Job Description
A fast-growing clean-energy engineering business is seeking a hands-on senior electrical design engineer to act as the functional technical lead across R&D and live delivery projects.
This role suits an experienced engineer who still enjoys being deeply involved in design, review and problem-solving, while developing leadership responsibility for a small team (4–5 engineers).
Lead Electrical Design Engineer
Permanent, full time
Cranleigh, Surrey
Salary: Competitive
The role
You will act as the technical authority for electrical design, owning quality, compliance and delivery of electrical systems across new technology development and customer projects.
Key responsibilities
1. Act as the functional technical lead for electrical engineering across projects and product development.
2. Produce, review and approve electrical designs and schematics for industrial systems and control panels.
3. Define and own system-level electrical architectures and design documentation.
4. Support build, integration, commissioning and FAT activities.
5. Lead electrical input into safety and compliance activities (HAZID/HAZOP, FMEA, SIL).
6. Specify electrical equipment and components (motors, transformers, protection, instrumen...