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Electrical Engineer

Contract/Freelance
Up to £81.05 per hour
England
Posted 3 hours ago

Electrical Engineer

Remote (occasional site visits to Portsmouth)

£81.05 p/hr (inside IR35)

Defence

6 months

This is a technical role relating to the Electrical aspects of electronic hardware design.

The Role Holder will :-

  • Apply a breadth of design expertise and knowledge to generate electrical design solutions for both new products and technology insertions into legacy products.
  • Be capable of generating detailed designs from concept to completion and addressing a range of engineering issues.

Work within a multi-disciplined team.

Typical Duties:

  • Design of AC & DC power generation and distribution systems including sizing, protection, control, and the specification of power supplies and converters.
  • Motor drives, control, and positioning systems.
  • EMC management and verification.
  • Specification of bespoke procured hardware.
  • Design verification using a combination of simulation, analysis, and test techniques including support to EMC test houses and customer installations.
  • Generate design documentation and technical reports.
  • Interfacing with related disciplines.
  • Adherence to Engineering Lifecycle and contributing to progress, peer, and design reviews.
  • Provide Electrical Engineering expertise to the project team.

Knowledge:

  • Generating component level electronic designs for introduction into volume production.
  • Familiarity with Electrical Safety Standards, and EMC qualification to DEF STAN 59-411.
  • A rigorous approach to the safety aspects associated with high power/high voltage equipment.
  • Experience in supporting new electrical circuit board layouts / design and upgrades.Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.

Skills:

  • Previous experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment.
  • Design proving, integration, and defect resolution.
  • Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.

Consultant
Chris Hill
Chris Hill

Senior Principal Consultant

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