Electrical Controls Engineer

Location: Marton-In-Cleveland

Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a leading engineering organisation operating within the Aerospace & Defence sector, who are looking to appoint an experienced Principal Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation Engineer. This is a senior technical role, providing engineering leadership across complex, safety-critical projects from concept and design through to testing, commissioning and production readiness. You’ll act as a technical authority for EC&I, supporting multidisciplinary engineering teams and ensuring robust, compliant and manufacturable solutions are delivered to the required standards.

Please note:

Due to security requirements, this position is open to Sole UK Nationals only.

The Role As Principal Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across major engineering programmes, overseeing EC&I design activities and supporting the wider engineering team. Key responsibilities will include:
Providing technical leadership and line management to the EC&I team, coordinating workloads and supporting the development of engineers. Leading EC&I engineering activities across complex, multidisciplinary projects. Producing electrical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings, schedules and technical documentation. Designing electrical wiring diagrams, P&IDs, harness schematics, connector tables and associated documentation. Supporting the development and release of Bills of Materials (BOMs).

Ensuring compliance with functional safety, cyber security and hazardous-area requirements. Applying relevant MIL-STD, DEF-STAN, ISO, EMC/EMI and other defence electrical design standards. Ensuring electrical systems maintain the required EMC/EMI integrity, grounding, shielding, environmental sealing and survivability against shock and vibration. Working closely with mechanical, gearbox, drivetrain and other engineering disciplines to develop integrated solutions. Supporting cable routing through high-vibration, high-temperature and space-constrained environments.

Liaising with suppliers and the supply chain to provide technical oversight of EC&I activities. Providing engineering support during manufacturing, assembly and build. Supporting prototype builds, integration testing, test rig design and commissioning activities. Investigating technical issues and carrying out root-cause and failure-mode analysis. Leading and participating in internal and external design reviews, including supporting client design acceptance. Managing design changes to existing products and ensuring appropriate documentation and configuration control.

Producing engineering drawings and installation instructions. Providing technical input into project meetings, reports and customer presentations. Driving continuous improvement across EC&I engineering processes and delivery. Coaching and mentoring less experienced engineers and contributing to the development of engineering capability. About You The successful candidate is likely to have a strong EC&I engineering background, ideally gained within Aerospace & Defence, heavy engineering, industrial machinery, power transmission or rotating equipment environments.

You will ideally have: A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related engineering discipline. Significant experience in a senior EC&I / Electrical Engineering position, ideally 5–7 years in a senior capacity. Proven experience producing electrical specifications, calculations, drawings and schedules. Strong knowledge of electrical design, controls, instrumentation, P&IDs and wiring diagrams.

Experience with 3D CAD for electrical/layout design, such as Solid Edge Electrical, NX Electrical Routing or similar.

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