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Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description - Electrical Design Engineer

PE Global is currently recruiting for an Electrical Design Engineer for a leading multi-national manufacturer of industrial machinery and engines for the construction and mining industries based in Peterborough.
This is an initial 12 month contract position, based fully onsite in Peterborough,

Duties of the role/Responsibilities
• Translate system requirements and component information into detailed electrical designs for electrified machine systems and subsystems.
• Create and maintain schematics, wiring diagrams and harness definitions, covering connectors, terminals, pinouts, splices, cable and wire specification, 3D routing, flattening and production drawings.
• Ensure electrical designs integrate effectively at machine level, resolving routing, interface and installation constraints.
• Work closely with project, build and validation teams throughout the development process.
• Investigate build and integration issues, determine root causes and implement robust design solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, prototype builds and engineering change activities.
• Support machine build, commissioning and validation programmes as required.
• Work across multiple projects and priorities within a dynamic development environment.

Education/Experience
• Demonstrable experience delivering electrical design work within a product development environment.
• Strong practical knowledge of harness architecture and release, including component selection, connectivity definition and manufacturing documentation.
• Competence using Creo for harness routing and drawing creation.
• Able to produce clear, controlled engineering documentation and work within formal design-change processes. Understanding of HV electrical safety principles, including insulation coordination, and creepage and clearance.
• Background in automotive, off-highway, heavy-duty equipment, industrial machinery or a similar industry.

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV.
Please click the link below to apply, call Steve Lord on (phone number removed) or alternatively send an up to date CV to (url removed)

Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in the UK.

Although it is not possible for us to respond to all applications, we at PE Global will do our upmost to give you feedback on your application. You have sent your Cv into us as a company and even though you have sent your CV to a particular position, we are making the reasonable assumption that you are active on the job market and as part of our normal recruitment service we will discuss other suitable positions with you. You are free to opt out of this so please specify in your application to us if you just want to be contacted in relation to a specific vacancy. Your Cv is sent to a central recruitment inbox which a number of people in the applicable PE Global division have access to and so this means that you might not be contacted by the named person in this advert
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed
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