Senior Electrical Controls Engineer

Salary: £55,000 - 70,000 per annum
Ref: HTSE05

This Hampshire based company are seeking a forward-thinking, innovative individual to join their expanding team. You will ideally be based in the office but there could be the possibility of hybrid working for the right candidate.

They are growing this team and are looking for individuals who have the drive and passion to develop cutting edge solutions, with inventive, fast paced thinking, who can bring fresh perspectives to our product development.

The company offer a truly exciting opportunity in a friendly and collaborative environment.

Working collaboratively with their mechanical designers and software engineers to:

  • Develop innovative Electrical controls and software solutions to engineering problems
  • Develop prototypes and models to de-risk development and gain understanding
  • Following internal design and review process and protocols for both hardware and software
  • Collaborate with other senior team members to design and implement the electrical control solutions for our range of underground robots
  • Support the cost down of our product range to achieve the production cost targets
  • Develop products that will be integrated into solutions for their clients
  • Develop test rigs and fixtures to support the development of our fleet of robots
  • Electrical control design authority for our range of robotic hardware products
  • Selection and specification of control hardware products and platforms
  • Ensuring designed products meet safety and regulatory standards
  • Support progress through the technology roadmap to achieve key commercial objectives

You will be:

  • Driven and tenacious • Strong quality focus, tempered with pragmatic approach to achieve business outcomes • Innovative problem solver • Details driven and happy to roll up your sleeves to drive a solution to a successful outcome • Flexible approach and keen to learn new skills • Keen to learn with the business as we progress through the technology roadmap

Experience / knowledge required:

  • Low voltage, low current electrical design and schematics
  • Cable selection, cable sizing, fault protection
  • Earthing, grounding and isolation
  • Risk assessment and safety circuit design
  • Designing products to the machinery directive to achieve CE compliance
  • Specification and selection of electrical components
  • Experience working with Battery powered products and BMS
  • Proficient in the use of SolidWorks Electrical
  • Able to set best practice in cabling, harnessing , electrical design and electrical schematics
  • Experience with volume products (>1000 PA)

Desired knowledge (but not essential) • Experience with PLC programming, such as Beckhoff PLC /TwinCat • Experience programming motion controllers, such as the Maxon MiniMACS6 range • Experience programming embedded systems/controllers for robotics applications in C/C++•Experience with PDM • Experience using Bit Bucket • Experience specifying motors drives actuators and sensors

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