Senior Design Engineer - Power modules

Company Overview

Located north of Newcastle upon Tyne, TT Electronics’ Bedlington facility is home to a specialist engineering team delivering microcircuit production and custom power electronics solutions for aerospace and defence, supporting safety‑critical applications in harsh environments.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior Design Engineer to play a key technical role within our Microelectronics business.

This role is suited to an engineer who wants real autonomy, with the freedom to innovate and make design decisions.

The role

Reporting directly to the Chief Engineer, you'll work within a small team where autonomy and trust are fundamental. You'll:

• Lead the design and development of high‑performance power module products.
• Exercise technical authority in design decisions and introduce new approaches.
• Innovate to improve performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Own delivery within a rapid development lifecycle.
• Support a wide range of customers, working closely with Sales and Business Development to shape new products and secure future business opportunities.
• Demonstrate technical leadership and direction sustaining and improving existing product lines.

With genuine decision‑making authority and the opportunity to drive innovation, this role can evolve in line with your strengths and future career goals.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

You’ll bring:

• Strong experience in power module design.
• A degree (or equivalent experience) in an engineering discipline.
• The confidence and capability to work independently, influence others, and own outcomes.

If you’re looking for autonomy, empowerment, and the freedom to innovate, this role is built for you.

On occasion, this role may require visits to customers or suppliers and may also involve foreign travel.

What We Offer You

From this role you will have the opportunity to develop the experience needed to explore and progress to more senior leadership roles within TT Electronics Bedlington, or the wider group, if this is in your own career plan.

• Competitive Salary
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Healthcare cashback plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Site incentive plan
• Financial wellbeing benefit
• Discounted online and high street shopping and lifestyle vouchers
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted RAC membership
• Discounted Gym membership
• 5 weeks (in hours) annual leave plus bank holidays
• A supportive and friendly working environment with a focus on wellbeing and sustainability

Legal and Employment Information

TT Electronics are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and actively encourage applications from under‑represented groups.

Please be aware that many roles at TT Electronics are subject to both security and export control restrictions which means that limitations relating to nationality may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates must achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS).

Visa sponsorship considered for suitable candidates for this role.

We hold Health and Safety in the highest regard at TT, with the wellbeing of our employees our top priority. Any successful candidate will be required to successfully pass a pre‑employment Drug and Alcohol Screening.

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