Electrical design engineer

Location: Luton

Type: Permanent Full-time

Salary: Competitive + benefits

We're hiring an Electrical Design Engineer to support the design, build, and commissioning of individual machines and complete production lines using our in-house equipment range. This is a hands-on role with real influence across design, production, and commissioning.

What You'll Be Doing

• Producing A4 electrical design drawings for machines and full production lines
• Creating and maintaining drawings using 2D electrical CAD (DraftSight currently, with scope to move to specialist software)
• Preparing cable/wire schedules and Bills of Materials (BOMs)
• Managing component selection, sourcing alternatives for obsolete parts, and liaising with suppliers
• Ensuring compliance with machinery safety standards (BS EN, IEC, NEC)
• Providing technical support to customers and internal teams (design, sales, production, panel build)
• Working with open and closed loop inverter drives (Yaskawa, Allen Bradley)
• Supporting machine/line commissioning prior to shipment
• Producing electrical sections of operating manuals
• Supporting spare parts and upgrades with pre-programmed replacements

What We're Looking For

• Experience in electrical design for machinery or production lines
• Strong 2D CAD and documentation skills
• Solid understanding of machinery safety standards
• Experience with inverter drives
• Confident communicator who enjoys working cross-functional

Nice to Have (Not Essential)

• PLC / HMI / motion / safety control programming
• Omron Allen Bradley Siemens

Why Join Us

• Work on complete end-to-end machine and automation projects
• Influence tools, standards, and design processes
• Collaborative engineering environment
• Stable, long-term role with growth potential

Interested? Email over your CV and I will be in touch ASAP!