Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Job Description

Salary: up to £50,000 depending on experience

Location Miskin, south Wales

Renishaw's Additive Manufacturing Group is seeking to recruit a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to join the new product development team at our site in Miskin, South Wales. The role will focus on taking early conceptual designs and developing them into proven Additive Manufacturing products and systems, as well as helping to support and maintain our current product platform.

Renishaw's involvement in this exciting field will have a significant impact upon the acceptance of Additive manufacturing and as such the role presents an excellent opportunity to be part of this manufacturing revolution.

Responsibilities

• Produce quality electrical system designs that includes machinery controls, safety circuits and low-voltage power.
• Develop and apply expertise in technologies such as PLCs, motion controls, distributed I/O, sensing and pneumatic controls.
• Produce, modify and manage high quality electrical design schematics.
• Component specification for safety and control hardware and power supplies.
• Support development and mechanical engineers with equipment testing and fault finding.
• Document evidence of safety and regulatory compliance.
• Support the validation of technical requirements to ensure the team is working towards meaningful and common goals.
• Hands-on support in the creation and modification of machine and test hardware.

Key requirements

• Demonstrable experience and understanding of electrical design for machinery control and low-voltage power systems.
• Experience in the design, manufacture, testing and commissioning of machinery electrical panels.
• Ability to create and contribute to risk assessments.
• Previous experience and knowledge of designing and validating safety systems.
• Working knowledge of the latest Low Voltage Directive.
• An electrical engineering qualification.

Desirable requirements

• Electrical CAD software proficiency.
• BS 7671 qualification would be advantageous.

Person specification

The successful candidate will demonstrate a practical approach to design, supported by good problem-solving skills and attention to detail. You will be able to work as part of a multi-disciplined team where communicating effectively will be key. You must be able to balance a methodical approach with the demands of working in a fast-growth and technically developing field of engineering. The role will also require a hands-on approach at times.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.


If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don't meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.


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Employment Type:
Permanent

Time Type:
Full time

Requisition Number:
R9341 Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Open)