understanding of structured product development processes (requirements management, DFMEA, DVP).

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of electrical architectures for battery modules and packs.
• Define and maintain system-level and component-level electrical requirements.
• Select and specify electrical and electro-mechanical components for performance and safety.
• Lead DFMEA activities to identify and mitigate design risks.
• Ensure compliance with UN 38.3, IEC, UL, ISO 6469 safety standards.
• Create and execute electrical test plans, prototype builds and system bring-up.

Skills

Electrical design

Battery systems

HV/LV electronics

DFMEA

BMS hardware integration

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or related

Tools

PCB design

EDS wiring harness development

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to take ownership of electrical system design within an advanced battery engineering environment.

Working closely with mechanical, software and manufacturing teams, you will ensure electrical designs are safe, robust and scalable, supporting high-performance, low-volume battery production programmes.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for:

• Leading the design and development of electrical architectures for battery modules and packs, including HV distribution, LV electronics, fusing, contactors, sensing and interconnects.
• Defining and maintaining system-level and component-level electrical requirements.
• Selecting and specifying electrical and electro-mechanical components aligned to performance, safety and regulatory needs.
• Leading and contributing to electrical DFMEA activities to identify and mitigate design risks.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant battery and automotive safety standards, including UN 38.3, IEC, UL and ISO 6469.
• Creating and executing electrical design verification and validation plans, supporting prototype builds, testing and system bring-up.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering or a closely related discipline, or significant relevant industry experience demonstrating equivalent capability.
• At least 5 years’ experience in electrical design for battery systems, HV systems or automotive electrical engineering.
• Proven hands-on experience delivering end-to-end electrical systems, with practical involvement in PCB design and wiring harness (EDS) development.
• Strong technical expertise across battery electrical architectures, including HV safety, LV electronics, sensing and protection strategies.
• Experience working with BMS hardware, including hardware integration, sensing and protection circuitry.
• A strong understanding of structured product development processes, including requirements management, DFMEA and DVP.

If you are a Senior Electrical Engineer who enjoys hands-on design, technical decision-making and cross-disciplinary collaboration.