Principal Electrical Design Engineer

Are you an experienced Electrical Design Engineer ready to shape the future of engineering delivery This is a rare opportunity to step into a Principal-level role where your technical expertise leadership and vision will directly influence how electrical engineering is delivered across the business.

As our Principal Electrical Design Engineer you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation improving standards and leading the transition to smarter more efficient ways of working. Beyond design youll be a technical authority and mentorraising capability across the team and ensuring our solutions are worldclass compliant and right first time.

What Youll Be Doing

• Lead the design development and implementation of electrical control systems for complex machinery ensuring compliance with ENEN13849 UL CSA and CE marking requirements
• Act as a recognised technical leader and subjectmatter expert within the organisation
• Champion engineering excellence by ensuring all designs meet internal standards and relevant international regulations
• Provide highquality technical input for manuals and supporting documentation
• Promote and embed professional engineering standards across the department
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure specifications are clear complete and optimised
• Translate technical requirements into structured modular and scalable designs
• Support supplier engagement including subcontractor liaison and site visits when required
• Drive the development of design tools automation and smarter workflows
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance departmental processes
• Support the Electrical Engineering Manager in the daytoday running and strategic development of the department

What Youll Bring

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline (postgraduate qualification desirable)

Technical & Professional Skills

• Proven experience designing machine control systems
• Strong understanding of relevant EN and international standards
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical and strong computer literacy (MS Excel Word Outlook)
• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
• Experience in improving processes and developing engineering methodologies
• Natural leadership capability with the confidence to guide and mentor others

Personal Attributes

• A collaborative team player who actively contributes to shared goals
• Passionate about knowledgesharing and developing others
• Takes ownership of work and continually seeks improvement
• Energetic driven and comfortable delivering challenging technical solutions to tight deadlines
• Commercially aware understanding the cost and business impact of engineering decisions
• A systems thinker who balances detail with the bigger picture
• Clear confident communicator at all levels

Why Join Us

Youll join a business where your expertise genuinely matterswhere youll influence strategy shape standards and leave a lasting legacy through the engineers you develop. If youre looking for a role that combines technical challenge leadership and longterm impact this is the opportunity youve been waiting for.

At Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology we provide tools for the engineering of micro- and nano-structures with customers using our process solutions to research and produce materials and semiconductors vital for everything from medical devices and diagnostics to electric cars and quantum computers.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive starting salary structured career development opportunities and a good work-life balance Oxford Instruments offers 25 days annual leave early finish on Fridays private healthcare a share incentive plan a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan and a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your own requirements

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin or disability. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and would ask you to get in touch if you are concerned about any barriers you feel you may be facing in your application process with us.

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Required Experience:

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Employment Type : Contract
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1