Job Description
The salary for this role is £56,596 (inclusive of a Specialist Allowance). Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.
This role is based at the following site; Culham, Oxfordshire.
This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.
The Role
As an Electrical Design Engineer, you will provide electrical engineering design support across a wide range of UKAEA projects—taking concepts through to manufacture and producing design documentation in line with UKAEA and international standards and regulations. In this role, you’ll bring a relevant engineering degree, HND/HNC, apprenticeship, or equivalent, along with proven knowledge of and adherence to EU directives related to electrical safety and compliance.
If you have strong communication and technical writing skills, excellent interpersonal abilities, and you're eager to contribute to the design of major fusion sub-systems—from concept to detailed design for enhancement programs at UKAEA and future fusion devices—we want to hear from you.
You'll be responsible for design aspects of assigned systems and components, including repair, replacement, or upgrades, and for developing and implementing effective systems to manage design requirements, interfaces, and performance compliance across design teams.
Key Accountabilities:
* Specification and design of a variety of electrical systems producing high quality drawings and documentation to support the whole lifecycle of the project.
* Ensure detailed designs are properly validated in collaboration with technicians, analysts, and suppliers, and are compliant with manufacturing, assembly, maintenance, and design standards.
* Deliver projects on time and within constraints, meeting customer expectations and producing relevant technical documentation.
* Oversee design phases, applying value engineering and design-for-manufacture principles throughout.
* Supervise and mentor junior designers, ASWs, and students by assigning meaningful work, monitoring progress, and providing feedback.
* Serve as a technical resource, promote effective teamwork and communication, and lead efforts to improve group capabilities and processes.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
* Experience in the UK electrical engineering regulatory environment for equipment design including machine safety, EMC and low voltage and in particularly BS EN 60204.
* Experience in UK electrical engineering regulatory environment for electrical installations including BS7671 wiring regulations (18th edition) and the Electricity at Work Act.
* Experienced user of a CAD package such as AutoCAD. Ideally experience of an Electrical CAD package e.g. Solidworks Electrical, EPLAN or AutoCAD Electrical.
* Ability to develop design concepts from first principles with proven engineering design skills and strong knowledge of manufacturing techniques and material properties.
* Knowledge of electrical enclosure (control panels and 19” racks) manufacturing techniques.
* Proficient in the use of recognised drawing standards.
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here.
We welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African, Pakistani and Bangladeshi British, and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and neurotypical individuals. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organisation. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.
For applicants applying from outside the United Kingdom or those who have spent time outside the UK in the last five years, please visit the following link for information on criminal records checks: If your country of residence or previous residence is not listed on the website or if the UK Government does not have information on obtaining a criminal records check from that state, we regret to inform you that we cannot process your application.