Principal Electrical Design Engineer

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Principal Electrical Design Engineer

NB!!! Please only apply if you are a sole British National as you will need to be able to obtain security clearance due to the nature of the projects

My client is a large international company that specialise in the Defence sector especially maritime projects

Role
A key member of the Hardware Engineering team, this role will work to provide electrical design engineering expertise for maritime control and instrumentation systems throughout the full project lifecycle, from requirements and concept design through to validation and qualification. This will involve the selection, design, development and analysis of electrical systems and components to deliver a Platform Management System (PMS) on a variety of Defence programmes.

Your Responsibilities:

• • Electrical design engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) or technical lead for Platform Management Systems (PMS)
  • Design and develop electrical panel/enclosure/cabinet design in accordance with customer requirements and first principles where required.
  • Create, modify, maintain and manage electrical designs for power and control systems
  • Analyse and justify electrical based designs and component selection
  • Review electrical schematics in accordance with relevant standards and internal Computer Aided Design (CAD) processes.
  • Produce, modify, maintain and manage technical documents to support contractual deliverables (e.g. specifications, design documents, Bill of Materials (BOMs) etc.)
  • Resolve electrical issues during hardware design, development, manufacture, integration and qualification
  • Provide electrical engineering expertise to derive, define, decompose and manage requirements

Your Experience:

• • Strong experience in an Electrical Design Engineering position
  • Previous experience as a Hardware lead, Electrical lead or similar
  • Engineering Degree in related discipline (experienced Electrical Design Engineers without a degree will also be considered
  • Understanding and working knowledge of electrical related Defence Standards, including Lloyds Register and other Military Standards (e.g. Def Stan 59-411)
  • Ability to work under pressure in a complex and rapidly changing environment.

Your Future Team:
"This role is a great fit for a Principal Electrical Engineer looking for further career development opportunities and to work within a design team and support engineers. You'll be working with top talent to contribute to the continued safe deployment of the latest in-service submarines for the Royal Navy. What an opportunity!

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