Electrical Design Engineer
Location: Bridgend, South Wales
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000
Full-time, permanent
Rhino Recruitment is working with a brilliant company that designs and manufactures hi tech capital equipment for worldwide export with a head office in the UK and two overseas offices. A vacancy has arisen for an Electrical Design Engineer to undertake the design, development and testing of electrical control systems for our product range; involving the selection of appropriate control hardware based on the most cost-effective and scalable control platform.
1. Principal Accountabilities:
• Write control specifications for new products or modifications to existing products.
• Design electrical circuits required for the development and production of laser wire processing machines and other new products using ePLAN electrical design software or similar.
• Generate build documentation and parts lists to enable the purchasing department and production department to order parts and build products / machines.
• Write commissioning procedures for machines to enable the efficient transfer of products to Production and Service.
• Liaise with end users and other relevant contractors and sub-contractors to ensure correct design, test and installation of systems.
• Participate in the investigation of system problems arising from testing, acceptance or operational use in the field.
• Interface with electrical suppliers to ensure the most cost effective solutions are found.
• Contribute to the evolving Design Standards for Electrical / Mechanical Drawings.
• Keep up with the latest standards that are applicable to electrical control systems, namely EN60204, ISO 13849 and have knowledge of EN12100.
• Understand the dynamic requirements of wire processing systems and design solutions to meet those requirements.
2. Education / Qualifications and Experience:
The ideal candidate will be qualified to a minimum of HND or preferably degree level in Electrical and / or Electronic Engineering. The candidate will have a strong electrical / controls / automation engineering background designing and developing complex machinery or systems; and be experienced in the full product life cycle from initial specification through development, build, test, deployment and support.
3. Job Specific Skills / Personal Qualities
• New product introduction: design, build, commission and test.
• Electrical Machine / Control Panel Design with reference to risk assessment and applicable safety standards like 12100, 60204 and 13849.
• Electrical drawing package experience (preferably ePLAN).
• Electrical Machine Design for build and procurement – parts list, wire schedules, cable schedules etc.
• Application of Servo Amplifier / Stepper Drive Systems and DC / AC Drive systems.
• Specification of sensor types including proximity sensors, through beam etc.
• Creation of Controls Specifications – Functional Design Specification / IO Specification.
• Advantageous but not essential if have experience of robotics and vision systems, practical experience of electrical builds and use of diagnostic tools.
• Ability to manage time and resources and prioritise tasks based on a dynamic project function with a willingness to travel and undertake customer visits if required.
• Strong verbal and precise written communications skills to engage with internal and external contacts, effectively gather information and express instructions clearly.