Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Design Engineer
£45,000 DOE
Birmingham
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join an established manufacturer working on specialist projects. Our client is one of the UKs leading engineering and technological specialists offering reliable and innovative technology on vehicles on the land, sea and undersea.
As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the 'hands-on' design aspects, both overlooking the Electrical Design of products whilst implementing de-risking and design proving techniques to ensure the design is fit for purpose and compliant with all technical and legislative.
The Role:
To be considered for this role you must be degree qualified or of equivalent experience, with MOD, Aerospace, Marine or similar industry experience, FMEA and safety capabilities with the ability to write and carry out safety assessments. As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will be required to:

• Take the lead of a team of Electrical Design Engineers, to help drive change making the department more efficient and profitable.
• Be responsible for the technical compliance of the Electrical Design to the customer's specifications, including (not limited to) Safety and Legislative compliance.
• Take a senior 'Principal' role and responsibility in design / project reviews by ensuring suitable data is available for the review and running them in a professional manor.
• Ensure the production of the necessary design documentation to substantiate the design and application to a project (performance calculations, test plans, material, and component selection justifications, etc.) to a high standard and can pass the necessary technical reviews.
• Support the various Design Engineering projects as and when required.
• Advise on the technical compliance of the Electrical Design to the customer's specifications, including Safety and Legislative compliance, production of Electrical schematic / circuit diagrams to support the conceptual design and conversion to manufacture, production of the necessary design documentation to substantiate the design and application to a project (performance calculations, test plans, material, and component selection justifications, etc.).
• Work with Project Managers and the Technical Manager to ensure effective allocation of tasks.
• Ensure that the team's deliverables are of the required quality and delivered to projects on time and within budget.

The Person:
For the position of Senior Electrical Design Engineer, it is expected that you will have experience in the following:

• Internal Engineering Management of Project Teams: Overlooking the everyday planning and micro-managing of engineering team members on a day-by-day basis, ensuring the correct quality of work is being produced and, in the timescales, agreed.
• External Engineer Management: Overlooking the planning and remote management of Contractors (Sub-contractors / Design Houses), ensuring the correct quality of work is being produced and, in the timescales, agreed.
• Customer Interface: Priority Management of the customers' requirements: Regular communication (project calls, feedback on issues / progress), Hosting meetings - formal & informal reviews (Design Reviews, etc.).
• Standards: Helping in the definition and production of defined engineering standards, Active implementation of these standards to all projects.
• Assisting in the recruitment of permanent and contract personnel. Ensure the team adheres to company policies and procedures.
• Experience with national instruments hardware and LabVIEW and an ability to use e-plan and SolidWorks electrical.

Benefits
As a well-respected employer you'll be rewarded with:

• Superb training and career development opportunities.
• Free on-site parking
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• You will be enrolled in the company Pension scheme.
• Company sick pay
• Life Assurance Scheme.
• Casual business dress in the office and a dress down Friday.
• Flexible 37 hrs per week. Monday to Thursday 07.30 - 16.00, Friday 07.30 - 12.30

This would suit candidates in Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Tamworth, Coventry and the surrounding areas.

If you are interested in applying for this role, please reach out to Jennifer Pickering on
or by emailing your CV to

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