My client is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to join their growing team.
Must have an extensive understanding of engineering principles and manufacturing processes.
- Marine / Automotive / Automotive experience
- Experience leading work packages on their own
- Proven experience in product development and product release
- Ability to design systems from first principles such as hand calculations, circuitry derivation, electrical systems design etc.
- Understanding of industry standard and how these are applied to designs
- Design and implement systems
- Manage projects
- Collaborate: Work with management, engineers and technicians to design and apply new systems
- Provide technical leadership: Provide technical support and leadership to employees and contractors
- Ensure compliance: Ensure systems and equipment comply with codes, safety standards, and customer requirements
- Prepare specifications: Prepare specifications for purchasing electrical equipment and materials
- Perform calculations: Perform calculations to establish standards and specifications
- Basic understanding of CFD
Roles and responsibilities
Reporting to the design and engineering manager you will be expected to:
- Support our apprenticeship scheme.
- Lead and take ownership of work packages from concept through to manufacture To include - design specification, customer relationships, project management, product design for manufacture.
- Complete FMEA activities where required.
- Contribute to the production of new innovations.
- Support the manufacturing team where required.
- Contribute to shop floor activities when required.
- Lead - Quality / Healthy & Safety / environmental initiatives to ensure compliance with all the relevant standards.
- Managing and monitoring Engineering change notifications and corrective actions reporting.
- Create test and development plans
Your skills and education
- Ideally a bachelor's degree in an electrical discipline Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, Electronic Engineering
- Full UK licence with own vehicle
- Experienced with an industry standard CAD package.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to work alone, as a team and lead others when required.
- Demonstrate a high level of motivation, innovation and initiate with an ability to train others.
- Someone who enjoys a challenge and doesn't get deterred by setbacks.