Senior Electrical Engineer - Sustaining

Edwards Vacuum; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Culture of trust

Career growth

Innovation powered by people

Compensation and benefits

Health and well-being

Job summary

Edwards is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer - Sustaining to design and sustain electrical modules for in-service semiconductor equipment. You will ensure safety, compliance and robust solutions while collaborating with service, manufacturing, projects, suppliers and customers.

The role focuses on sustaining activities, obsolescence management, and design upgrades to protect long-term value. Hybrid work is available at our Bristol office.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineering degree or equivalent with 2 years industry experience.
• Experience in product development and introductions is advantageous.
• Knowledge of DFM and DFA practices.
• Experience with various manufacturing methods and materials.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop modules/sub-assemblies of new products per PCP.
• Verify designs meet requirements via calculations and testing.
• Ensure quality and cost targets for sub-assemblies within schedule.
• Document design data, BOMs, and test data for timely records.

Skills

Product development

P&IDs understanding

Design for manufacture

Design for assembly

Team collaboration

Results orientation

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

CATIA

Visio

AutoCAD

Job description

Your role

As a Senior Electrical Engineer - Sustaining, reporting to a Team Manager - Sustaining, this role delivers best-practice electrical engineering support for in-service semiconductor manufacturing equipment within the VSS-funded Sustaining organisation. The role focuses on sustaining engineering activities that protect and enhance long-term customer and business value, including design-for-service and maintainability, legacy obsolescence management, dual sourcing, distributed manufacture enablement, and design upgrades. The role is responsible for re-engineering products to resolve systemic or strategic field issues and for delivering safe, compliant, and robust engineering solutions through close collaboration with service, manufacturing, projects, suppliers, and customers.

You will

• To design and develop modules/sub-assemblies of new products in accordance with Edwards' Product Commercialisation Process (PCP)
• To verify that the designs meet the requirements and conform to the relevant design standards by calculation and/or testing as appropriate
• Accountable for the design and development of sub-assemblies of a product ensuring the specified quality and cost are achieved to the agreed task time scale
• Accountable for the detailed documentation of the design (models, drawings, design data, BOM, test data) ensuring all relevant information is recorded in a timely manner in accordance with TCF requirements

To succeed, you will need

• A good Electrically biased engineering degree (or other relevant engineering qualification with 2 years industry experience)
• Experience in product development and introductions is an advantage
• Knowledge of design for manufacture and design for assembly
• Experience in the use of a range of engineering materials and with several manufacturing methods/techniques
• 3D and 2D CAD skills (CATIA, Visio, AutoCAD and/or other drafting tools)
• An understanding of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and system schematics
• Results Orientation - focus on delivering to project milestones and timescales
• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Understand key technical deliverables and requirements and can report concisely to more senior engineers and the project manager

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability
• Lifelong learning and career growth
• Innovation powered by people
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits
• Health and well-being

Job location

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB).

About Edwards

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells. They are also used within an increasingly diverse range of industrial processes including power, glass and other coating applications; steel and other metallurgy; pharmaceutical and chemical; and for scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

Edwards has over 4,000 employees worldwide engaged in the design, manufacture and support of high technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment. Edwards has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.