Senior Mechanical & Electrical Engineer

Gattaca; Horsham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Gattaca is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead design and development activities for a diverse portfolio of technologies. The role focuses on progressing concepts into real products with hands-on involvement in design, testing and validation.

The successful candidate will bring 5–6 years of engineering experience, a strong electrical background and a track record in product development or technology development environments.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5-6 years of engineering experience.
• Strong electrical engineering background.
• Experience in product development, R&D, systems engineering or technology development environments.
• Ability to work across multiple technologies and engineering disciplines.
• Commercial awareness and a practical problem-solving approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced and evolving engineering environment.
• Experience in industrial automation and control systems.
• Experience in power generation or power electronics.
• Experience with advanced manufacturing or special‑purpose machinery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to electrical engineering design and development activities.
• Support development of new products and technologies from concept through to implementation.
• Work across multiple projects, balancing technical and commercial objectives.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support testing, validation and troubleshooting activities where required.
• Develop practical, commercially viable solutions to complex engineering challenges.
• Help take innovative concepts from development into real-world applications.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Product development

R&D experience

Systems engineering

Multidisciplinary

Stakeholder management

Automation & control

Power electronics

Power generation

Manufacturing machinery

Communication skills

Job description

If you're an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, developing new technologies and seeing ideas progress from concept to reality, this is an opportunity to work on a diverse range of innovative engineering projects.

We're supporting an engineering organisation that is looking to appoint a Senior Electrical Engineer to play a key role in the design, development, testing and delivery of new products and technologies.

This is not a maintenance or support position. It's a development-focused engineering role where you'll work on technically challenging projects, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and contribute directly to the advancement of new technologies.

The role is predominantly office-based, working closely with engineers and project stakeholders on design, development and technical problem-solving activities. There will be occasional workshop involvement to support testing, validation and prototype development, but the majority of your time will be spent driving engineering projects forward from the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to electrical engineering design and development activities.
• Support the development of new products and technologies from concept through to implementation.
• Work across multiple projects simultaneously, balancing technical and commercial objectives.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support testing, validation and troubleshooting activities where required.
• Develop practical and commercially viable solutions to complex engineering challenges.
• Assist in taking innovative concepts from development into real-world application.

Requirements

• Approximately 5-6 years' engineering experience.
• Strong electrical engineering background.
• Experience within product development, R&D, systems engineering or technology development environments.
• Ability to work across multiple technologies and engineering disciplines.
• Commercial awareness and a practical approach to problem-solving.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced and evolving engineering environment.
• Industrial automation and control systems.
• Power generation or power electronics.
• Advanced manufacturing or special-purpose machinery.

Candidates from renewable energy, aerospace, defence, automotive, industrial automation, manufacturing, power generation and other technically demanding sectors are encouraged to apply.

What's on Offer

• Permanent, full-time position.
• Predominantly office-based role in Horsham.
• Exposure to a broad range of innovative engineering projects.
• Varied technical challenges and genuine input into technology development.
• Long-term career progression within a growing and ambitious organisation.

If you're looking for a role where you can help develop new technologies, tackle complex engineering challenges and work across a diverse portfolio of projects, we'd be interested in hearing from you.