Senior Electrical Engineer - Sustaining

Senior Electrical Engineer – Sustaining

Functional area:

Engineering |

Location:

UK – Bristol | Company:
Edwards Ltd | Date posted:
Jun 10, 2026

As a Senior Electrical Engineer – Sustaining, reporting to a Team Manager – Sustaining, this role delivers best‑practice electrical engineering support for in‑service semiconductor manufacturing equipment within the VSS‑funded Sustaining organisation. The role focuses on sustaining engineering activities that protect and enhance long‑term customer and business value, including design‑for‑service and maintainability, legacy obsolescence management, dual sourcing, distributed manufacture enablement, and design upgrades.

The role is responsible for re‑engineering products to resolve systemic or strategic field issues and for delivering safe, compliant, and robust engineering solutions through close collaboration with service, manufacturing, projects, suppliers, and customers.

• Design and develop modules/sub‑assemblies of new products in accordance with Edwards’ Product Commercialisation Process (PCP).
• Verify that the designs meet the requirements and conform to the relevant design standards by calculation and/or testing as appropriate.
• Ensure specified quality and cost are achieved to the agreed task time scale.
• Produce detailed documentation of the design (models, drawings, design data, BOM, test data) and record all relevant information in a timely manner in accordance with TCF requirements.

• Good electrical engineering degree (or other relevant engineering qualification) with at least 2 years of industry experience.
• Experience in product development and introductions is an advantage.
• Knowledge of design for manufacture and design for assembly.
• Experience in the use of a range of engineering materials and with several manufacturing methods/techniques.
• 3D and 2D CAD skills (CATIA, Visio, AutoCAD and/or other drafting tools).
• Understanding of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and system schematics.
• Results orientation – focus on delivering to project milestones and timescales.
• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Ability to understand key technical deliverables and report concisely to senior engineers and the project manager.

• Culture of trust and accountability.
• Lifelong learning and career growth.
• Innovation powered by people.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits.
• Health and well‑being support.
• Hybrid working arrangement – split time between working remotely and being on‑site at our office in Bristol, United Kingdom.

This role is based in Bristol, United Kingdom (GB), with a hybrid working arrangement allowing remote work.

Edwards is a leading developer and manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value‑added services. Edwards solutions are integral to manufacturing processes for semiconductors, flat panel displays, LEDs and solar cells, and are also used across diverse industrial processes such as power, glass and coating applications, steel and metallurgy, pharmaceutical and chemical, and scientific instruments in a wide range of R&D applications.

With over 4,000 employees worldwide, Edwards engages in the design, manufacture and support of high‑technology vacuum and exhaust management equipment, operating state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing facilities in Europe, Asia and North America.