Job Title: Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Location: Coventry– 1 day in the office per week / per fortnight

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum depending on experience

Our client, an established aerospace & defence engineering firm in Coventry, require an experienced Principal Electrical Design Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team.

As part of the Electrical Engineering Power Team, you will be leading the development of design documents, reviewing supplier documentation, developing technical requirements and undertaking assessment of design compliance to support the development of our electrical systems.

** Please note we can only consider sole UK Nationals (no dual nationalities) **

What the role of the Principal Electrical Design Engineer entails:

Some of the main duties of the Principal Electrical Design Engineer will include:

• Design and develop solutions to a range of common design situations/problems using NX
• Understand and apply a range of fundamental design processes, tools, systems and techniques
• Develop and produce ways of working within NX to provide design intent
• Work as a member of a multi-functional team created to accomplish tasks (e.g. Capgemini, Siemens, IBM and SSNA)
• Begin to schedule own work to meet target time scales and budget demand using tools and techniques with guidance from their supervisor
• Continually seek ways to improve, processes, toolsets, systems, techniques and the generic workplace
• Take an active role in high risk and high complexity tasks with low-risk involvement, supported by the project leader or equivalent

What experience you need to be the successful Principal Electrical Design Engineer:

• BEng (Hons) / MEng or equivalent and CEng (or be able to satisfy requirements for CEng)
• Demonstrable experience of engineering lifecycle
• Understanding of at least one of the following areas: Power system modelling; generators; switchgear; protection; power electronics
• In depth understanding of Power System Architecture, Power Generation and Distribution, Protection and Co-ordination or Power Earth Fault Monitoring
• Experience of working within a relevant Engineering role to industry codes and standards

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Principal Electrical Design Engineer to progress their career. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible as this position will be filled quickly so don't miss out!