Senior Electrical Engineer

At STERIS, we help our customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

How You Will Make a Difference

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you motivated by impactful work? Do you have a passion for ultrasonic and sonic irrigators and consumables? If so, a career with STERIS in our Medisafe team could be a great fit for you.

About Us

At STERIS we are a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. Our mission is to help our customers create a healthier and safer world. Working at STERIS, you grow, learn and make a difference.

Role Summary

The Senior Electrical Engineer will join a growing, highly collaborative, dedicated engineering team focused on research and development for sterilizers and associated products utilized in hospitals worldwide. The Senior Electrical Engineer will be responsible for the design, development and documentation of the electrical systems of highly complex electromechanical machinery, independently evaluating, selecting and applying standard engineering techniques, procedures and criteria in product development and validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead system and subsystem level design for new product development projects.
• Electrical, control and instrumentation system design, development, testing and validation.
• Apply code and standard guidelines and requirements to develop compliant product designs.
• Participate in writing requirements, test protocols, test reports and other project and regulatory documentation.
• Ensure development and execution of appropriate test plans.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts (design and certification, process systems, products incorporating new technologies or innovations).
• Collaborate with Marketing, Quality, Reliability, Manufacturing, Service, Supply Chain and Regulatory teams.
• Supervise interactions with vendors, suppliers and consultants to assure engineering models and prototype parts comply with designs and specifications.
• Provide support/input into technical roadmap at systems or assembly level.

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience.
• System‑level experience with 3‑phase, 2‑phase and single‑phase systems and an understanding of electrical, mechanical and systems processes.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and capable of working across multiple assignments; report generation.
• Design for manufacturing and assembly, serviceability experience.
• Experience with design controls processes in a highly regulated industry; medical experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, including schedule, resource needs, technical scope definition and providing electrical engineering guidance to project team engineers, designers and technicians.
• Familiarity with controlling electro‑mechanical devices such as motors, solenoids and heaters.
• Understanding of machine electrical hardware, wiring, connectors, mechanical packaging, thermal considerations and power management.
• Experience creating requirements and test procedures for electrical systems and printed circuit board assemblies.
• Understanding of design and application of various sensor technologies, such as pressure transducers and thermal couples/RTDs.
• Familiarity with user interface technologies, such as touch‑screen displays, printers and other HMI accessories.
• Understanding of machine communication protocols.
• Travel up to 15%, including internationally.

Preferred Experience

• Altium software experience.
• Medical device experience.

Equal Opportunities

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. The company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position. STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.