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Electrical Design Engineer - Hydrogen test facility and test

Morson Edge
Bradley Stoke, Gloucestershire, BS32 8BS, United Kingdom
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£50 ph

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£50 ph

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Part-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
20 May 2026 (Last week)
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Electrical Design Engineer - contract

£50.00 Per hour Umbrella

12 month contract - long term extension

3 days onsite per week in Filton, Bristol.

A vacancy for an electrical design engineer has arisen in for our major aerospace client based in Filton. You will join the Test Centre (1VM) and will contribute to the development of architectures and specifications for data acquisition and control systems for a new test facility and several new test rigs focused on Hydrogen testing.

Tasks & accountabilities

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

Develop Architecture and design solutions for data acquisition and control systems.

Develop Electrical Component electrical schematics

Specify Instrumentation for a range of different measurements (Pressure, Flow, Voltage, Current, etc…)

Produce requirement and specification documentation for data acquisition and control systems.

Required skills

You will have the following skills and experience:

Electrical Design Tools (AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, KiCad)

Understanding of Electrical design principles and Electrical systems

Understanding of Testing principles

Experience with electrical architecture design

Experience with instrumentation, data acquisition and control systems.

Knowledge of avionic data busses (A429, CAN, AFDX)

Knowledge of avionics

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