Elev8 Recruitment
Senior Electrical Design Engineer
Requirements
Candidates should have 5-15 years of experience designing industrial electrical systems, preferably in innovative or fast-paced environments. Expertise in IEC 61508, Functional Safety, and ATEX is highly desirable.
Job Description
Senior Electrical Design Engineer
£100,000 - £140,000 + Competitive Equity
On-site | London
Build something that doesn't exist yet.
Most engineering jobs involve improving someone else's design.
This one doesn't.
We're working with a fast-growing engineering business that's developing technology capable of changing how synthetic fuels are produced at scale. Backed by significant investment and growing rapidly, they're looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to own the industrial AC power architecture behind their next generation of products.
If you're motivated by solving difficult engineering problems, taking ownership and seeing your work become reality, this is the kind of role that doesn't come along very often.
The role
You'll take ownership of the electrical architecture across complex, multi-megawatt industrial systems, working alongside a highly capable multidisciplinary engineering team that's building everything in-house.
This isn't a maintenance role.
It isn't a consultancy role.
It's an opportunity to influence the design, safety and scalability of technology from the ground up.
You'll be involved in:
- Owning the industrial AC power architecture for multi-megawatt systems.
- Designing power distribution, protection systems, panel layouts and cable sizing.
- Producing electrical schematics and supporting CE/UKCA certification.
- Leading functional safety activities including IEC 61508, HAZOPs and FMEAs.
- Working across power distribution, motors, drives, pumps, instrumentation and industrial control systems.
- Mentoring engineers while remaining hands-on technically.
About you
You'll probably have 5-15 years' experience designing industrial electrical systems and enjoy working where engineering decisions genuinely matter.
We're particularly interested in engineers who've built products or systems in fast-paced, innovative environments rather than spending their career working solely on large consultancy or EPC projects.
Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:
- Industrial power systems
- Process plants
- Hydrogen
- Battery technology
- Clean energy
- Robotics
- Aerospace
- Industrial automation
- Advanced manufacturing
- High-power electrical systems
Experience with IEC 61508, Functional Safety, ATEX or hazardous area design would also be highly desirable.
What's on offer
- £100,000-£140,000 depending on experience.
- Competitive equity package.
- Genuine ownership of a critical engineering function.
- The chance to work alongside a highly technical, engineering-led team.
- Visa sponsorship and relocation support available for the right candidate.
- On-site role based in London.
If you're looking for another corporate engineering role, this probably isn't it.
If you want to build first-of-its-kind technology, solve genuinely difficult engineering problems and join a business where your work will directly shape the future of the product, we'd love to hear from you.
Skills
About Elev8 Recruitment
Elev8 recruits Design and Project Engineers for UK businesses that design and build machinery, equipment, and technical products. We work with machinery builders, OEMs, and product-led engineering companies. The kind of businesses where the right hire moves a project forward and the wrong hire stalls it for six months. We do two things only. Design Engineering. Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, and Embedded Software. The engineers who shape the product. Project Engineering. Project Engineers, Project Managers, Programme Managers. The people who deliver it. That is the lane. We do not work outside it. How we work is straightforward. We headhunt rather than advertise. We push back on specs that will not work. We send three to five candidates on a shortlist, never twenty. We tell clients the truth about salary, market, and realistic timelines, even when it is not the answer they were hoping for. The result is what you would expect. Ninety per cent retention beyond twelve months. Ninety-five per cent of clients return for the next hire. Three days, on average, to a first shortlist. Over 150 placements made across automation, medical devices, scientific instruments, special purpose machinery, defence, oil and gas, and renewables. Elev8 is founder-led. Every search is run by Andy Watson, our Managing Director, with Sam supporting on candidate-side delivery. There are no junior consultants on the account, no overflow team, and no handovers between offices. When you engage Elev8, you deal directly with the people doing the work. If you are hiring a Design or Project Engineer and you want a straight conversation about whether we can help, send the spec to hello@elev8rec.io or visit www.elev8rec.io.