Electrical Design Engineer

Electrical Design Engineer
Contract | Outside IR35 | £45/hour
Location: Hertfordshire
 
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer to join an innovative engineering team delivering complex industrial equipment. This is a hands-on contract role focused on producing high-quality electrical designs for new product development.
 
The Role

• Produce detailed electrical designs using AutoCAD Electrical and EPLAN.
• Develop electrical schematics, control panel layouts and wiring documentation for industrial machinery.
• Create and maintain Bills of Materials (BoMs) and support electrical testing, build and commissioning activities.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the full product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design AC/DC power distribution and machine control systems.
• Develop machinery safety circuits and associated technical documentation.
• Support electrical integration, testing and validation of new equipment.
• Ensure designs are delivered to a high technical standard and within project timescales.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience using AutoCAD Electrical and EPLAN for electrical design.
• Strong background designing industrial electrical control systems and power distribution.
• Experience producing electrical documentation, schematics and BoMs.
• Ability to work effectively within cross-functional engineering teams.

Standards & Regulations
 
Knowledge of the following standards and regulations is highly desirable:

• UKCA, CE, EU Low Voltage Directive and EU EMC Directive.
• NFPA 79 and NFPA 70 for US electrical compliance.
• EN 60204-1, EN 61010-1, EN ISO 13849, EN 62061, EN 61326 and FCC CFR 47 Part 15.
• Experience designing compliant machinery safety and EMC solutions for UK, European and North American markets.