Job Title – Electrical Controls & Instrument Engineer
Job Location – Bristol, UK
Job ID – 30641
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.
L3Harris in Bristol is our headquarters for our Maritime UK businesses which provides warship automation systems through control and simulation solutions that are in service on Albion Class Landing Platform Docks and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. More systems are being developed and delivered for Type 26 and Type 31 frigates. We have additional Maritime UK sites across Burgess Hill, Barrow-In-Furness and Portchester. Together, we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours and offshore energy service providers.
A few of our employee benefits are:
* Hybrid working where possible - please note 60% of your time over one-month should be spent working onsite.
* Half day finish on a Friday
* 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
* Private medical insurance with optional family cover
* Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
* Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
* Group income protection
* Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
* Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
* Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)
* Employee Resource Group support
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
* Provide a professional focus for all aspects of Electrical Engineering across a number of projects for both Control Consoles and Electrical Cabinets on Platform Management Systems.
* Review customer requirements and standards applicable to a warship to decompose and derive equipment specifications to which equipment will be designed and accepted, balancing cost and risk against capability and customer requirement.
* Assist in equipment selection, compliancy, design and provide guidance on testing, integration, installation, commissioning and acceptance phases.
* Produce and maintain technical/equipment specifications; assist in the development of engineering plans; statements of work; technical assessment of client requirements; and the technical evaluation of supplier bids and correspondence.
* Assess and advise on technology suitability for application in the intended environment.
* Develop electrical designs and take ownership of the design artefacts including BoMs, EMC Control Plan, Separation & Segregation Strategy, Earthing & Screening Policy, Load Budget, Design Chronicle, etc.
* Produce and maintain ownership of the design deliverable items, including general arrangement, electrical schematics, wiring drawings, cable schedules, panel/enclosure designs, interface drawings, loop drawings and cable block diagrams, etc.
* Be able to review design of electrical circuits/designs to verify compliance with EMC and Safety standards.
* Produce test procedures for, and support Environment/EMC qualification of equipment.
* To review and improve electrical equipment design lifecycle processes under the guidance of lead and functional manager.
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
* HNC in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
* 5 years minimum experience in an electrical engineering design environment.
* Good planning, communications, writing, organisational and co-ordination skills.
* Experience in specification, design and procurement of electrical systems and equipment, control cabinets/panels.
* Excellent PC skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, C&I databases /tools).
* Familiarity of EMC design principles and requirements
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.
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