Job description
Electrical Engineer
Remote (occasional site visits to Portsmouth)
£81.05 p/hr (inside IR35)
Defence
6 months
This is a technical role relating to the Electrical aspects of electronic hardware design.
The Role Holder will :-
- Apply a breadth of design expertise and knowledge to generate electrical design solutions for both new products and technology insertions into legacy products.
- Be capable of generating detailed designs from concept to completion and addressing a range of engineering issues.
Work within a multi-disciplined team.
Typical Duties:
- Design of AC & DC power generation and distribution systems including sizing, protection, control, and the specification of power supplies and converters.
- Motor drives, control, and positioning systems.
- EMC management and verification.
- Specification of bespoke procured hardware.
- Design verification using a combination of simulation, analysis, and test techniques including support to EMC test houses and customer installations.
- Generate design documentation and technical reports.
- Interfacing with related disciplines.
- Adherence to Engineering Lifecycle and contributing to progress, peer, and design reviews.
- Provide Electrical Engineering expertise to the project team.
Knowledge:
- Generating component level electronic designs for introduction into volume production.
- Familiarity with Electrical Safety Standards, and EMC qualification to DEF STAN 59-411.
- A rigorous approach to the safety aspects associated with high power/high voltage equipment.
- Experience in supporting new electrical circuit board layouts / design and upgrades. Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.
Skills:
- Previous experience of operating in a defence or high safety integrity environment.
- Design proving, integration, and defect resolution.
- Gathering of evidence to support acceptance, fitness for purpose, legislative requirements, and safety.
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 26-03-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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