EDS Engineer

This is where you'll broaden your skillset, accelerate your career and move into more varied electrical roles. All while working on a complex electrical programme in a small, fast-paced engineering business.

You won't be a tiny cog - you'll actually get to do the work

In big automotive companies, juniors spend months (or years) doing tiny slices of a project. Here, you'll touch the whole electrical system - routing, cabling, harness work, CAD, documentation, problem-solving. Real engineering, not admin.

Your development jumps years ahead

Because it's a small, hands-on team, you get pushed, trusted and developed faster. You're not waiting for sign-off from 14 people. You're learning from a senior engineer directly and getting real responsibility early.

You'll be working on a genuinely challenging electrical program

The project is more complex than expected - which means better learning, more exposure and more interesting problems. If you're bored doing repetitive, narrow tasks in a big OEM, this is the opposite.

You'll get close support and independence

You've got an experienced electrical engineer guiding you, but you'll also have days where you're the one keeping things moving. Perfect balance for someone who's outgrown "grad-level supervision" but isn't ready for a senior title yet.

You get to work across disciplines, not in silos

You'll work with mechanical engineers, bodywork teams and senior staff - actually seeing how everything fits together. This is the kind of exposure you never get in a big corporate environment until much later.

Your work actually matters

In a small engineering business, you can see the impact of what you design. It's visible. It's used. And it moves the project forward. You're not redesigning the same bracket for the 54th time.

What you'll do

Work on EDS tasks: wiring harness design, cabling layouts, and routing. Create and update electrical schematics and documentation. Produce electrical layouts in CAD. Support the senior electrical engineer with day-to-day project work. Operate independently when the supervising engineer isn't available. Work closely with mechanical and wider engineering teams to integrate routing and layouts. Help with hands-on prototyping or basic testing where needed. Contribute to general engineering tasks within a small, fast-moving team.

What you'll need

• Around 2 years' experience in an electrical engineering job
• Hands-on exposure to EDS work - wiring harnesses, cabling, routing or similar
• Comfortable using CAD tools for electrical layout work
• Strong communication skills and able to work with both electrical and mechanical teams
• Reliable, organised, and confident taking responsibility for your own workload

About the company

A small, fast-paced engineering business working on a complex electrical program. They operate like most high-performing SMEs - hands-on, practical, collaborative and moving quickly.

You'll be working alongside experienced engineers, including a senior electrical contractor who will guide you, with the chance to take on meaningful responsibility early. The environment suits someone who enjoys learning, likes variety and wants real ownership rather than being a tiny cog in a huge corporate machine.

Please click the 'Apply' button. Don't worry if your CV isn't up to date. Just send what you have and we'll deal with that later. But be clear what your EDS experience is - send in a short cover letter (please do not use chatgpt) instead of a CV instead if better suited, but make it clear what your experience is and how many years experience. Make sure it has your number on letter and your email address.