Electrical Design Engineer

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a partnership organization of 13 European member countries located in the city of Lund, Sweden. The ESS is hiring motivated and inspiring people from across the globe to design, construct and operate the world’s most powerful neutron source. We seek collaborative, talented people in a range of fields who are excited about playing a part in the future of science in Europe.

We are currently recruiting for the position of Electrical Design Engineer within the Protection Systems Group at ESS. This is a critical role as you will strongly contribute to designing and implementing safe and reliable Personnel Safety Systems, as well as Gas Detection Systems; needed to achieve high beam availability for ESS. Further, your responsibilities and qualifications will include:

About the role:

As the successful candidate and future role, you will:


• Plan, coordinate and execute the electrical design for Personnel Safety and Gas Detection systems based on requirements and priorities as defined.
• Specify and carry out electrical related design calculations (e.g. conductor & cable, voltage drop, short circuit breaking capacity, impedance, cooling etc.).
• Specify and carry out the detailed design of cable management systems.
• Ensure the electrical designs are standard compliant and are executed according to ESS rules.
• Participate in defining requirements, design specifications & interface control documents for upcoming design packages.
• Support in identifying how to build small pieces of equipment such that systems are compliant with all standards relevant (e.g. Emergency Switch Off Stations, the interface control units between PSS and other systems such as modulators, RF systems, shutters, etc.).
• Write manufacturing, test & installation specifications.
• Ensure the design is done towards a high degree of reliability, availability, maintainability, and inspect-ability and propose means of optimization.
• Investigate and evaluate effectiveness of workflows and propose means of optimisation for el. design, especially with focus on modular design approaches that allow easy and effective scaling. Propose means of optimisation.
• Actively develop, evaluate and optimize new and innovative ideas related to implementation of complex safety functions into Personnel Safety and gas detection systems.
• Stay current with safety standards and state of the art technologies. Investigate, evaluate and communicate innovative approaches and techniques where appropriate.
• Communicate with and provide on-the-job-training to technicians and other engineers.

About you:

As a recognised expert in your professional discipline, you are someone who can bring:


• Engineering degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience from electrical design within industry or machinery equipment/systems.
• Experience from using PLM/PDM, CAD & Engineering tools.
• Proven excellent skills in ePLAN P8 platform.
• Excellent oral and written English skills are mandatory; knowledge of other European languages would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of functional safety standards IEC61508 and IEC61511 would be an advantage.

Duration & Location:

The position is a permanent, full-time position located in Lund, Sweden.

Application & Contact

Please provide your CV in English by clicking on “apply” and following the instructions.

The deadline for applications is 2022-11-22 or until the position is filled.

For more information regarding the ESS recruitment process, please follow this link https://europeanspallationsource.se/ess-recruitment- process

For further information regarding the position, please contact the Line Manager, Annika Nordt, Group Leader Protection Systems, Annika.Nordt@ess.eu.

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruitment Partner, Kate Quaak, kathryn.quaak@ess.eu.

For trade union information please contact Unionen / Conny Wendt at +46 72 179 24 63 or

 

SACO / Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers/ Yngve Levinson at +46 72 179 21 65

 

We look forward to receiving your application!