Electrical Design Engineer (E2)

What would I be doing?

• Designing by Selecting and configuring controls, power and safety system architecture for new automation equipment for AC & DC systems.

• Identifying new ideas to improve our products, and producing reference designs to prove and implement these concepts, including helping develop a rapid and flexible development process.

• Preparing for manufacture (Bill of Materials, Harness drawings) and working with external suppliers.

• Designing automated machines, their sub systems or their components using control systems, machinery systems and sub-systems

• Specifying and selecting electrical components, for EU and International applications

• Power calculations and budgeting.

• Conducting and participating in design review for new product designs and changes/modifications to existing designs.

• Solving engineering problems plus relevant investigation activities, and present root cause analysis and solutions.

• Approving and signing off drawings.

• Supporting the transfer to a contract manufacturer for machines with production volumes from 10 offs to 10000s 

• Working with relevant regulations and setting electrical engineering best practice within the R&D Team.

• Be able to review design outputs from both internal and external design resources.

• Advising on test procedures and test rigs

• Support development of design verification test plans.

What we are looking for people with

• Extensive work on DFMEA, PFMEA

• Essential hands on experience of EPLAN

• The ability to select standard components and design automation products.

• Experience of working on electrical cabinets and control systems for global application.

• Demonstrated evidence of working with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

• Confident in developing products to high manufacturing volumes.

• Experience of full product development lifecycle.

Bonus points if you also have

• Knowledge of simulation of electrical systems

• Experience of working with Matlab

• Experience of simulation, electromechanical architecture, Solidworks.