Principal Engineer- Electrical and Controls

About Tharsus

Tharsus is a leader in advanced automation and intelligent machine development. We partner with pioneering organisations to solve complex problems from nextgeneration robotics and automated machinery to breakthrough technologies in energy agritech and logistics.

Our teams thrive in an environment where innovation collaboration and curiosity drive everything we do. If you want to help shape the future of technology and build systems that make a realworld impact youll feel right at home here.

Purpose of the Position

Were looking for a Principal Engineer (Electrical & Controls) to play a pivotal role in the development of complex production ready systems for our customers. This is a senior technical leadership position ideal for someone who enjoys solving difficult problems shaping early stage concepts and guiding teams through ambiguity.

Youll act as the technical authority for electrical and control systems across a diverse range of projects. From defining architectures and managing technical risk to influencing client direction youll help ensure our solutions are robust scalable and commercially effective.

This is a hands on high impact role where your judgement experience and ability to bring clarity will directly shape the success of our most ambitious programmes.

What Youll Be Doing

• Lead electrical and controls decision making across projects acting as the senior technical authority.
• Define architectures design strategies and engineering approaches appropriate to each stage of development.
• Work closely with mechanical software manufacturing and project teams to deliver integrated production ready systems.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks early especially in projects with evolving requirements or uncertainty.
• Support bids feasibility studies and early stage concept development with clear technical insight.
• Engage confidently with clients suppliers and partners as a senior technical representative of Tharsus.
• Coach and mentor engineers promoting strong engineering practice and high quality technical reasoning.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across tools standards and ways of working.

What Youll Bring

Essential

• A Degree or HND in Electrical Electronic or Control Engineering (or similar discipline).
• Significant experience in a senior or lead engineering role with technical authority.
• Proven experience delivering complex electrical electronic or embedded systems.
• Strong understanding of system level design integration and risk management.
• Experience working across multiple industries or technology domains.

Desirable

• Experience in automation robotics machinery or capital equipment.
• Exposure to regulated or safety critical environments.
• Experience shaping earlystage concepts and engaging directly with clients.

Who You Are

• A confident technical leader with sound engineering judgement.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and bringing clarity to complex problems.
• Pragmatic commercially aware and solutions focused.
• An excellent communicator who can explain complex ideas clearly.
• Collaborative organised and able to balance multiple technical demands.
• Curious motivated to learn and keen to share knowledge with others.
• Willing to travel occasionally for onsite work.

If you want to work on cutting edge technology influence major engineering decisions and help shape the future of automation wed love to hear from you.