Senior Electrical Engineer - Battery Systems & HV Design

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

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.