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Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Competitive
The Role
The Senior Electrical Design Engineer will be the ‘hands-on’ design of the solution, both overlooking the electrical design of the product whilst implementing de-risking and design proving techniques to ensure the design is fit for purpose, compliant with all technical and legislative requirements and suitable for manufacture. In addition to this they will have the ability to technically analyse the functionality and suitability of a design solution in line the specified technical and legislative requirements and document this within a range of formal documents for customer approval.
Key Responsibilities
- Production of Solidworks electrical / E-Plan detail electrical drawings (schematic and wiring) and Bills of Materials to support the detail design and conversion to manufacture.
- Production of the necessary design documentation to substantiate the design and application to the project (performance calculations, test plans, material and component selection justifications, etc.).
- Take responsibility for the technical compliance of the electrical design to the customer’s
- specifications, including (but not limited to) Safety and Legislative compliance.
- Document the technical compliance of the electrical design to the customer’s specifications, including (but not limited to) Safety and Legislative compliance.
- Work with the mechanical engineers to ensure a completely integrated solution is developed.
- Follow the design process to ensure all mitigations and approvals of the design are in place at the correct stage.
Accountabilities:
The Senior Electrical Design Engineer will be accountable for the technical solution to achieve the design requirements laid down in the technical specification and to ensure the product is suitable for manufacture, assembly and test. They will also be accountable for producing technical documentation to an acceptable standard with the correct level of technical input to analyse the functionality and suitability of a design solution in line the specified technical and legislative requirements.
Skills and Qualifications
For this it is necessary for the engineer to have the following:
- Degree Qualified with MOD or Aerospace/Defence or Marine Technical experience (min 5 years)
- Power & Electrical Design capability - Including System design & Component Selection
- Proven Control and Instrumentation design capability
- Relevant experience - Variable Speed Drives, Motor Starter panels, Distribution systems, PLC and Control systems (ProfiBus or ProfiNet/TIA portal)
- FMEA & Safety Capabilities - Ability to write and carry out Safety Assessments + Reliability analysis
- Understanding of Testing & Automation - National Instruments (NI) Hardware & Labview
- Ability to use E-Plan & Solidworks Electrical would be an advantage
Benefits
- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate to apply.
