Lead Electrical Design Engineer Location: Clevedon, North Somerset Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Portishead, Nailsea, Newport, Cardiff, Yate, Chippenham, Swindon, Gloucester and surrounding areas Salary: Up to £63,000 + Bonus + Benefits Type: Permanent, Full Time Hybrid & Flexible Working Available Lead Electrical Design Engineer | Advanced Engineering Technology | Clevedon | Up to £63,000 A Global Engineering Manufacturer is seeking a Lead Electrical Design Engineer to join its growing engineering team in Clevedon. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Electrical Design Engineer looking to combine technical leadership, team development and complex product delivery within a highly regulated engineering environment. Working on sophisticated electro-mechanical systems, you will provide technical leadership across sustaining engineering programmes, supporting product improvements, engineering change, obsolescence management, field upgrades and long-term product lifecycle support. This role offers genuine influence over engineering standards, technical direction, design governance and the development of future engineering capability across the business. The Lead Electrical Design Engineer Role As a Lead Electrical Design Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across multiple engineering programmes whilst supporting and developing a growing team of engineers. You will play a key role in ensuring electrical systems are delivered safely, compliantly and to the highest engineering standards, driving engineering excellence throughout the product lifecycle. Responsibilities will include: Leading, mentoring and developing a team of Electrical Engineers Technical ownership of complex electrical systems and sub-systems Supporting sustaining engineering, product upgrades and lifecycle management activities Managing technical risk, design reviews and engineering governance activities Supporting product verification, validation and compliance programmes Leading root cause investigations and corrective action implementation Driving engineering best practice, standardisation and continuous improvement Working closely with manufacturing, service, project and customer-facing teams Supporting engineering change, configuration control and technical documentation activities Reviewing and approving engineering documentation and technical reports What We're Looking For Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering or equivalent Significant experience designing complex electrical or electro-mechanical systems Experience leading engineers, projects or technical work packages Experience supporting sustaining engineering and product lifecycle activities Strong understanding of engineering compliance and safety standards Experience with engineering change, configuration control and technical documentation Experience applying structured problem-solving methodologies and root cause analysis Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills Ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering teams Industry Backgrounds Considered Applications are welcomed from engineers with experience gained within Special Purpose Machinery, Industrial Automation, Robotics, Scientific Instrumentation, Capital Equipment, Medical Devices, Aerospace, Defence, Nuclear, Advanced Manufacturing or other industries involved in the design and manufacture of complex electrical or electro-mechanical systems. What's On Offer? Salary up to £63,000 Annual bonus of up to 7.5% Hybrid and flexible working Pension with up to 8% employer contribution 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays Life Assurance at 4x basic salary Cash health plan Fitness app and discounted gym memberships Comprehensive wellbeing programme STEM networks, employee clubs and social events Ongoing career development and progression opportunities Exposure to advanced engineering technology and innovative products Opportunity to influence engineering standards and future product development Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is available for candidates already living and working in the UK who require ongoing sponsorship. If you're a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Principal Electrical Engineer or Lead Electrical Design Engineer looking for a technically challenging leadership role with genuine influence over products, people and engineering strategy, we'd like to hear from you. To find out more about Progressive please visit