Electrical/Hardware Design Engineer

2 weeks ago


Northampton Northamptonshire, United Kingdom Wentworth James Group Full time

Job Title: Hardware Engineer (Electrical & Controls) - EC&I

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £DOE

Location: Northampton (Hybrid Working Available)

Industry: Complex Machinery

Wentworth James Group has engaged with a key client and a world leading manufacturer of specialist high performance rotating measurement solutions for various industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Motorsport, Industrial & Oil & Gas. An exciting opportunity has risen for a Electrical, Controls & instrumentation Engineer (Hardware bias) to join this innovative business on a permanent basis.

Ideally, you will have a background of Electrical Design or Control Systems or Controls & Instrumentation or EC&I.

The role

* Design, development, and commissioning of control systems, including variable speed motors and drives, PLC based test systems, P&ID diagrams

* Actively participate in engineering projects including interaction with customers and internal departments as required.

* Test, diagnose and rectify faults to validate products

* Ensure designs meet legislative requirements

* Creation of system specifications and test documentation to a high standard

* Assist with commissioning of systems both in-house and at customer sites within UK and internationally

Requirements:

* Qualified to NVQ 5 minimum / degree level or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline

* A minimum of 2 years of experience in Electrical CAD e.g. AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN or preferably Solidworks Electrical

* Practical experience of designing and developing control and instrumentation systems

* Understanding of modern machine systems design and standards including safety systems

* Design of industrial control systems following company procedures

* Understand & show commercial awareness of project budgets, plans, specifications & timescales

* Creation of high-quality project documentation

* Motor Inverter drive setup and programming for variable speed applications

* PLC Programming Siemens Step 7 / TIA Portal / Controllogix / Beckhoff PLC / Codesys desirable

* Microsoft Office packages, to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project

* Self-motivated with effective time management to meet project timescales

* Possessing elevated levels of written and verbal communication

* Able to travel and work internationally as required

Knowledge of:

* Industrial communication protocols e.g. ProfiNET, EtherNetIP, EtherCAT, CAN; Modbus TCP

* Industrial wiring and switchgear, design and selection techniques

* Industrial sensors e.g. encoders, transducers for pressure, flow, temperature etc.

* Cable types and selection for industrial applications

* P&ID diagrams and translation to control systems

* Power sources and integration for test applications

* Electrical legislation and compliance techniques UKCA, CE, UL, CSA

* Industrial safety standards and design e.g. ISO 13849, IEC 61508

* ATEX standards and design

* EMC standards and design

* Control loop design e.g. PID

As an employee of Torquemeters Limited you will operate in accordance with our quality procedures and receive ongoing personal development and training opportunities.

We offer a competitive salary commensurate with the abilities and experience that you bring to us, together with an excellent contributory pension scheme, death in service and income protection benefits

Support to apply and maintain IET membership will be available.

Core hours of work are 37 per week based on Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 17:15 with ½ hour lunch break, and Fridays 08:30 - 12:30.

Five weeks paid annual leave plus statutory Bank Holidays



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